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Meet Nancy

"I am extremely passionate about teaching. It fills me up!

I am thrilled to work with students of all ages and levels."

THE INSTRUCTOR

THE PERFORMER

Nancy is has been singing, performing, and teaching professionally for the past 25+ years. She is currently a full time professor at San Diego State University where she teaches voice to the MFA and BA Musical Theatre candidates.

Nancy has been on the faculty at Stephens College, where she taught Acting I, Acting II, Voice and Speech as well as Private Voice Lessons. The University of Virginia hired her to teach Musical Theatre History, Theatre History and Acting with Semester at Sea for 3 seperate voyages, one of which she sailed around the world with Archbishop Desmund Tutu.

She has taught Acting I at Grossmont College and Musical Theatre Performance at MiraCosta College Actors Academy. Nancy served as the Director of Musical Theatre at Youth Performing Arts School (YPAS) in Washington, DC, serving over 1,000 students in the DC metropolitan area. Her students have appeared on Broadway, national tours in numerous regional theaters and have received accolades from numerous performing arts organizations.

TRAINING

MFA San Diego State
MM in Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy-Shenandoah University
BFA Elon University

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

National Association of Teachers of Singing
Actors' Equity Association
Musical Theatre Educators Alliance

Nancy has appeared in the national tours of Phantom and The Buddy Holly Story, as well as the Washington, DC premiere of Summer of '42 (Dorothy). She has also performed in numerous regional productions throughout the United States.

She has been seen as Margaret in The Light in the Piazza (CCAE), Auntie Who in the 2011, '12 and '13 productions and Grandma Who in the 2014, '15 and '16 productions of How The Grinch Stole Christmas and as Lady Montague in The Last Goodbye both at The Old Globe Theater. She starred in Respect: A Musical Journey of Women at both the Lyceum Theatre and the Herberger Theater in Phoenix, AZ, The Music Man and The Servant of Two Masters at Lamb's Players Theatre and as Rona Peretti in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee with Lamb's Players Theatre and Intrepid Theatre Company, Mamma Mia as Rosie and The Addams Family as Alice-both at the Welk Resort Theatre, along with numerous other SD credits. Additional regional credits include, Children of Eden (Eve/Mama Noah), South Pacific (Nellie), I Love You, You're Perfect Now Change and City of Angels (Bobbi/Gabby) and Singin' in the Rain (Lina Lamont).