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Rebecca Taylor (she/her) is an avid hodophile, and her love for adventure led her from her home state of Missouri to Alaska, and now Indiana. Since 2023, Rebecca has worked as the Recruitment Coordinator and Special Projects Administrator in the Department of Theatre & Dance. In addition to recruiting, she often teaches acting classes. Several current areas of interest are pedagogical empathy, conservation, and the intersection of theatre and tourism.

Rebecca holds an MFA in Theatre Performance & Pedagogy from Texas Tech University, and a BFA in Musical Theatre from Southeast Missouri State University, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude and as an Honors Scholar. She played an active part in organizing Texas Tech’s School of Theatre & Dance’s BFA auditions. Rebecca spent three summers working as a tour guide in the cruise ship port of Skagway, Alaska. Outside of Alaska, she has worked professionally in regional theatres and companies around the country. Select credits: Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby (Muncie Civic Theatre), Desirée Armfeldt in A Little Night Music (Texas Tech University), and Cecily Pigeon in The Odd Couple (Thunder Bay Theatre).

Rebecca was awarded the Texas Educational Theatre Association’s (TxETA) Founders’ Scholarship in 2021 and received Phi Kappa Phi’s Love of Learning Award in 2020. Rebecca is a proud member of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi and Golden Key International Honour Society.

Hobbies and interests include hiking, traveling, rockhounding, raptor rehabilitation, Alaska, wildlife conservation, reading, and open world gaming.

Hop over to www.RebeccaCTaylor.com for a photo gallery of Rebecca’s adventures!

The students are my why. Please email Rebecca or auditions@bsu.edu if you are interested in applying for any of our Theatre & Dance programs at Ball State University.

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