Tara D. Deady (née Snyder) is a Musical Theatre Voice Specialist and Associate Professor for Theatre UCF. She serves as the Coordinator for the MA in Musical Theatre Pedagogy.  Her area of expertise is musical theatre, with an emphasis on the singing voice and related research in vocal health and stage violence.  Tara has presented on topics including healthy vocal violence, Estill Voice Training in the musical theatre classroom, and social media's impact on collegiate recruitment at international arts, musical theatre and voice conferences from New York City to Harvard University to Styria, Austria to London, UK.  Her performance credits include regional theatre, film, television, opera, voice-overs, new show workshops, concerts, and studio recordings.  Recent favorite roles include directing/producing/singing in a ReuKnighted: UCF Sings 50 Years of Hits at the internationally known Feinstein's/54 Below in New York City, Rose in Gypsy, Charlotte Brontë in the Southeast Premiere reading of In Emily's Words at the Florida Festival of New Musicals and Miss Knag/Mrs. Wittiterly in only the 7th production of the stage epic The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby at the Orlando Shakespeare Theater.  Tara is one of only 39 Certified Mentor & Course Instructors in the world with Estill Voice International. She uses the Estill training model in the classroom as well as in her own professional endeavors. Tara is also an Actor Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors' Actor Combatant holding certifications in Unarmed, Single Sword, Quarterstaff, Knife and Rapier & Dagger weapons. Previous teaching engagements include the Professional Actor Training Program at Wright State University and Commercial Voice for the Capital University Conservatory of Music.  www.TaraDDeady.com