Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance

Nancy has been teaching theatre at IUB since 2005 and has been a professor of theatre for the past 25 years at Wayne State University in Detroit, Cornell University in Ithaca, NY and Michigan State University. She has been a professional voice coach at Indiana Repertory Theatre since 2007 where she recently coached Dial M for Murder and The Cay, The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Nighttime which went on to Syracuse Stage in New York and Noises Off. She has coached dialects for the National Tour of Kiss Me Kate, the NY City Opera Production of Dead Man Walking and for many regional theatres including: Meadowbrook theatre in Michigan, Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre and Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. She also coaches appellate court prep at IU’s Maurer School of Law and for IU Opera Theatre at the Jacobs School of Music. Nancy is a professional actor and has worked on stage, in film and on network television. In 2018 she completed certification as a master teacher of Patsy Rodenburg’s voice technique at Michael Howard Studios in New York. Also teaching at their summer conservatory as part of the training. Nancy is a member of AEA, SAG/AFTRA, and VASTA.