 in Seattle, The Williamstown Theatre in Mass., PAF Playhouse in Huntington, Long Island, Playwrights Horizons in New York, The Boston Shakespeare Company, and three seasons in the acting company of The Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis.She studied opera on scholarship with Lotte Lehmann in Santa Barbara and acting with Alvina Krause at Northwestern University where she received her Bachelor of Music degree.She was a runner-up in the Metropolitan Opera Auditions in New York City.