Shirley Huston-Findley is an Associate Professor of Theatre and Dance, teaches a wide variety of courses, including Origins of Western Drama, Realism and Beyond, Feminism and Theatre and Writing for the Stage and Screen. Her research regarding creativity and aging and intergenerational theatre has lead to the developlment of three dramatic texts: In Memory of Me, Letting Go, and her latest work Past Missing. Her interests in South Asia have led to the creation of a Wooster in India project entitled Exploring India at Home and Abroad Through the Arts. Directing credits at the College include, Anna Deveare Smith's Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992; Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive; Marsha Norman's Getting Out; Moliere's Tartuffe, Arthur Miller's All My Son's, Brecht's The Good Woman of Setzuan, and Adam Rapp's Nocturne, which received a performance at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Washington, D.C. in April 2007. Shirley has presented papers at the Southeastern Theatre Conference, The Mid-American Theatre Conference and the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. Her article, Re-visioning The Rainmaker, co-authored with Dr. Suzanne Burgoyne, can be found in Text and Performance Quarterly, and her anthology Footpaths and Bridges: Voices from the Native American Women Playwrights Archive was released by The University of Michigan Press in 2008.

Office: Wishart Hall 118

Award-winning director, playwright and producer, James Levin founded the Cleveland Public Theatre in 1982, bringing innovative off-off-Broadway-style theatre to Cleveland after three years with Dario D'Ambrosi's Pathological Theatre Company in residence at LaMaMa ETC in New York City.

He is currently director of the Gordon Square Cultural Arts District, the Artistic Director of Cleveland's acclaimed Ingenuity: A Festival of Arts & Culture, and the Executive Producer for Detroit Avenue Arts.

He has launched many regionally recognized projects such as the New Plays Festival, Danceworks, the Performance Art Festival, the American Indian Festival, and Vaudeville at CPT.

Directing credits include Atomic Vaudeville, Marat/Sade, The Sam Shepard Festival, and Killer Joe. Except in the courtroom, he has not acted for several years, the last major part being the title role in The Triumphant Return of Blackbird Flynt by Peter Ullian. He was written lyrics for various rock bands and for Let the Knowing Speak, a jazz cantata featuring Jon Hendricks, Jackie Byard and Phil Wilson, and scripts for CPT's late-night satire Titanic: The True Story and Up the Mountain, a project for the Y-Haven drug rehabilitation play. With collaborator Linda Eisenstein, he has co-written lyrics and book to the musicals Lysistrata 2085, Star Wares: Life Without Television, The Chapel of Perpetual Desire presents a Liturgical Circus of Religious Fervour and Live Sex on Stage!, Star Wares: The Next Generation, and Discordia. The latter two won fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council.

Office: Wishart Hall 118

Jimmy A. Noriega is an Assistant Professor of Theatre, with research and teaching specialities in Latin American, Latina/o, and indigenous theatre and performance, as well as acting, directing, performance studies, and theatre for social change. His field research is situated in the Bolivian, Peruvian, and Ecuadorian Andes; the Mayan regions of Mexico and Guatemala; and the Southwestern United States. Nationally, he has directed plays in Joplin, Missouri; Lawrence, Kansas; Ithaca, New York; and at the historic Pregones Theater in New York City. Internationally, Jimmy's plays have been staged at theatre festivals in Israel, Mexico, and Ecuador. Some of his directing credits include: Mujeres de Ciudad Juárez, References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot, Desiertos, Watsonville: Someplace Not Here, Dog Lady, La Mujer Que Cayó del Cielo, Beautiful Señoritas, The Diary of Anne Frank, and No Exit. Jimmy has presented his scholarly work at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education, the American Society for Theatre Research, the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, and at Peru's Congreso Internacional de Teatro Contemporáneo.

Office: Wishart Hall 117

The department's scenic and lighting designer, Dale's credits include over 175 productions of theatre, opera, and dance,including the Ohio Light Opera, the Abbey Theatre of Dublin, Ireland, The University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the Eastman School of Music. A member of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, he received the Ohio Valley Section's Award for Excellence in Scenic Design for his production of Brian Friel's Translations. His research activities focus on the performance traditions of indigenous peoples, particularly those of Alaska Natives. His work on the subject was recently published in The Drama Review and Melus.

Office: Wishart Hall 116

Jody LS Tidwell graduated from the University of South Dakota with an MFA in Design and Technology. Recent lighting designs at COW include A Flea in Her Ear and two pieces from the 2009 Spring Dance Concert. Her lighting has been seen at the Black Hills Playhouse include: Sherlock Holmes, the Final Adventure and A Chorus Line; and while at USD: The Diviners, Macbeth, Faith Healer, The Lieutenant of Inishmore. Jody was the winner of the 2005 ACTF David L Thayer Lighting Workshop in Fargo, ND. She worked for five years at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon as a carpenter, and has also worked for Indiana Repertory Theatre, The Old Creamery Theatre, and Missouri Repertory Theatre. She worked as Technical Director for several theatres including Indiana State University, the University of Nebraska at Kearney, and during her graduate work at USD. Jody is a member of IATSE local 631 in Orlando, Florida. She and her husband Dave celebrated a 26 year anniversary this year along with their children Aaron and Melissa.

Office: Freedlander Theatre, Scene Shop