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Sally Anderson

S. Anders

Position:
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Theatre

Location:
Ruebush Hall, Room 127-F

Phone:
(540) 535-3411

Email: sanders2@yibangyi.net

Employed Since:
2002

Teaching Area(s):

Acting

Conservatory Professional Highlights:

Sally Anderson has acted and directed in Canada, England, Thailand, and the eastern United States, including over 30 secondary school productions; she won the Northeastern Theatre Conference Moss Hart Award, Secondary School Division in 1999. She has taught workshops at Cambridge University, Hartford Stage Company, and The Vineyard Playhouse (Massachusetts). For twelve years she was dialogue coach to Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn. Locally she has acted and directed at Winchester Little Theatre, and was featured in the Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre’s 2007 production of Little Me.

Educational History:

B.A., University of Toronto; B.Ed., University of Toronto

Fairfield University Shakespeare Studies
Cambridge University, England
Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Ballet School (Dance)

Fields of Expertise:

Adjunct Assistant Professor: Accents & Dialects, Shakespeare, Performance for Simulation & Training, Stage Management

Professional Highlights:
  • Equity Actress & Equity Stage Manager at The Vineyard Playhouse, Martha’s Vineland, MD (1982–1992)
  • Dialogue Coach for Jessica Tandy & Hume Croyn (1992–2000)
  • Narrator for Storm Jameson’s Journey From the North, Volume 1& II on Audible.com
  • Director for Shenandoah Conservatory’s Theatre for Youth: The Jungle Book
  • Director for PAVAN SRGS Theatre Division (2002 –2015)
  • Local Director at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley: The Hollow Crown (2014); Shakespeare’s Green World (2014); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2015)

Personal Quote:

I have taught theatre all over the world and performed with and for princes and queens, but I have never been happier as I am now teaching and directing the theatre royalty of the future.

Personal Highlights:

I have been an advocate for Arts Education in the schools for all my life from my first classes in Cambridge, England to my life here in Winchester. My family has had to live and breathe theatre.

Founding Member of The Theatre Artists Workshop of Westport, CT
Vice President, Board of Directors for Winchester Little Theatre