Department of Theatre Faculty

Dr. Linda K. Brengle

Associate Professor of Theatre

Acting, Theatre History, African-American Theatre and Film Genres

Dr. Linda K. Brengle has a Ph.D from Bowling Green University. Linda is an Associate Professor of Theatre and came to IUS in 1980. Her directing credits include The Merry Wives of Windsor, Death of a Salesman, Tales From India, Abundance and The Miser. She has performed with The Kentucky Shakespeare Festival and is the founding member of the Copperhead Consort, a faculty/student organization that specializes in the performance of Medieval works. Her book, The Vagabonds, published by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, focuses on American Theatre.

Susan Van Dyke

Associate Professor of Theatre and Resident Scenographer

Lighting, Stagecraft, Theater Appreciation, Directing

Susan Van Dyke has a M.F.A. from Ohio State University. Susan is an Associate Professor of Theatre and resident scenographer. Her design credits include Extremities, Amadeus, The Lion In Winter, Holy Ghosts, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Boys Next Door, and Keely and Du. She has extensive training in lighting for both theatre and dance. Before coming to Southern Indiana, Susan was resident lighting designer at East Carolina Playhouse in Greenville, North Carolina. She was also Master Electrician for three years and Stage Manager for two years at the Fine Arts Center, a three theatre venue,at the University of Massachusetts.

Debra Macut

Adjunct Faculty Member

Acting and Creative Dramatics

Debra Macut has a M.F.A. from the Catholic University of America. She has been in the 'Stage One' company for 10 seasons. Some of her favorite roles include the nurse in Romeo and Juliet, Charlotte in Charlotte's Web, Maybelle in Bridge to Terbithia and Maine Trotter in The Great Gilly Hopkins, which had a two week run on Broadway at the New Victory Theatre on 42ndStreet.

Lynn Miller

Adjunct Faculty Member

Acting and Theatre Appreciation

Lynne Miller has a M.F.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University. Her background includes work in dance and creative movement. She has studied dance with the Hose Limon Company, Bella Lewizty Company and Hanya Holm. Her favorite roles have been fanny in On The Verge, The Woman in Wenceles Square, Lenny in Crimes of the Heart and Arlene in Getting Out.

Dru Pilmer

Adjunct faculty Member

Acting, Movement and Voice

Dru Pilmer has a M.F.A. from the University of Louisville. She is the only certified Linklater Voice teacher in the Kentuckiana area. Over the course of 14 years as a professional actress, she has enjoyed such roles as Titania in A Midsummer's Nights Dream, Desdemona in Othello with the Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival and Billie Dawn in Born Yesterday at the Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre in North Carolina.