Stephany Baker is the Student Services Officer for the Drama Department. She served as Events and Community Outreach Counselor at San Jose State University-Visitor Relations and Admission Counseling Department for seven years. She received her BA in Political Science with a minor in Administration of Justice from San Jose State University in 2000. As a student at SJSU she was very active in community relations and student organizations. She also was a member of the first tele-conference debate team for SJSU v. Moscow University, where she focused on international relations. Prior to working in higher education she worked for Santa Clara County Juvenile Probation. Her passion is young people and her desire is to give all that she can to help America's youth find their way in life. She is a musician and singer. She is currently pursuing her MA in Ministry. Stephany is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Alice-Louise Bonaker Production Support Technician
Alice-Louise Bonaker has a degree in Drama Design from Stanford. She has worked as a freelance technician and designer in the Bay Area and in theatrical lighting rentals and production in the Midwest.
Susan Applewood Cann Office Manager, Dance Division
Susan Applewood Cann is the Office Manager and graphic designer for the Dance Division. Her past experience includes working as an editor in a newsroom in the Watergate era; processing secret security clearances for the Department of Defense; selling real estate in North Bend, Washington (of “Twin Peaks” fame); proofreading an x-rated literary journal; owning a children’s resale clothing store in Berkeley; and self-publishing a guidebook she wrote for families in Santa Barbara.
Michael Gonzales Academic Technology Specialist
Michael Gonzalez joined Stanford after working for several years as an academic editor with the manufacturer of InfoTrac, an online and CD-ROM information-retrieval company. At Stanford, he is part of the Academic Technology Specialist (ATS) program under the Academic Computing Department of the Stanford University Libraries.
As ATS, Gonzalez provided technology support for History Department faculty and their students primarily to help them use web technology to enhance classroom lectures and presentations. He also worked at Stanford’s Overseas Studies Program where he continued to explore distributed classrooms and collaborative teaching using network video-conferencing and the world wide web.
Currently, Gonzalez serves as the ATS for the Art/Art History and Drama Departments, where he assists faculty and graduate students gain facility with digital technology and its workflows. He has worked with several funded technology projects, including Medieval Spains and the Digital Parker Library.
Gonzalez has degrees in Social Anthropology and History and has lectured at CSUH (East Bay) and at Stanford. He writes occasional history articles for the monthly Filipinas Magazine, plays the classic guitar, and is an avid collector of rare guitars. He also teaches anthropology on weekends at City College San Francisco.
Anne Gordon Administrative Services Manager in the Department of Drama
Chris Hartung Administrative Associate
Chris Hartung is the administrative support for the Drama Department as well as the assistant for the department chair. A graduate of San Jose State University, Chris majored in Radio/Television/Film along with a Business Management minor. In college she was a DJ for 90.5 KSJS, produced her own commercials, managed private movie screenings, and worked as an extra for some San Jose State movies. Professionally, Chris has had the privilege to work in Stanford's School of Medicine as well as Stanford Hospital and Clinics. Being the first contact in most offices she worked for, she has extensive knowledge in office management and administration.
Kenny provides support to productions as Master Electrician and Supervisor of lighting installations. He has more than twenty years of experience in technical theater and works as Master Electrician, Head Rail, and Stagehand for a variety of performing arts groups in the Bay Area.
Heather Patterson Cutter/Draper
Heather Patterson is a Cutter/Draper for the Drama Department. She received her BS from the University of California, Davis in costume design. She has worked in design, construction, and patternmaking for UC Davis, West Bay Opera, and Stanford Summer Theater, as well as for the fashion industry.
Birgit Pfeffer is the Costume Shop Supervisor for the Department of Drama. Among her many projects, she teaches students the fine art of costume creation and current pattern design techniques as a lab (Drama 39C).
Pfeffer began her fashion career seventeen years ago and was awarded the coveted “Best of Bavaria” award in 1990. She received her Masters Degree in tailoring from Handwerkskammer (1995, Munich, Germany) and has held senior design and manager positions with TheatreWorks (San Francisco Bay Area), A.T. Jones and Sons (Baltimore, Maryland) and Südostbayerisches Städte Theater (Landshut, Germany). Prior experiences included costuming for the Resideztheater in Munich and her apprenticeship period with Mode Atelier in Deggendorf, Germany.
Her numerous freelance projects include costume creations for the Washington and Baltimore Operas, custom fashions for Ella Moda, LemonTwist, and Frasier, and costumes for San Francisco’s renowned Sumin Ballet and San Francisco Ballet.
Some of the more notable projects she has been associated with include custom stage creations for Romeo and Juliet, Godot, The Robbers, and Spring Awakening (Munich); Mary Stuart, Little Shop of Horrors, and Goldberg Variations (Landshut); Carmen and Die Tote Stadt (Baltimore); Sideshow, Sunday in the Park with George, Cabaret, and Ducky (TheatreWorks); Redemption, The Camp, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Stanford); plus the recent hit, Dancing with Gershwin (Smuin Ballet), Chi lin (San Francisco Ballet), Le Carnaval des Animaux (San Francisco Ballet), Lamberena (Singapore Dance Theater), 7 for Eight (San Francisco Ballet), and Reflections (San Francisco Ballet).
Birgit Pfeffer is on leave for the 2007-2008 school year.
Katie Pfeiffer is the Graphic Designer and Publicist for the Department of Drama. She has a degree in Art History from Stanford University, and background in photography, design, and German.
Paul Strayer manages the Department's scene shop. In addition, he teaches a variety of woodworking and furniture making classes during the year.
Carolyn Vega Costume Shop Supervisor
Carolyn Vega is the Costume Shop Supervisor in the Drama Department. She earned an Advanced AA Degree in Fashion Design from FIDM (The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising) in Los Angeles. Her career experience encompasses both the fashion and costume trades. For many years Carolyn enjoyed running her own business designing lingerie, sportswear, costumes, and purses. Her designs sold online, and in boutiques across the States. She traveled abroad producing fashion shows promoting her clothing line. Carolyn freelanced on numerous dance, theater, television, and film productions. Some of her previous projects include assisting with costumes for the HBO "Red Shoe Diaries" series, as well as the television series "Air America". She designed costumes for the Academy Award-nominated short documentary film Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks, as well as the 2004 Academy Award-winning short documentary film The Children's March, an American Civil Rights film.
Ross Williams Technical Director and Operations
Ross Williams is the Technical Director for the Drama
Department.
