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Connie DeVeer

Professor of Acting
School of Theatre and Dance
Office
Center for the Visual Arts - CVA 214D
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Biography

Connie de Veer is a Professor of Acting and Voice in the School of Theatre and Dance at Illinois State University. She is also an actor, voice actor, singer, director, choreographer, AmSAT certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, and certified Co-Active (Life) Coach. She was twice nominated for Outstanding University Teacher by the School of Theatre and Dance at Illinois State University. She has served as Movement coach/choreographer and/or Voice-text coach for the Illinois Shakespeare Festival and ISU School of Theatre and Dance for several seasons. Connie is a member of Actor’s Equity Association and has played major roles for The New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, Casa Manana, Theatre Three, and Heartland Theatre Company, among others.
Her dedication to her students, their professional success, and personal well-being led her to co-author Actor for Life: How to Have an Amazing Career Without All the Drama, Smith & Kraus Publishers, 2018. The book includes interviews with ISU alumni Jeff Perry, Gary Cole, Sean Hayes, and more, and was a top finalist in American Book Fest’s “Best Performing Arts Books” award in 2018. www.conniedeveer.com.

Current Courses

408.003Directed Projects In Acting And Directing

372.001Topics in Voice: Accents/Dialects

257.001Voice and Movement for the Actor II

257.002Voice and Movement for the Actor II

Teaching Interests & Areas

Acting
Voice, Text, Speech, Dialects
Movement for the Actor
Alexander Technique
Yoga
Actor Wellness and Career Sustainability

Research Interests & Areas

Actor Wellness and Career Sustainability

MFA Acting

The University of Texas
Austin, Tx.

BFA Theatre Arts - Acting

Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, Tx.

Coleman Fellowship for Entrepreneurship

Coleman Foundation and Illinois State University College of Business
2017

Outstanding University Teaching Award

Illinois State University
2015

Best Actress in a Musical

Austin Circle of Theatres Award
1982

Grants & Contracts

Coleman Fellowship for Entrepreneurship. Coleman Foundation and Illinois State University College of Business. Illinois State University. (2017)
Robert R. McCormick Foundation for Civic Engagement. Robert R. McCormick Foundation for Civic Engagement and The American Democracy Project. Illinois State University. (2012)
Center for Teaching and Learning Technology. Center for Teaching and Learning Technology, Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2010)
International Studies. Texas Christian University. Other. (2007)
College of Fine Arts Research Initiative Award. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (1994)