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Vera J. Katz
Vera J. Katz is a Professor Emerita from Howard University in the Department of Theatre Arts, where she taught both acting and directing for 32 years. For 24 years, she was a faculty member of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, teaching acting. She's directed more than 50 productions, originally working under Joe Hyman, producer of the famed playwright-director-author Moss Hart, on Broadway. In 2023, Howard University honored her with the Bison Honors Living Legend Award. She holds a BFA in Theatre Arts from Brooklyn College, an MFA in Directing and Acting from Boston University, and studied Film at both the University of Southern California and the University of California/Extension. She has taught such notables as Phylicia Rashad, Debbie Allen, Chadwick Boseman, Taraji P. Henson, Anthony Anderson, Lynn Whitfield, and many other notable talents. She has published numerous articles in Black Masks Magazine, and her book A KATZ WALK: A TOOLBOX OF TECHNIQUES FOR ACTORS AND DIRECTORS has just been revised and will soon be available.
