Mark Duncan, M.F.A. (Coordinator of Performing Arts, Assistant Professor of Theatre, and Artistic Director)
Mark earned an M.F.A. in acting from Virginia Commonwealth University, a B.A. in theatre from Coastal Carolina University and is a graduate of Chicago’s prestigious Second City Conservatory. Regional and international credits include the Georgia Shakespeare Festival, Theatre of the Stars, New American Theater, Wing and Groove Theatre Company (Chicago), Theatre Virginia, Richmond Shakespeare Festival, Blue Ridge Theatre Festival, Shockoe Slip Theatre Company (Chicago), Hollywood Shakespeare Festival, Rude Mechanical Productions, The Promethean Theatre, and the Sibiu International Theatre Festival, Romania. Mark is an assistant professor of theatre and coordinator of performing arts at Nova Southeastern University. He has served on the faculties at Wesleyan College, University of Central Arkansas, and Virginia Commonwealth University.

Bill J. Adams, D.M.A. (Assistant Professor of Music/Vocal and Musical Director)
While completing his doctorate at the University of Miami with opera veteran, Joseph Evans, Bill wrote An Introduction to Acting for Singers and became the director of the Musical Theatre Program at Barry University in Miami Shores. He also served as artistic director of the award-winning South Florida Choral Arts, Inc. In Pittsburgh, Bill taught voice lessons in the Conservatory of Performing Arts at Point Park University and served as artistic director of the Renaissance City Men’s Choir. New York credits include: The Rape of the Lock (Ariel), The Bartered Bride (Vašek), Die Zauberflöte (Monostatos), Madama Butterfly (Goro). Regional credits include: A View from the Bridge (Mike), Albert Herring (Mayor), Pump Boys and Dinettes (LM), Man of LaMancha (Anselmo), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Joseph), Assassins (Zangara), Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour), The Coronation of Poppea (Arnalta), The Very Last Green Thing (Android), Falstaff (Dr. Cajus), Manon (Guillot), and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Cheswick).

Dan Gelbmann, M.F.A. (Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre and Scenic and Lighting Designer) Bio coming soon.

Ed Fitzpatrick (Technical Manager)
Ed earned a bachelor of fine arts in theatre arts from Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri. He worked as a technician for summer stock companies in Kentucky, Ohio, and Missouri before moving to Florida in 1997. Ed was the assistant technical director at the Lake Worth Playhouse in Lake Worth for close to three years. After that, he moved on to the Caldwell Theatre Company in Boca Raton. He was the master carpenter there for six and a half years. During that time, he also worked as a carpenter and technician for Palm Beach Dramaworks in West Palm Beach. He continues to build scenery for Spanish River High School in Boca Raton, works as a freelance technician for area theaters, and is now
NSU’s new theatre technical manager.

Elana Lanczi, M.F.A. (Choreographer/Adjunct Professor of Dance)
Elana Lanczi is a dancer and choreographer originally from Boston, Massachusetts. She performed internationally in both South Korea and Brazil and nationally with noted choreographers Sean Curran, Katie Duck, Anita Gonzalez, Li Chiao-Ping, Lionel Popkin, Merian Soto, and Maida Withers, among others. Her own choreography is influenced by the investigation of contemporary dance forms (including Contact Improvisation and instant composition) has been performed throughout Pennsylvania, Virgina, Washington, D.C., and Florida. In 2004, Elana and Miami wheelchair dancer John Beauregard traveled to Koln, Germany, to work with noted German choreographer Gerda Konig on a mixed-ability duet commissioned by Tigertail Productions. In addition to her work as a dancer and choreographer, Elana currently serves as the Dance Program Coordinator in the department of Visual and Performing Arts at Broward Community College. Elana holds an M.F.A. in dance from Temple University, where she was also the recipient of a full teaching scholarship.

Chetachi Egwu, Ph.D. (Choreographer)
Chetachi was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Nigerian parents and raised in Buffalo, New York. She completed her bachelor of arts in communication at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1996. While a student there, Chetachi undertook many ventures, including dancing with Buffalo’s renowned African dance company, Kakilambe. Chetachi earned a Ph.D. in communication from Howard University in 2005. She has served on the faculties of Howard University, Morgan State University, and the George Washington University and currently serves as an assistant professor in the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences' Division of Humanities. As Chetachi's passion for communication and academia grew, so did her passion for dance. She has studied under and performed the choreography of several well-respected dancers, including Sherrill Berryman-Johnson, Deborah Riley, Carla Perlo, Chris Aiken, Mohammed DaCosta, Nejla Yatkin, and Reggie Glass. She has been a company member of Carla & Company, Coyaba Dance Theater, and the Choreographers’ Collaboration Project and has also danced various projects with companies like Son Urbano. Chetachi feels that being immersed in both the dance and the academic world gives her a unique perspective that helps her to excel in both.

Eileen M. Smith, M.F.A. (Scenic and Costume Designer)
Eileen received her M.F.A. in theater from Minnesota State University. For five years in the early 1990s, she headed the theater design and technical program at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. Eileen has designed the scenery, costumes, lights, and makeup for more than 50 theatrical productions in college, regional, and summer theatres from Massachusetts to Minnesota, in addition to interning at "Sesame Street Live." She received the Stitt Award for Excellence in Theatre at Mount Holyoke College and her design for Euripides' The Bacchae at Minnesota State University, Mankato, was published in Theater Design and Technology magazine. Eileen is also an environmental sociologist and an assistant professor in the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences' Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences. She received her Ph.D. from Florida International University. Her current sociological research examines the interplay between nature, people, natural resources, spirituality, and environmental attitudes.