Elana Kepner

Elana Kepner
Teaching Instructor, Acting
kepnere20@ecu.edu
252-328-2110
101 Messick Theatre Arts Center
Mail Stop 553
East Carolina University

Elana Kepner (she/her/hers) is a theatre teaching artist, director, actor, and Certified Assistant Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework®. Elana comes to ECU after forays in Northeast Ohio, St. Louis, Kansas City, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Highlights as an actor, director, and teaching artist include work with Dobama Theatre (Cleveland, OH), Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, Unicorn Theatre (Kansas City, MO), the Akron Symphony Orchestra, Kansas City Repertory, Rubber City Shakespeare Company (Akron, OH) and San Francisco Shakespeare Festival. Elana also taught undergraduate courses in acting, Shakespeare, and theatre appreciation for UMKC and Ashland University (Ashland, OH). Elana is the Artistic Director of Whirligig Stage, where directing credits include Whirligig Youth Academy musicals and Shakespeare. Elana earned her MFA in Acting and Directing at UMKC, and trained with Shakespeare & Company. Elana is a proud member of AEA and VASTA.

Education: MFA- Acting & Directing-University of Missouri, Kansas City; BA- Drama (Honors in Acting, Cum Laude)-University of California, Irvine

Courses: Voice & Articulation, Vocal Production, Oral Interpretation