Tara D. Deady

About

Tara D. Deady is the Coordinator for MA in Musical Theatre Pedagogy and a Musical Theatre Voice Specialist holding the rank of Associate Professor for Theatre UCF. She is no stranger to "walking the line" between the theatre and music worlds, holding both her MFA in Musical Theatre from UCF and her BM in Vocal Performance from Capital University Conservatory of Music. Her performance credits include regional theatre, film, television, opera, voice-overs, new show workshops, concerts, and studio recordings. Tara is an Estill Mentor & Course Instructor and Estill Master Trainer in the Estill Voice Training Systems model and uses the model in the classroom as well as in her own professional endeavors. Tara is also an Actor Combatant in the Society of American Fight Directors in Unarmed, Single Sword, Quarterstaff, Rapier & Dagger & Knife weapons. Previous teaching engagements include the Professional Actor Training Program at Wright State University and Commercial Voice for the Capital University Conservatory of Music.

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