Hartwick college

Kenneth Golden
Associate Professor and Director of Theatre Arts

Education:
B.A. Florida Atlantic
M.F.A., Florida State University

Professor Ken Golden is the Director of Theatre and specializes in teaching classes in design for the theatre. He also teaches Introduction to Theatre, New York City Theatre, and Art of the Cinema. Ken designs shows for Hartwick College and also for several theatre companies in Central New York. He has been a part of Hartwick’s theatre program since 1983.

Contact Information:
Department of English and Theatre Arts
Hartwick College
Bresee Lab Theatre
Oneonta, New York 13820
Phone: 607-431-4922
E-mail: goldenk@hartwick.edu

Marc Shaw
Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts

Education:
B.A., Brigham Young University
M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara
PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara

Marc E. Shaw teaches acting, solo performance, playwriting, introduction to theatre, and various dramatic literature courses. His research concentrations include contemporary British and American theater, Harold Pinter, twentieth-century acting techniques, masculinities in theater and popular culture, and solo performance. Before Hartwick, Shaw taught at Brooks Institute and the University of California, Santa Barbara—where he earned his PhD in Dramatic Art. Shaw’s theater writing appears in Theatre Journal, Shakespeare Bulletin, and forthcoming from Rodopi Press, McFarland Press, Modern Drama and Theatre Topics; and, he has presented research at many national conferences, including ATHE, ASTR, MLA, and PCA/ACA. His artistic training includes certificates from Improbable in London and MICHA (Michael Chekhov Technique). Shaw’s directing work includes Wish We Were Here at FringeNYC 2008, which received positive reviews from Time Out New York and nytheatre.com; as well as critics’ picks from Backstage and New York Magazine. Shaw received directing commendations from the American College Theater Festival for his work on 18, which won the national award for college play of the year at the Kennedy Center in 2007. He also directed for the UC Santa Barbara Main Stage, New Plays Festival, and Summer Theater Lab. As an actor and solo performer, Shaw received two “Independent Awards” from Santa Barbara critics for his portrayal of Shakespeare’s Malvolio and Touchstone. Shaw was the artistic director of the popular weekly comedy show Improvability which has run continuously since 2004 and was awarded the Alternative Social Program of the Year from UCSB.

Contact Information:
Department of English and Theatre Arts
Hartwick College
Clark Hall 122
Oneonta, New York 13820
Phone: 607-431-4909
E-mail: shawm@hartwick.edu

Malissa Kano-White
Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts

Education:
B.A., Keene State College
M.F.A., Illinois State University

Malissa A. Kano-White is an assistant professor of Theatre Arts at Hartwick College where she teaches Fundamentals of Acting, Advanced Acting and Introduction to Theatre courses. As a professional director, playwright and theatre educator Malissa has worked extensively in Children’s Theatre in her capacity as, Director of the Theatre for the University of the Cumberlands in Kentucky, Educational Director of the Center for Theatre, a theatre museum, in Albuquerque, NM and as the Artistic Director for the Orcas Center, in Washington State.

Contact Information:
Department of English and Theatre Arts
Hartwick College
Clark 127
Oneonta, NY 13820
Phone: 607-431-4920
E-mail: kano_whitem@hartwick.edu

Gary Burlew
Technical Director

Education:
B.S., SUNY Brockport

Gary has most recently worked as Technical Director for the Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse in Rock Island, IL. Previous to that he was the Technical Director/Resident Lighting Designer for the Wohlfahrt Haus Dinner Theatre in Wytheville, VA. He has designed lighting for over 75 professional productions since graduating from SUNY Brockport in 1997. Gary has also worked at Missouri Repertory Theatre, The Hartt School, Hartford Stage, Leatherstocking Theatre, Orpheus Theatre, Downstairs Cabaret Theatre, Catskill Actors Theatre, and GEVA Theatre.

Contact Information:
Department of English and Theatre Arts
Hartwick College
Bresee Lab Theatre
Oneonta, New York 13820
Phone: 607-431-4601
E-mail: burlewg@hartwick.edu

Bhala Jones
Adjunct Instructor in Dance

Contact Information:
Hartwick College
Binder Physical Education Center 209
Oneonta, New York 13820

Janet Bresee
Adjunct Instructor in Dance

Education:
B.S., James Millikin University
M.S., University of Wisconsin at Madison

Contact Information:
Hartwick College
Binder Physical Education Center 209
Oneonta, New York 13820
Phone: 607-431-4705
E-mail: breseej@hartwick.edu

Michael Easton
Production Manager

 Education:
B.A., Hartwick College

Contact Information:
Department of English and Theatre Arts
Hartwick College
Bresee Lab Theatre
Oneonta, New York 13820
Phone: 607-431-4923
E-mail: eastonm@hartwick.edu