Kevin Muster (Drama Instructor) musterke@madamejael.net 

Kevin Muster’s first experience acting in a higher education setting was at Yuba College, where he played Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.  It was during his time there that he developed an appreciation for the craft involved in bringing characters to life. Once he received his degree, he transferred to Chico State where he was able to play leading roles in a wide variety of genres, from Shakespeare to musicals to contemporary plays.  After receiving his BA in Theatre, he was recruited by several Graduate Programs and eventually chose to attend UCLA, where he obtained an MFA in Acting.   While there, his mentor was Tony Award winner Mel Shapiro and he was able to originate the lead role in Shapiro’s latest musical, Homer in Cyberspace.  He also played Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream for director Joel Bishoff and had the pleasure of acting for director Nora Ephron with the likes of Tom Hanks, William Shatner, Martin Short, Alicia Silverstone, John Hamm and Mila Kunis.  He began his teaching career at UCLA with undergraduate acting classes and a six week intensive acting course directed at recent high school graduates. He is currently teaching both privately and at Butte College.

BA in Theatre, California State University, Chico

MFA in Acting, University of California, Los Angeles

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John Crosthwaite (Drama Instructor) crosthwaitejo@madamejael.net 

 

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Melinda Buzan (Interdisciplinary Studies, Physical Education-Activity & Drama Instructor) • WLR-101 • buzanme@madamejael.net

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Michael Johnson (Drama Instructor) • (530) 895-2994 • ARTS-170 • johnsonmi@madamejael.net

 

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Robert Pickering (Drama Instructor)  pickeringro@madamejael.net

Robert Pickering has worked as a scenic and lighting designer, scenic artist, and theatre technician for over three decades. His work has been featured across the U.S - including the Santa Fe Opera, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Sarasota, and Fort Worth Operas - with eleven years as the resident designer for the Kentucky Educational Television network in Lexington, Kentucky. He holds an MFA in Cinema and Photography from Southern Illinois University where he also taught film appreciation and film production classes. Additionally, his teaching career has included theatre and film classes at Georgetown College (Kentucky), and design, costume and stagecraft classes at his alma mater, Chico State. He gratefully returns to Butte College where he began his academic teaching career in 1990. 

BA, California State University, Chico

MFA in Cinema and Photography, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale