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ECC Theatre Faculty and Staff
Grace Austin
BFA, Directing- Texas State
MFA, Directing- Virginia Commonwealth University
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Asst Professor, Theatre Dept Executive
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Grace joined the ECC Theatre faculty 17 years ago. Her directing career spans 30 years and numerous states.
Grace also serves on the summer
faculty at the Center of Creative Arts where she directed the 10 year Anniversary production of Ragtime, the Missouri state premiere of In the Heights and teaches classes in musical theatre auditioning, scene and monologue study and more.
Grace is also the assistant coach of the state award winning Pacific High School Speech Team and has coached several students to the Missouri State performance finals.
In addition to her directing work, Grace works in Wardrobe with Variety Children's Theatre, The Fox Theatre, The MUNY and OTSL.
Grace is a proud member of IATSE Local 805 and currently serves as the Artistic Project Manager at COCA.
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Sylvia Sellers
BFA, Theatre Design and Technology- Missouri State
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Theatre Manager
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Sylvia is a Scenic Designer/Artist based in St. Louis and originally from Cuba, MO. She serves as the in-house scenic designer and master carpenter for the Chesterfield Community Theater in the Chesterfield Family YMCA, recently producing Shrek Jr, Anne of Green Gables, and Seussical Jr. Previously, Sylvia worked for Lindenwood-Belleville University as Technical Production Manager of the Lindenwood Auditorium where she served as Technical Director and Scenic Designer for A Streetcar Named Desire, Medea, and Noises Off! Sylvia has a passion for all things theatre and music as a proud alum of Missouri State Concert Chorale and Missouri State University, from which she holds a BFA in Theater Technology with an emphasis in scenic design. She is ecstatic to join the ECC Theatre family as the Performing Arts Center Manager.