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Linda Khoury, Artistic Director  Co-Founder and current Artistic Director of the SCSC, Linda has studied and performed
at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She earned her MFA in Acting at the
University of South Carolina Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance and was awarded
a fellowship as a company member of The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, DC.A successful actor and director, her numerous roles include Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Portia in The Merchant of Venice (both at RADA), Lady in Orpheus Descending, Margaret in Much Ado About Nothing, Kate in Dancing at Lughnasa, Maria in Twelfth Night, Kate in Taming of the Shrew, and Eleanora Duse in The Ladies of the Camelias, as well as leading roles in Romeo and Juliet, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and many non-classical roles. Her directing credits include The Rover, Henry V, The Lion in Winter, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, Becket, Mousetrap, Macbeth, The Winter's Tale, and the Company's successful series Love Out of Joint, a series of Shakespeare scenes that have toured the state. An accomplished teacher, she has served on the faculty at USC and Midland's Technical College. She is currently the head of the Drama Department at Hammond School in Columbia. In addition, Linda is on the Approved Artist's Roster at the South Carolina Arts Commission, serves on the Board of the South Carolina Theatre Association, and is a member of the Shakespeare Theatre Association of America as well as several other national professional organizations. She has been commissioned as a Dramaturg and Text Consultant for Shakespeare productions at Universities around the state of SC (currently at Coastal Carolina University in Myrtle Beach). Professional affiliations include membership in VASTA (Voice and Speech Trainers Association), the Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties, and the SC Speech Communication Association. email Linda Khoury |
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