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Shona Tucker
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'''Shona Tucker''' is an American actress and director.
==Life and Career==
Tucker was born in Louisville Kentucky, where she began acting at the [[Youth Performing Arts School|Louisville Youth Performing Arts School]]. While still in high school, she began her long relationship with [[Actors Theatre of Louisville]] as assistant to Paul Owen, the resident scenic designer as an intern on The Louisville Zoo 2. She has returned to perform at Actors Theatre in five different plays.
A [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright Scholar]], a Schomburg Fellow, and an [[AUDELCO|Audelco Award]] winner,<ref></ref> she earned a BS from [[Northwestern University]] and MFA in Acting at NYU's [[Tisch School of the Arts]].<ref></ref> She has served as Associate Professor of Drama at [[Vassar College]] from 2008 to the present.<ref></ref>
She was a company member at [[Oregon Shakespeare Festival]] from 2005 to 2008, acting in such plays as [[Fences (play)|''Fences'']],<ref></ref><ref></ref> ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'',<ref></ref> ''[[Gem of the Ocean]]'',<ref></ref> and [[Bus Stop (William Inge play)|''Bus Stop'']].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Her Off-Broadway theatre credits include productions at [[New York Theatre Workshop]], [[Vivian Beaumont Theater|Lincoln Center Theater Directors' Lab]], [[The Public Theater]], [[Circle in the Square]], [[Playwrights Horizons]], [[Manhattan Theatre Club]], and [[La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club]].
She played the role of Rita in the world premiere of the award winning play [[Eclipsed (play)|''Eclipsed'']] at [[Yale Repertory Theatre]].<ref></ref> She also created the roles of Sherry and Dr. Toros in Pulitzer Prize finalist [[Amy Herzog]]'s ''Mary Jane,'' also at [[Yale Repertory Theatre]].<ref></ref><ref></ref> She created the roles of Angela and Angie in the world premiere of ''Tough Titty'' at [[Williamstown Theatre Festival]].<ref></ref>
Her feature film credits include: [[James Franco]]'s [[King Cobra (2016 film)|King Cobra (2016)]], [[Keane (film)|''Keane'' (2004)]], ''Preaching to the Choir'' (2005) and [[Boys on the Side|''Boys on the Side'' (1995)]] with [[Whoopi Goldberg]] and [[Mary-Louise Parker]].
Tucker has played roles in a number of television series including ''[[New York Undercover]]'' (recurring), ''[[Queens Supreme]]'', ''[[Law & Order]]'', and ''[[Third Watch]]''. She has also acted in several TV movies and shorts.
== References ==
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==Life and Career==
Tucker was born in Louisville Kentucky, where she began acting at the [[Youth Performing Arts School|Louisville Youth Performing Arts School]]. While still in high school, she began her long relationship with [[Actors Theatre of Louisville]] as assistant to Paul Owen, the resident scenic designer as an intern on The Louisville Zoo 2. She has returned to perform at Actors Theatre in five different plays.
A [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright Scholar]], a Schomburg Fellow, and an [[AUDELCO|Audelco Award]] winner,<ref></ref> she earned a BS from [[Northwestern University]] and MFA in Acting at NYU's [[Tisch School of the Arts]].<ref></ref> She has served as Associate Professor of Drama at [[Vassar College]] from 2008 to the present.<ref></ref>
She was a company member at [[Oregon Shakespeare Festival]] from 2005 to 2008, acting in such plays as [[Fences (play)|''Fences'']],<ref></ref><ref></ref> ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'',<ref></ref> ''[[Gem of the Ocean]]'',<ref></ref> and [[Bus Stop (William Inge play)|''Bus Stop'']].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Her Off-Broadway theatre credits include productions at [[New York Theatre Workshop]], [[Vivian Beaumont Theater|Lincoln Center Theater Directors' Lab]], [[The Public Theater]], [[Circle in the Square]], [[Playwrights Horizons]], [[Manhattan Theatre Club]], and [[La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club]].
She played the role of Rita in the world premiere of the award winning play [[Eclipsed (play)|''Eclipsed'']] at [[Yale Repertory Theatre]].<ref></ref> She also created the roles of Sherry and Dr. Toros in Pulitzer Prize finalist [[Amy Herzog]]'s ''Mary Jane,'' also at [[Yale Repertory Theatre]].<ref></ref><ref></ref> She created the roles of Angela and Angie in the world premiere of ''Tough Titty'' at [[Williamstown Theatre Festival]].<ref></ref>
Her feature film credits include: [[James Franco]]'s [[King Cobra (2016 film)|King Cobra (2016)]], [[Keane (film)|''Keane'' (2004)]], ''Preaching to the Choir'' (2005) and [[Boys on the Side|''Boys on the Side'' (1995)]] with [[Whoopi Goldberg]] and [[Mary-Louise Parker]].
Tucker has played roles in a number of television series including ''[[New York Undercover]]'' (recurring), ''[[Queens Supreme]]'', ''[[Law & Order]]'', and ''[[Third Watch]]''. She has also acted in several TV movies and shorts.
== References ==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American stage actresses]]
[[Category:American theatre directors]]
[[Category:American film actresses]]
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