Strategies & Tools for the Modern Community College Classroom

Todd Siff is a theatre practitioner, musician, and arts educator. He received his BFA in Theatre Arts from Boston University and his MFA in Directing/Theatre for Youth from the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Currently, Todd serves as the Professor of Theatre and Theatre Arts Department Chair at Monterey Peninsula College. Todd's professional theatrical credits include: The Huntington Theatre (Boston, MA), The Zach Scott Theatre (Austin, TX), and The Australian Theatre for Young People (Sydney, AUS). As a theatre practitioner, Todd focuses on creating theatre work for social change and Theatre for Young Audiences. 

Kate Neff Stone, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Dramatic Arts at San Diego City College in San Diego, California. She teaches voice and acting classes, and directs productions on campus. She works professionally around Southern California as an Intimacy Choreographer, and has her PhD from the joint program at University of California, Irvine and the University of California, San Deigo, as well as her MA from the Performance Studies program at New York University.

Russell Dean Schultz is an Associate Professor of Theatre at Santa Fe College in Gainesville, FL where he has been teaching since 2015. A veteran stage actor, Russell is thankful to have worked in numerous mediums throughout his career including stage (Water Tower Theatre, The Hippodrome, Echo Theatre and Stage West), television (Walker, Texas Ranger, Wishbone, Dallas: The Reunion), film (Coming Home), voice over (Myocycle, One Piece, Athena: Goddess of War) and performance capture (Phantom Car). Russell will next be seen on the big screen playing American icon George Washington in A Great Awakening from Sight and Sound Films in 2026.