Faculty • Musical Theatre • Carthage College

Carthage students learn from currently working professionals who have performed on Broadway, off-Broadway, and in regional theatre productions, as well as national tours and cruise ships. Not to mention our outstanding theatre faculty and music faculty.

Matthew Hougland
- Director, Undergraduate Musical Theatre Studies; Assistant Professor of Music
Email Address:
mhougland@carthage.edu
Office:
JAC 133
Phone
262-551-5975
Elena Batman
- Adjunct Faculty, Music — Voice
Email Address:
ebatman@carthage.edu
Office:
JAC 208
Phone
262-551-5859
Gregory Berg
- Associate Professor of Music
Email Address:
gberg@carthage.edu
Office:
Johnson Arts Center 139
Phone
262-551-5861
Melissa Kelly Cardamone
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music; Staff Accompanist
Email Address:
mcardamone@carthage.edu
Phone
262-551-5859
Peg Cleveland (Plambeck)
- Adjunct Faculty, Music — Voice
Email Address:
mplambeck@carthage.edu
Office:
Johnson Arts Center 211
Phone
262-551-5859
Rita Gentile
- Adjunct Faculty, Music — Voice
Email Address:
rgentile@carthage.edu
Office:
JAC 248
Phone
262-551-5859
Allison Hull
- Adjunct Faculty, Music — Voice
Email Address:
allihull@yahoo.com
Office:
Johnson Arts Center 211
Phone
262-551-5859
Kim Instenes
- Associate Professor of Theatre; Costume Designer
Email Address:
kinstenes@carthage.edu
Office:
Straz Center 62B
Phone
262-551-6575
Herschel Kruger
- Chair, Theatre Department; Professor of Theatre
Email Address:
hkruger@carthage.edu
Office:
Straz Center 62A
Phone
262-551-6101
Linda Madonia
- Vocal Coach and Accompanist
Email Address:
lmadonia@carthage.edu
Martin McClendon
- Professor of Theatre
Email Address:
mmcclendon@carthage.edu
Office:
Straz Center 143
Phone
262-551-6121
Corinne Ness
- Dean, Division of Arts and Humanities; Director, Master of Music in Music Theatre Vocal Pedagogy; Professor of Music
Email Address:
cness@carthage.edu
Office:
JAC 210
Phone
262-551-5733
William Newcomb
- Carthage Theatre Technical Director; Assistant Professor of Theatre
Email Address:
wnewcomb@carthage.edu
Office:
DSC 141
Phone
262-551-5987
Thomas Novak
- Adjunct Professor of Music Theatre
Email Address:
tnovak@carthage.edu
Phone
262-551-5859
Stacy Pottinger
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theatre
Email Address:
spottinger@carthage.edu
Office:
Straz Center 141
Phone
262-551-5885
Neil Kristian Scharnick
- Associate Professor of Theatre; Director of the Honors Program
- Theatre
Email Address:
nscharnick@carthage.edu
Office:
LH 315
Phone
262-551-5757