joins the TRU workshop with a rich and varied background in education and theatre. She has taught in the City University system since 1996, and at City College itself for the past 20 years. She received her Bachelor’s degree in English from William Smith College and her Master’s degree in Theatre from Hunter College where she was a recipient of the Harold Clurman Scholarship. She took thirty credits beyond the Master’s at the CUNY Graduate Center and study abroad at Balliol College in Oxford, The London Central School of Speech and Drama and The National Theatre. From 1993-1995 she served as the Artistic Director of the Lucille Ball Little Theatre, and she was a board member of the American Association of University Women’s New York Branch from 1997-1999 where she also serve as head of their Drama Program. A member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers (SDC), Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), IATSE LOCAL 306 and PSC-CUNY, she is a professional director, actor, playwright and educator who works all across the continental United States as well as in Alaska and China. Favorite all-time directing credits include Lend Me a Tenor for the All College Theatre at the State College of New Jersey, Proof for the Sheboygan Theatre Company, Noises Off at the Duluth Playhouse...Favorite acting credits include Countess Aurelia in the Madwoman of Chaillot and Rosemary Sydney in Picnic both for the Berea College Repertory Theatre Festival.