| 215 South 12th Avenue |
| Hattiesburg, MS 39401 |
| Tel: (601) 329-6946 |
| Fax: (601) 266-6423 |
| Email:
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| Website: http://www.usm.edu |
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| Degrees: |
| MFA in Acting, Univ. of Connecticut |
| B.A. in Theatre, Michigan State Univ. |
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| Current Affiliations: |
| Associate Professor of Voice and Acting at the University of Southern Mississippi |
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| Training: |
| Internship with the Lessac Training and Research Institute (2008), Lessac Teacher Training Workshop (2007), Lessac Summer Intensive (2006), Lessac Summer Intensive (2005), Trained with Aurther Lessac, Sue Ann Park, Nancy Krebs, Deborah Kinghorn (mentor), Barry Burr, Diane Gaary and Kathleen Dunn. Suzuki Training with Eric Hill ,University of Connecticut (1996-1998), Suzuki Training with Leon Ingulrud, Old Dominion University (2001) |
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| Work Experience: |
| Presented at the First International Arts in Society Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, |
| Dialect coach for the production of Our Country's Good for the University of New Orleans. |
| Directing credits include Songs for A New World, Little Shop of Horrors, Cabaret, And the World Goes Round, Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Coyote on a Fence for the Kennedy Center / American College Theatre Festival. |
| Performed such roles as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, the Fool in King Lear, and Ouisa in Six Degrees of Separation. |
| Received a Shakespeare Acting Certificate from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in the summer 2003. |
| Robin is the co-director of Midsummer Musical Theatre Experience, a musical theatre youth camp in collaboration with the Southern Miss Department of Theatre and Dance and the School of Music. |
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| Areas of Specialization: |
| 2008 Award Winner for the Innovation for Creative Activity; teach classes and workshops in voice for the actor, dialects, musical theatre, advanced musical theatre, advanced scene study, graduate voice and movement, and graduate acting studio. |
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| Professional Organizations: |
| 1999-present |
Actor’s Equity Association (AEA) |
| 2004-present |
International Centre for Voice (ICV) |
| 2004-present |
American Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) |
| 2002-present |
Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) |
| 2005-present |
Lessac Training and Research Institute |
| 2003-present |
Mississippi Alliance for Arts Education (MAAE) |
| 2002-present |
Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) |
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| Statement of Philosophy: |
| This training has changed my entire approach to "vocal teaching." My goal is to continue to explore my own voice and body and in so doing this, to instruct others about their own instrument. |
