Theatre faculty members breeze in and out of his office for amiable chit-chat.
Students stop by to reaffirm appointments.
But the limited wall coverings and sparse furnishings reveal a man in transition. In fact, Dumas' entire life seems to have been spent in transition. He described himself as being stuck between two realities. And he performed in Die Hard with a Vengeance, a film similar to the ones that right-wing Christian groups criticize. Yet he may become a deacon of the Catholic Church.