FAR Jemma Levy

Jemma Levy

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    Faculty Athletics Mentor

Levy teaches courses on acting, directing, Shakespeare and theater history. She is a professional director with critically-acclaimed national and international credits, and for 10 years ran Muse of Fire Theatre Company.

In over twenty years as a professional director, Professor Levy started and ran Runamuck Theatre Company in Austin, Texas; was an Artistic Associate with Kings County Shakespeare Company in Brooklyn, NY; and was the founder and Producing Artistic Director of Muse of Fire Theatre Company in Evanston, IL, which successfully ran for 10 years before closing its doors in 2018.  She has directed critically-acclaimed productions all over the country and made her international directing debut in Prague in 2019. She has also taught theatre in Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, Virginia and New York.  In addition to her artistic work as a director, Professor Levy has also written reviews, scholarly articles, and a few plays.


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