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Ms. Copeland is Tennessee Repertory Theatre’s Producing Artistic Director and holds a MFA in Acting and Directing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a BFA from the University of Montevallo. Since she joined Tennessee Rep in 2004, she has directed such favorites for Tennessee Rep as Doubt, The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Noises Off, The Crucible, Speed-the-Plow, Intimate Apparel, 1776, Recent Tragic Events, Oleanna and I Hate Hamlet. Before joining the staff of Tennessee Rep she completed a decade as Associate Artistic Director for Mockingbird Theatre. Her association with Mockingbird began with its first show, Becket, which she co-directed with company founder David Alford, and she eventually directed a majority of Mockingbird’s productions, including Of Mice and Men, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Glass Menagerie, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, Hamlet (co-directed with David Alford), The Night of the Iguana, and A Southern Christmas Sampler. She has directed for virtually every theatrical organization in Nashville, including Nashville Children’s Theatre, Nashville Shakespeare Festival, and Chaffin’s Barn Dinner Theater and has extensive acting and teaching experience on the professional, collegiate, and high school levels, including Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts. She and her husband, Scot, have two sons and live in Madison.
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