Shona Tucker is an American actress and director. Beginning in the s,
she had roles in several television shows including Law & Order and
New York Undercover. She has appeared in regional theater, including
at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Off-Broadway at The Public Theater
and elsewhere, in films such as 's King Cobra, and on Broadway in
original cast of 's To Kill a Mockingbird. She has taught drama at
Vassar College since .Tucker was born in Louisville Kentucky, where
she began acting at the 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 . She has returned to
perform at Actors Theatre in five different plays.A Fulbright Scholar,
a Schomburg Fellow, and an Audelco Award winner, she earned a BS from
Northwestern University and MFA in Acting at NYU's Tisch School of the
Arts. She has served as Associate Professor of Drama at Vassar College
from to the present.She was a company member at Oregon Shakespeare
Festival from to , acting in such plays as Fences, A Midsummer
Night's Dream, Gem of the Ocean, and Bus Stop.
she had roles in several television shows including Law & Order and
New York Undercover. She has appeared in regional theater, including
at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Off-Broadway at The Public Theater
and elsewhere, in films such as 's King Cobra, and on Broadway in
original cast of 's To Kill a Mockingbird. She has taught drama at
Vassar College since .Tucker was born in Louisville Kentucky, where
she began acting at the 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 . She has returned to
perform at Actors Theatre in five different plays.A Fulbright Scholar,
a Schomburg Fellow, and an Audelco Award winner, she earned a BS from
Northwestern University and MFA in Acting at NYU's Tisch School of the
Arts. She has served as Associate Professor of Drama at Vassar College
from to the present.She was a company member at Oregon Shakespeare
Festival from to , acting in such plays as Fences, A Midsummer
Night's Dream, Gem of the Ocean, and Bus Stop.
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