Stacey Cabaj
Associate Chair of Theatre Arts, Assistant Professor of Acting and Pedagogy | Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
Assistant Professor of Acting and Pedagogy
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Biography
Stacey Cabaj is an award-winning actress, performance pedagogy specialist, and voice coach. She holds an M.F.A. in Theatre Pedagogy from Virginia Commonwealth University and a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, as well as teaching certifications in the Meisner Approach to Acting, Meditation, Vibrant Voice Technique®, and Vocal Yoga®.
Before joining the faculty at LMU, she was an Assistant Professor/Associate Head of the M.F.A. Acting Program at Louisiana State University and headed the M.F.A. Program in Performance Pedagogy at the University of Pittsburgh. As an actress, she has appeared across the United States and internationally in musical theatre, classical theatre, voiceover, new works, and as a concert soloist.
She is a member of Actors’ Equity, the Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education, the Association for Theatre in Higher Education, the Voice and Speech Trainers’ Association, and is the Co-Chair of Pedagogy at ATHE.
Education (2)
Virginia Commonwealth University: MFA, Theatre Pedagogy
The Boston Conservatory at Berklee: BFA, Musical Theatre
Areas of Expertise (9)
Voice
Text
Speech
Pedagogy
Meisner Technique
Acting
Musical Theatre
Shakespeare
Theatre Arts
Industry Expertise (2)
Education/Learning
Performing Arts
Accomplishments (1)
Fellowship (professional)
Fellow at the American Association of University Women (2021), Center for Mission and Identity (2022), Shakespeare Theatre Company (2009)
Affiliations (4)
- Actors' Equity Association
- Association for Theatre in Higher Education
- Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education
- Voice and Speech Trainers' Association
Articles (1)
Dialect Coaching in Musical Theatre: A Conversation on Best Production Practices
Voice and Speech ReviewWeiss, Cabaj, Ball, Timlick
Dialect Coaching in Musical Theatre: A Conversation on Best Production Practices
