Mary Ellen Allison

Professor of Theater

Year Joined RCNJ: 1981

Contact Information

• Phone: (201) 684-7596
• Email: mallison@ramapo.edu
• Office: BC-150
• Office Hours: On Leave Spring 2020

Education:

• B.A., M.A., Western Kentucky University

Courses Offered:

• Basic and Advanced Directing
• Stage Management
• Theater and Society I (1950-1960)
• Theater and Society II (1960-1975)
• Advanced Theater Projects

Awards and Special Recognition:

Mary Ellen Allison has worked as an Equity Stage Manager in all venues from Broadway to Summer Stock. She has served as such on premieres with such award-winning writers as Horton Foote, Michael Cristofer, Bob Randall and Sheldon Epps. She has had the honor of working with outstanding theater artists such as Jean Stapleton, Allison Janney, Jim Dale, Matthew Modine, Carolee Carmello and Frank Langella. She was named to Who’s Who among America’s Teachers, 2003-2004.

Recent Scholarly and Professional Accomplishments:

Plays Directed at Ramapo (Since 2004):

• WOODY GUTHRIE’S AMERICAN SONG
• SOME SWEET DAY (New Jersey Premiere)
• FIFTH OF JULY
• LETTERS TO A STUDENT REVOLUTIONARY
• ROMEO AND JULIET
• CRIMES OF THE HEART