Tom Amen – Professor

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Tom Amen is a Professor of Theater at Golden West College. He received his BA in Acting from the University of California, Irvine, and his MFA in Directing from the University of Utah. Tom has directed over 70 productions in California, Arizona, and Utah. His favorite GWC directing credits include: Moby Dick, A Streetcar Named Desire, Doubt, Othello, Proof, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Rashomon, Of Mice and Men, Leading Ladies, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, A Few Good Men, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Red Noses, The Liar, Medea, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Lend Me a Tenor, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Hamlet, The Grapes of Wrath, The Crucible, Shadowlands, The Diviners, Oedipus Rex, and Dancing at Lughnasa. Future directing projects include George Orwell's, 1984, and F. Scott Fitzgerald's, The Great Gatsby, both of which Tom will direct in the Mainstage Theater during the 2013-2014 season. Tom is also currently at work on a play about the life of legendary western gunslinger, John Henry "Doc" Holliday, which he hopes to have ready for production by 2015. He encourages anyone with an interest in theater to get involved in the growing theater program at Golden West College. Tom can be reached at 714-892-7711, Ext. 55237, or at tamen@gwc.cccd.edu

Susan Thomas Babb – Professor

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Susan Thomas Babb received her Master’s Degree in Costume and Scenic Design from CSULB. Previously, Mrs. Babb worked as the Assistant Curator of Costumes at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Designer/Costume Supervisor for the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival. She has costumed over 200 theatre productions including The Secret Garden, Little Foxes, Evita, Medea, The Crucible, Amadeus, Romeo and Juliet, and My Fair Lady.

Martie Ramm Engle – Associate Professor Chair, Theater Arts and Dance

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As a professional performer, Martie has appeared on Broadway (Evita), in London (A Chorus Line), in several national tours of the US (A Chorus Line, Annie, Show Boat), and in many regional theater productions including twice as Charity in Sweet Charity and in productions of I Love My Wife, They’re Playing Our Song, The Mikado, Murder by the Book and as Joan in The Guys.. Most recently, Martie co-starred as Muriel in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

Rory Cowan – Part-Time Instructor

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Rory Cowan received his MFA in Theater Arts from California State University, Long Beach. He holds a BA in English Literature with an emphasis in Creative Writing from the University of Southern California. Over the last twenty years Rory has performed at Cypress College, Golden West College, Orange Coast College, and was a member of the California Repertory Company in Long Beach.

Wally Huntoon – Part-Time Instructor

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Wally Huntoon has been an especially busy scenic designer throughout the Southern California area for over 35 years. His numerous designs, now reaching over 750, have garnered him many awards over the years. Most recently, he is the subject of a television documentary titled Wally Huntoon, A Life by Design.

Michele Jones – Part-Time Instructor

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Dave Mickey – Part-Time Instructor

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Dave Mickey has designed sound, video, interactive, and lighting for theatre productions at Off-Broadway’s Theatre Row, the Rubicon Theatre, Laguna Playhouse, SCR, the Chance Theatre, the Blank Theatre, and Syzygy theatre and theme park show control (video) programming at Universal Studios Hollywood (2009/10). Some projects include MicePaceMaze at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the publication of iOS apps, and lead a workshop on Interactive Theatre for the Scenofest at the PQ11 in Prague.