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Cassie Gholston Operations and Communications Manager for the Department and her duties include:
  • Faculty and Staff recruitment, leave, promotion/tenure, award nominations, job appointments/assignments
  • Assistant to the Chair
  • Record minutes and provide materials for faculty and staff meetings
  • Human Resource contact
  • Supervisor of Building Manager, Course Scheduler, and Front Desk Administrative Assistant
  • General Office Management
  • Oversight of all Publicity, Marketing, Public Relations for the Department
  • Oversight of Web and Social Media Presence
  • Oversight of Production Season Publicity

Office: 1.144D

Phone: 232-5301

E-Mail: gholston@austin.utexas.edu

Jessica Champion serves as Building Manager for the Department and his duties include:

  • Building Maintenance and Renovation
  • Oversight of Student Workers
  • Coordinate ABT Summer Camp

Office: 1.142A (in 1.144)

Phone: 232-2668

E-Mail: jesschamp@austin.utexas.edu

Liliana Zapatero serves as Guest Artist/Visitor Liaison. Her duties include:

Guest Artist Paperwork and Visitor

Office: 1.144E

Phone: 232-9402

E-Mail: liliana.zapatero@austin.utexas.edu

Clarissa Smith serves as Course Scheduler. Her duties include:
  • Creating and Managing the course schedule and all related duties.

Office: 1.144

Phone: 475-6565

E-Mail: clarissasmith@austin.utexas.edu

Ryan M. Prendergast serves as Marketing and Events Assistant. His duties include:

  • Program content
  • Social media updates
  • Complimentary tickets
  • Opening night receptions and official department occasions
    • Table, chair and linen reservations

    Office: 1.144

    Phone: 232-5324

    E-Mail: ryan.prendergast@austin.utexas.edu

    Averil Houston serves as Administrative Associate. His duties include:

    Office: 1.144

    Phone: 471-5793

    E-Mail: averil@austin.newcomb@mailMegan Bommarito
  • Web and Social Media Updates and other Publicity
  • Website
    • Video144E5337meganbommarito@austin Undergraduate Advisor for the Department. 
  • Advises Department Undergraduate Majors and Nonmajors
  • Manages Enrollment Restrictions, Registration Bars, etc.
    • Tracks Undergraduate Student Progress118 2325308mazuniga@austinAndrea Grapko serves Graduate Coordinator. Her duties include:
    • Managing the graduate programs
    • Admissions and recruitment of graduate students

    Office: 1.144

    Phone: TBD

    E-Mail: andrea.grapko@austin.utexas.edu


    Megan Bommarito serves as

    the Communications Coordinator. Her responsibilities include:

    • Managing the department website and all social media channels.
    • Develop and implement communications strategies, including creating and managing budgets for advertising and marketing and building/strengthening relationships with audiences.
    • Provide artistic direction on season materials, photography and marketing imagery.
    • Manage all department production and non-production collateral: advertising, marketing, publicity, web, social media, photography/videography, and playbills.
    • Serve as the Liaison with Texas Performing Arts patron services and ticketing offices.

    Office: 1.144E

    Phone: 512-232-5328

    E-Mail: megan.bommarito@austin.utexas.edu


    Cassie Gholston serves as the Operations and Communications Manager for the Department and her duties include:

    • This position is a senior manager who provides executive leadership to the Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance. Key functions include overseeing administrative operations and external/internal communications; supervision and mentorship of core administrative staff and communication staff; strategic planning and project management of departmental programs and initiatives; human resources and faculty advancement. 

    Office: 1.144D

    Phone: 512-232-5301

    E-Mail: gholston@austin.utexas.edu


    		Andrea Grapko serves as the Graduate Coordinator. Her duties include:
    • Administers and coordinates the Graduate Programs in Dance, UT Live Design, Theater for Youth and Communities, Performance as Public Practice, and Directing and Playwriting.
    • Assists graduate students with registration, graduation, and general questions
    • Maintains graduate student records, files, and databases as well as tracks and compiles data related to graduate enrollment and programs.
    • Tracks TA/AI assignments and is responsible for issuing appointment letters.
    • Assists the Graduate Advisor with Grad ExComm meetings, deadlines, and fellowships
    • Serves as a liaison with the Graduate School and the College of Fine Arts.

    E-Mail: andrea.grapko@austin.utexas.edu


    Nathan Harper serves as the Assistant Operations Manager for the Department and his duties include:

    • Building security & access management, issuing and tracking keys, oversight of reservations in the Winship and Lab Theatre building outside of the class schedule, building management of Winship and the Lab Theatre.

    Office: 1.142A (in 1.144)

    Phone: 512-232-5313

    E-Mail: nathan.harper@austin.utexas.edu


    Tori Marshall serves as the Assistant to the Department chair and the ABT Summer Intensive Coordinator. Her responsibilities include:

    • Management of the Chair's calendar, travel, and other Chair-related administrative tasks
    • Management of office supply inventory, Ricoh Copiers and printing needs, Records Inventory and Management, as well as administrative back-up to the main office front desk.
    • As the ABT Intensive Coordinator, she oversees the operations of ABT Summer Intensive at UT-Austin
    • Serves as a liaison and manages agreements with ABT and various other university units.
    • Creates and manages the ABT/UT Budget
    • Recruits, hires, and manages the summer program staff.

    Office: WIN 1.144

    Phone: 512-232-2668

    E-Mail: victoria.marshall@austin.utexas.edu


    Kevin Newcomb assists the Department of Theatre and Dance by managing the Technology Classrooms.

