Mary Lincer

Mary Lincer (MA, Theatre Arts, Penn State) has directed more than 30 shows for schools and small professional theatres in Washington, DC and State College, PA. She was one of 30 teachers selected for the National Endowment for the Humanities Institute, Shakespeare: The State of the Art. She’s worked as a Dramaturg for Arena Stage and has written study guides for The Kennedy Center as well as Troika, NetWorks, and OFT-ON Productions. She wrote the brochure for the 75th Anniversary of the Warner Theatre. She’s introduced classic films on camera locally on WNVT and written theatre reviews for The Washington Blade. From 2004-2009, she taught theatre history and acting for musical theatre with US Performing Arts Camps. During 2002, Lincer served as a nominator for The Helen Hayes Awards and subsequently served as a judge from 2004-2006 and again from 2008-2009. She has coached professional actors since 1993 and frequently offers monologue and Shakespeare workshops along with Scene Study and musical theatre classes with The Actors’ Center of Washington.