Catherine B. Rodgers
Department Head, Professor of Theatre
MFA in Acting and Directing, UNC-Greensboro
MA in Speech Communication and Theatre Arts, Wake Forest University
BA in Religion and American Civilization, Meredith College

Catherine B. Rodgers has acted professionally and directed regionally for the past 30 years. Recent productions include portraying Rose in Gypsy and directing After the Fall, for which she received the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Meritorious Directing Award, and Schoolgirl Figure for Meredith Performs Theatre, and performing in NCSU's Barefoot in the Park.

Rodgers enjoys working on the Meredith Center for Women in the Arts and is very proud of the theatre program as it expands with the licensure program and the musical theatre concentration. She is a past President of the North Carolina Theatre Conference Board of Directors, having served proudly on that committee since 2002.  Catherine is also fortunate to be the Director of Meredith's summer study abroad program in London. She is married to scenic designer William Rodgers and they have two wonderful children, Ginny and Chip, and a great son-in-law, Justin. Their crazy, but cuddly, bichon frise Keller rounds out the family."

Location: 133 Jones
Phone: (919) 760-8586
E-mail: rodgersc@meredith.edu

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Curt Tomczyk
Assistant Professor
MFA in Scene Design, North Carolina School of the Arts
BA in Theatre and Studio Arts Minor, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota

Curt comes to Meredith College via New York, Massachusetts, and Maryland. He has worked as a scene design supervisor and painter for Williamstown Theatre Festival. He was also the paint charge for Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, New York and Centerstage in Baltimore, Maryland. As a designer and technical director, Curt has been on staff at North Carolina State University and Minneapolis Community and Technical College.

In 2007 Curt was honored to contribute to the Broadway productions of Cyrano de Bergerac, Sunday in the Park with George, and South Pacific, through Prop Star LLC., Brooklyn, New York.

Location: 135 Jones
Phone: (919) 760-2891
E-mail: tomczykc@meredith.edu

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Steven Roten
Assistant Professor
MFA in Acting, UNC-Greensboro
BFA, Western Carolina University

Steven Roten is a professional actor and a member of the Actor's Equity Association. He is artistic director for Stillwater Theatre, a new professional theatre company in residence at Meredith College. He is also a proud member of the New River Dramatists, an organization that exists solely to support playwrights and screenwriters. Some of his film/TV credits include Follow the River, Jane and the Evil Spinstresses, Dawson's Creek, One Tree Hill, Madox One Metal Skin Panic.

Stage credits include: George in Veronica Vavoom: Volcanologist, Players Club NYC, Jack Burden in All The King's Men (directed by Adrian Hall), George in Suddenly Last Summer (starring Diane Kagan), Daisy in Baby with the Bathwater, Malcome McLaren in Lipstick Traces, Guido Contini in Nine, and probably his favorite role, Frankenfurter in the Rocky Horror Show.

His directing credits include Un Becoming, Ledge, Ledger, and the Legend for Stillwater Theatre; Gypsy, David's Redhaired Death, Nightingale, The Apple Tree, and Abraham and Isaac for Meredith College; and Alice in Wonderland and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe for Applause Cary youth theatre.

Location: 134 Jones
Phone: (919) 760-8719
E-mail: rotenjo@meredith.edu

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LeGrande Smith
Adjunct Faculty
BS in Education, Western Carolina University
Second major in Theatre, Meredith College

LeGrande Smith joined the Meredith  staff in 2007 after completing a second major in theatre at Meredith College. She has worked box office in the local area including Theatre In The Park, Cary Academy and Actors Comedy Lab. Smith has also designed costumes for Raleigh Ensemble Players, Theatre In The Park, Cary Applause Children’s Theatre and Justice Theatre Project.

At Meredith, she has designed costumes for Into the Woods, Gypsy, No, No, Nanette, Jerry's Girls and Top Girls. Smith is an adjunct instructor in the Dance and Theatre Department teaching box office, house management, and publicity classes. She also supervises the costume shop and theatre practicum students. She is married to Doug and has two children.  

Location: P10 Jones
Phone: (919) 760-8834
E-mail: smithleg@meredith.edu

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