    • Installs and Repairs A/V equipment in Winship.
    • Assists Faculty with using Technology Classrooms, including keys.

    Office: 2.114

    Phone: 512-232

    -5305

    E-Mail:

    newcomb@austin.utexas.edu


    Sydney Pattillo serves as the Marketing Assistant.

    Her duties include:

    • Routing and creating mainstage performance program content
    • Assist the Communications Coordinator in generating, managing, and tracking all web and social media channels as well as generating content for the Departmental blog.
    • Managing complimentary tickets for all mainstage department productions
    • Manage physical and digital production archives.
    • Assist in coordinating and scheduling video shoots, photoshoots and any other needed marketing appointments.

    Office: 1.

    144

    Phone: 512-232-

    5324

    E-Mail:

    sydney.

    pattillo@austin.utexas.edu


    Lizeth R. Salinas serves as the Finance Manager for the Department.

  • Budgeting for the Department
  • Account Management and Reconciliation for the Department
    • Approves Department Purchase

    • Finance Office Management
    • Supervise Senior Administrative Associate and Guest Artist Liaison
    • Serve as a financial consultant to the Department Chair and Faculty Associate Chairs.
    • Oversee financial reporting and analysis
    • Annual operating budget planning, preparation, and maintenance.
    • Make financial projections, analyze expenditure trends, and suggest improvements.

    Office: 1.154B154

    Phone: 512-232-5317

    E-Mail: lizeth@austin.utexas.edu


    Zeinab Alzuhairi Natasha Small serves as the Purchasing Officer Undergraduate Admissions Coordinator for the Department.

    • Purchases for the Department
    • Reimburses Faculty/Staff/StudentsManages Undergraduate Admissions processes for both Freshman and Internal & External transfer students.
    • Coordinate the Departmental Recruitment events - scheduling auditions, processing portfolios, scheduling interviews, reviewing applications with faculty, arranging faculty travel for recruitment purposes.
    • Coordinate Departmental Scholarships for freshmen applicants and for current students.

    Office: 1.154A130

    Phone: 512-232-79782741

    E-Mail: zeinab.alzuhairi@austin.utexas.eduMark-Anthony Zuniga tadadmissions@utexas.edu


    		Clarissa Smith serves as the Course Scheduler. Her duties include:
    • Creating and Managing the course schedule and all related duties.
    • Serves as the SACS contact for the Department

    Office: 1.

    144B

    Phone:

    512-475-

    6565

    E-Mail:

    clarissasmith@austin.utexas.edu


    Natasha Small Ashley Spears serves as the Undergraduate Admissions Coordinator Senior Administrative Associate and Purchasing Officer for the Department.

  • Coordinate Undergraduate Admissions and Recruiting Activities
  • Meet with Prospective Students/Parents
    • Coordinate Departmental Scholarships

    Office: 1.126

    Phone: 232-2741

    E-Mail: tadadmissions@utexas.edu

    Jed Lawnsby assists the Department by maintaining our Computer Lab (TADL) in WIN 1.138.

    • Oversight and Maintenance of TADL Computer Classroom.
    • Oversight of Proctors in TADL

     

     

    Office: DFA 3.218

    Phone: 232-5479

    E-Mail: artlabs@austin.utexas.edu

    		Lara Dossettassists the Department by Coordinating Drama for Schools programming under Katie Dawson’s direction.
    • Coordinate Drama for Schools programming
    • Coordinate Drama for Schools Summer Institute

     

     

    Office: WIN B.114

    Phone: ----

    E-Mail: laradossett@utexas.edu

    Kriston Brown assists the Department as assistant to Chairman

     

     

    Office: WIN 1.144

    Phone: 232-5316

    E-Mail: kriston@austin

    • Serves as back-up to the Financial Manager
    • Answer general accounting inquiries and clarify procedures, assist the Finance Manager with monthly closeout.
    • Create and track various financial documents: vendor and guest payments, travel reimbursement, student reimbursement, and IDT corrections.
    • Maintain finance documents in accordance with UT Guidelines: files, server-scanned documents, fiscal year clean-up.
    • Serve with Technology Liaison as Department EID contact and DPUSER
    • Assist Department Inventory Contact by providing documentation for tagging T&D items and assist in researching inventory items on an as-needed basis.

    Office: 1.154A

    Phone: 512-232-7978

    E-Mail: ashley.spears@austin.utexas.edu


    Liliana Zapatero serves as the Guest Artist/Visitor Liaison. Her duties include:

    • Guest Artist Liaison - paying visiting guest artist stipends, coordinating and issuing San Jacinto Parking Vouchers, FDP parking passes.
    • Make travel arrangements and initiate reimbursement for out-of-town visitors.
    • Set up current faculty, staff, and students in Workday to receive stipends for short-term professional work.
    • Hire, pre-hire, onboard, and/or terminate long sessions and summer Non-Academic hourly appointments
    • Serves as a DPSUSER administrator.

    Office: 1.144E

    Phone: 232-9402

    E-Mail: liliana.zapatero@austin.utexas.edu


    Mark-Anthony Zuniga serves as the Senior Academic Advisor for Theatre & Dance.  

    • Advises undergraduate T&D majors on degree requirements, academic policies and university resources.
    • Coordinate mandatory registration advising for T&D department twice yearly.
    • Plan & co-facilitate COFA's New Student Orientation program during Spring and Summer semesters.
    • Assist non-majors on Theatre and Dance course options during non-peak times.
    • Process departmental adds/drops during first 12 class days each semester.

    Office: 1.118

    Phone: 512-232-5308

    E-Mail: mazuniga@austin.utexas.edu