In addition to a faculty and staff of fifteen theatre professionals with diverse educational and artistic experiences, the department frequently hosts other theatre professionals as guest artists, both in the classroom and productions.

Recent guest artists have included:
J.e Franklin, playwright
Augusto Boal, director and theoretican
Theatre de la Juene Lune
Split Britches Theatre Company
Susan Colverd, British director
Joan McTeer, costume designer
Jill S. Dolan and Stacy E. Wolf, feminist theatre scholars
Susan Grace Cohen
SST Theatre of Chicago
David DelColletti, lighting designer
Brendan McCall, actor and movement specialist
James DeVita, playwright
Wieslaw Gorski, playwright
Jay Jagim, scenic designer
Cathine Norgren, costume designer
Linda Roethke, costume designer
Matt Anderson, scenic designer
Marzena Paludan, movement specialist
Mark Harvey, lighting designer
Tony Bish, props artisan
Aaron Cabel, actor
Gloria Naylor, playwright
Catherine Weidger, The Shakespeare Theatre
Holly Hughes, performance artist
Kim Hines, director