Theatre and Dance Faculty

Jay Berkowitz
Bob Bytnar
Rebecca Field
Yoko Hashimoto-Sinclair
Thomas Haughey
Leonard Kelly
Joan Mary Morgan
Harvey Rovine
Elizabeth Staruch
Gretchen Studlien-Webb
Juliet Wunsch

Elizabeth Staruch
Assistant Professor of Dance
Dance and Musical Theatre

HSC311
Phone: 610-436-3356
estaruch@wcupa.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Education
MFA, Dance, University of North Carolina Greensboro
BAs, Theatre and English, The College of Wooster, OH

Elizabeth Staruch joined the Department of Theatre & Dance at West Chester University in the fall of 2004. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she is the faculty choreographer for WCU’s musical theatre productions, and received a national commendation for her choreography of Hair! by the American College Theatre Festival in 2005. Liz has worked in all aspects of theatre and dance as a choreographer, actor, dancer, lighting designer, and stage manager. She has toured with the North Carolina Dance Festival, the Greensboro Ballet, and was Company Manager for Group Motion Dance Theatre in Philadelphia. She is a member of the Congress on Research in Dance. Before coming to WCU, she was on the faculty of DeSales University, Elon University (NC), The School of the Greensboro Ballet, and the University of North Carolina Greensboro where she received her M.F.A. in Choreography. Her work has been presented in Philadelphia, NYC, NC, OH and VA.

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