{"id":37,"date":"2017-10-10T14:25:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T14:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:58:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T18:58:58","slug":"guest-artists","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/about-the-department\/guest-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because Montclair State University is only minutes from Manhattan, internationally recognized artists know the campus well. Guest artists and visiting specialists come year after year to conduct master classes and open dialogues, coach our students, and accept honorary degrees. In addition to those listed below, countless others have exhibited and performed.<\/p>\n<h2>Actors<\/h2>\n<div class=\"link-list\">\n<ul>\n<li>Alec Baldwin<br \/>\nYogi Berra<br \/>\nLee Blessing<br \/>\nRuth Brown<br \/>\nBetty Buckley<br \/>\nEllen Burstyn<br \/>\nCharles Busch<br \/>\nCarol Channing<br \/>\nBarbara Cook<br \/>\nRobert Cuccioli<br \/>\nOlympia Dukakis<br \/>\nGeorge Faison<br \/>\nWhoopi Goldberg<br \/>\nJerry Hall<br \/>\nMichael Learned<br \/>\nRich Little<br \/>\nSusan Lucci<br \/>\nPatti LuPone<br \/>\nAndrea McArdle<br \/>\nMelba Moore<br \/>\nRita Moreno<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Dancers\/Teachers\/Choreographic Commissions<\/h2>\n<div class=\"link-list\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, sans-serif\">Tweet Boogie<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, sans-serif\">Martha Graham<br \/>\nSara Hook<br \/>\nBill T. Jones<br \/>\nLarry Keigwin<br \/>\nJose Limon<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, sans-serif\">Michelle Manzanales<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, sans-serif\">Brice Mousset<br \/>\nMark Morris<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, sans-serif\">Earl Mosley<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, sans-serif\">Ohad Naharin<br \/>\nAlwin Nikolais<br \/>\nSara Pearson &amp; Patrik Widrig<br \/>\nClaire Porter<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, sans-serif\">Dolly Sfeir<br \/>\nShapiro and Smith<br \/>\nAnna Sokolow<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, sans-serif\">Yusha-Marie Sorzano<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, sans-serif\">Paul Taylor<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, sans-serif\">Urban Bush Women<br \/>\nShapiro and Smith<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, sans-serif\">Abby Zbikowski<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Musicians<\/h2>\n<div class=\"link-list\">\n<ul>\n<li>American String QuartetJeff Bradetich (double bass)Paul Chihara (film composer)Orpheus Chamber EnsembleDavid Demsey (jazz saxophone)Andy Fusco (jazz saxophone)\n<p>Jason Ham (euphonium)<\/p>\n<p>Rudolph Jansen<\/p>\n<p>Tony Kadleck (jazz trumpet)<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Langan (bass)<\/p>\n<p>Zubin Mehta<\/p>\n<p>Edgar Meyer (double bass)<\/p>\n<p>Anatoly Selianin (trumpet)<\/p>\n<p>Shanghai String Quartet<\/p>\n<p>Bertram Turetsky (double bass)<\/p>\n<p>Ying Quartet<\/p>\n<p>Mira Zakai (mezzo soprano)<\/p>\n<p>Nancy Zelzman (marimba)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Artists<\/h2>\n<div class=\"link-list\">\n<ul>\n<li>Janine Antoni<\/li>\n<li>Xu Bing<\/li>\n<li>Chakaia Booker<\/li>\n<li>Nene Humphrey<\/li>\n<li>Alfredo Jarr<\/li>\n<li>Spike Lee<\/li>\n<li>Glenn Ligon<\/li>\n<li>Buzz Spector<\/li>\n<li>Devorah Sperber<\/li>\n<li>William Wegman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Critics<\/h2>\n<div class=\"link-list\">\n<ul>\n<li>Aziz &amp; Cucher<br \/>\nWillie Cole<br \/>\nWill Cotton<br \/>\nSteve DeFrank<br \/>\nShoshana Dentz<br \/>\nInka Essenhigh<br \/>\nEric Fischl<br \/>\nJudy Fox<br \/>\nElana Herzog<br \/>\nDavid Hickey<br \/>\nWilliam Pope L.<br \/>\nElizabeth Murray<br \/>\nDominique Nahas<br \/>\nCathy Opie<br \/>\nTony Oursler<br \/>\nSheila Pepe<br \/>\nRona Pondick<br \/>\nNancy Princenthal<br \/>\nJennifer Reeves<br \/>\nLawrence Rinder<br \/>\nMichael Rush<br \/>\nPatterson Sims<br \/>\nKiki Smith<br \/>\nKeith Sonnier<br \/>\nLeo Steinberg<br \/>\nRobert Storr<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Broadcasters<\/h2>\n<div class=\"link-list\">\n<ul>\n<li>Steve Adubato (Caucus New Jersey\/One-on-One)<br \/>\nRoger Ailes (Fox News)<br \/>\nDavid Bianculli (NPR, &#8220;Fresh Air,&#8221; and Daily News television critic)<br \/>\nBill Bradley<br \/>\nRuth Brown<br \/>\nOlympia Dukakis<br \/>\nJack Ford (NBC News)<br \/>\nCharles Gibson (Good Morning America)<br \/>\nSara Lee Kessler (NJN reporter)<br \/>\nKent Manahan (NJN News)<br \/>\nCharles McCord (News, Imus in the Morning)<br \/>\nMelba Moore<br \/>\nRolland Smith (Channel 9 News)<br \/>\nLeslie Uggums<br \/>\nAv Westin (ABC 20\/20 Producer)<br \/>\nAlex Wit (MSNBC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Directors<\/h2>\n<div class=\"link-list\">\n<ul>\n<li>Rachel Chavkin<br \/>\nLisa Rothe<br \/>\nMelissa Crespo<br \/>\nTia James<br \/>\nLou Moreno<br \/>\nWes Grantom<br \/>\nKari Margolis<br \/>\nMichael Bloom<br \/>\nJesse Jou<br \/>\nAvery Glymph<br \/>\nRan Xia<br \/>\nJean Randich<br \/>\nMeghan Finn<br \/>\nIlana Khanin<br \/>\nDara Malina<br \/>\nDanica Selem<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Playwrights<\/h2>\n<div class=\"link-list\">\n<ul>\n<li>Ellen McLaughin<br \/>\nJeff Talbott<br \/>\nKim Rosenstock<br \/>\nGuadal\u00eds Del Carmen<br \/>\nYusef Miller<br \/>\nJ. 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