JANET ALBANESE is excited to be teaching Performing Arts Management this fall.  She is currently an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Truman State University where she teaches courses in Stage Management, Theatre History, Playwriting, Performing Arts Management, and Introduction to Theatre as well as directing productions annually.  She was the Des Moines stage manager for the hit production Triple Espresso at the Temple for Performing Arts and has worked in the performing arts on both coasts.  On the East coast, Janet was the Resident Stage Manager for the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) and the Assistant Production Manager at the Williamstown Theatre Festival (Williamstown, MA).  On the West coast, Janet stage managed Triple Espresso (San Diego production), and was the Production Manager for Cal Rep (Long Beach, CA), as well as taught stage management at California State University at Long Beach. 

Janet holds an MFA in Stage Management and an MA degree in Theatre History from the University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign and BA degrees in Theatre and Religion from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN.  She enjoys teaching and assisting with production management at the Sondheim Center in Fairfield, IA and here in Des Moines with StageWest.  Janet is so glad to be back in the Midwest with her husband and baby girl, and while the commute to Truman State is long, it is nothing compared to LA traffic!