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Deborah Mayo

Director of Undergrduate Studies

Two decades ago, Deborah Mayo was a performing guest artist in the Stony Brook Summer Playhouse; soon thereafter she was invited to be an instructor at S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook . In 1997 she became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre Arts where she has taught: Voice, all levels of Acting, Improvisation, Public Speaking and Auditioning For Careers. She has directed five main stage productions and over ten original productions of Performance Workshop (the department's educational outreach program).

 

Professionally, Deborah recently appeared on Broadway in (the Tony nominated) Dinner at Eight, off Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club, regionally at American Stage (St. Petersburg), and locally at Asylum Theatre Company (of which she's a founding member). Her previous acting work has taken her to theatres all over the country including: Yale Rep, Playwrights Horizons, The Folger, Syracuse Stage, Virginia Stage Company and Walnut Street Theatre, to name a few. An M.F.A. graduate of Yale Drama School, Deborah is a working voice- over artist, and the Artistic Director of Acting Up! (a youth theatre in Brookhaven). She's a member of A.E.A. and S.A.G.

 

Contact: deborah.mayo@stonybrook.edu

 

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