Region 3 Leadership
Herschel Kruger
Chair
Carthage College
Department Chair
Professor of Theatre
Department of Theatre
2001 Alford Park Drive
Kenosha, WI 53140
262.551.6101 office
Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson
Vice-Chair
University of Illinois – Springfield
Associate Professor of Theatre
Department of Art, Music, and Theatre
One University Plaza, MS VPA 62
Springfield, Illinois 62703-5407
217.206.8307
Rick Walters
Immediate Past Chair
Viterbo University
Professor of Theatre and Music Theatre
900 Viterbo Drive
La Crosse, WI 54601
608.796.3793
Michelle Bombe
KCACTF National Chair and Financial Director of KCACTF Region 3
Hope College
Professor of Theatre
Department of Theatre
141 E. 12th St.
Holland, MI 49423
616.395.7598 office
616.395.7180 fax
Kelli Crump
RED Chair & Assistant Irene Ryan Coordinator
Wayne State University
Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance
Old Main – Suite 3225
4841 Cass Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
(248) 722-6225
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RED Vice-Chair
Thom J. Miller
Chair, National Playwriting Program
University of Illinois
Theater Studies B.F.A. Coordinator
Department of Theatre
University of Illinois
Mailbox: 4-122 Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (KCPA)
500 S. Goodwin Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
Mailcode 072
Genesee Spridco
NPP Co-Vice Chair, Devised Co-Coordinator
Lecturer of Movement
University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Co-Artistic Director
Imaginez Ensemblez
608-347-3484
Tom Horan
NPP, Co-Vice Chair
Assistant Professor of Playwriting
Christian McKinney
Co-Chair Design, Technology & Management
University of Indianapolis
Production Manager & Technical Director
Department of Theatre
1400 East Hanna Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46227
317.788.6148
Terry Dana Jachimiak II
Co-Chair Design, Technology & Management
Alma College
Assistant Professor
Department of Theatre
Alma, MI 48801
989.463.7062
Peggy Mead-Finizio
Co Vice-Chair Design, Technology & Management
Saginaw Valley State University
Assistant Professor
Department of Theatre
188 Curtiss Hall
989-964-7371
Ann Dasen
Co Vice-Chair Design, Technology & Management
Phillip Effiong
Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy Coordinator
Michigan State University
Associate Professor of Theatre Studies
Theatre Department
Michigan State University
225 Auditorium Building
East Lansing, MI 48824
517-884-7802
Heidi Winters Vogel
Irene Ryan Coordinator
Associate Professor of Theater
Wabash College
301 W. Wabash Ave.
Crawfordsville, IN 47933
765-361-6223
Lysa Fox
Music Theatre Intensive Coordinator
Western Illinois University
Associate Professor of Theatre
100A Browne Hall
Macomb, IL 61455
309.298.1747
Arthur Grothe
SDC Directing Program Coordinator
University of Wisconsin-Eau Clair
Artistic Director of Theatre/Associate Professor
Department of Music & Theatre Arts
The Pablo Center at the Confluence/Pablo 248
Eau Claire, WI 54703
715.836.3178
Lynne Perkins Socey
Coordinator, National Playwriting Program Directors
Earlham College
Convener, Associate Professor of Theatre
Department of Theatre Arts
801 National Road West
Richmond, IN 47374-4095
Drew Vidal
Devised Theatre Co-Coordinator
Ball State University
Associate Professor of Acting and Movement
Department of Theatre and Dance
Arts and Communications, Room AC 306
Muncie, IN 47306
765.285.8751
Matthew Reeder
Dramaturgy Coordinator
Ball State University
Assistant Professor of Directing and Shakespeare
Department of Theatre and Dance
Muncie, IN 47306
765.285.8809 office
Dinesh Yadav
ASPIRE Coordinator & Design Storm Coordinator
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Assistant Professor of Theatre and Technical Director
Theatre and Dance
171-A Theatre Hall
2420 Nicolet Drive
Green Bay, 54311 WI, USA
920 -465-5149
Miranda Hawk
Workshop Coordinator and Wisconsin State Chair
Madison College
Chair of Theater, Speech and Film
1701 Wright Street
Madison, WI 53704
608-246-6524
Kent Cyr
Festival Technical Director
Michigan Technological University
Assistant Professor, Theatre Division
Visual and Performing Arts
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931
906.487.2692
Tracy Manning
Indiana State Chair
Taylor University
Co-Chair, Professor of Music
Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts
Department of Theatre & Music Theatre
236 West Reade Ave.
Upland, IN 46989-1001
765.998.5248
Gion DeFancesco
Ohio State Chair
Miami University
Associate Chair
Associate Professor of Theatre
Department of Theatre
247C Center for Performing Arts
Oxford, OH 45056
513.529.8318
Keeley Stanley-Bohn
Michigan State Chair
Central Michigan University
Professor of Theatre
135 Moore Hall
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
989.774.7676 office
Hadley Kamminga Peck
Illinois State Chair