Rebecca Bailey

Biography

Rebecca Bailey (she/they) is an artist, advocate, and teacher passionate about how theatre provides a means to energize, entertain, and bridge questions about the world around us. In addition to serving as Asst. Professor of Acting at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro she is the Executive Artistic Director of South Dakota Shakespeare Festival. She holds an MFA in Directing from the University of South Dakota, a BA in Theatre and minor in Dance from South Dakota State University, is a 200-hour registered yoga teacher, Sexual Assault Advocate, and studied with the Shakespeare and Performance program at Mary Baldwin University. Her performance, directing, and advocate work focus on using movement, kinesthetic awareness, text, mindfulness, and devising to channel experiences into art, healing, and community. She was the recipient for Arkansas of the National Sexual Violence Resource Center Visionary Voice Award (by ACASA) and a Citizen’s Artist Award from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) in 2021.