School of Theatre Arts
Aubrey Elson
Assistant Professor of Acting, Voice, and Speech
Tue: Noon-2:30 p.m.
Thr: Noon-2:30 p.m.
Acting, Voice, & Speech
Aubrey is thrilled and grateful to have been welcomed as a full time professor to the School of Theatre Arts at 91黑料专区 University. She is an educator, performer, choreographer, and accent coach with credits across the US, Canada, and Latin America. Originally hailing from Los Angeles, CA, Aubrey most recently set down roots in Boston, MA. She has previously been an adjunct/faculty fellow at Dean College, Stonehill College, Florida Atlantic University, and Heidelberg University. Her current specialty is Voice and Speech pedagogy, but her collegiate teaching courses have included Basic Performance, Voice, Speech, Movement, Acting I & II, Musical Theatre, Acting Lab, Theatre Appreciation, and Script Analysis. Aubrey is also a Knight-Thompson Speechwork certified teacher/accent coach. Accent coaching credits include Murder on the Orient Express, Big Fish, My Favorite Year, The Play That Goes Wrong, The Importance of Being Earnest, and John Proctor is the Villain.
Performance credits include 2 national tours and over 30 regional productions. National tours: CATS (Sillabub, u/s Rumpleteazer); McCoy Rigby鈥檚 搁耻诲辞濒辫丑鈥� (u/s Rudolph, Clarice, flight captain). With the latter, Aubrey trained in flying with Cathy Rigby herself(!) and performed at Madison Square Garden and on The Wendy Williams Show. Aubrey has had the opportunity to perform live onstage with Ken Page, Taylor Dayne, Shirley Jones, and Patrick Cassidy. Other regional credits include shows at Gateway Playhouse, Merry-go-Round Playhouse, Lambs Players, Moonlight Stage, Fullerton CLO, Cabrillo Music Theatre, 3D Theatricals, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Welk Resort, and ICT Long Beach. Aubrey originated the role of Danny in the World Premiere play Last Night in Inwood at Theatre Lab in Boca Raton, FL.
Aubrey is extremely proud that the cast of the show she directed and choreographed at Dean College, Breath of Stars, received a Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) Merit Award for Outstanding Ensemble in 2025.
She is also a prolific audiobook narrator and 500 hour certified yoga instructor.
Education
MFA, Acting, Florida Atlantic University
BA, Theatre and International Relations Minor, University of Southern California
Additional Training
Certified Knight-Thompson Speechwork Teacher
500 hour Yoga Alliance Yoga Certified Instructor
Specializations in Restorative Yoga, Chair Yoga, and Ayurvedic Living
Professional Affiliations
Actors Equity Association
Voice and Speech Teachers Association
International Association of Dance Medicine and Science
Awards and Select Grants
Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Merit Award for Outstanding Ensemble (for directed/choreographed play Breath of Stars)
Florida Atlantic University 3 Minute Thesis Competition: Championship Round - 3rd place; Preliminary Round - 1st place
Florida Atlantic University Presidential Fellowship for outstanding incoming MFA candidate