Decky received her BA in Theatre from Lawrence University in
1991, and received her MFA in Theatre Education with a concentration
in Performance Studies from EMU in the Spring of 1996. While
in graduate school, Decky directed the theatre outreach troupe
at the University of Michigan, Res Rep, for five years.
With the success of Res Rep, Decky, along with EMU's University
Health Services, McKenny Union and CampusLife created CloseUP
in the Spring of 1997, a theatre outreach troupe dedicated to
exploring health and social issues while providing resource information
to students. The CloseUP troupe, now in its 10th year, has performed
annually for approximately 8000 plus audience members at multiple
universities and colleges, and has been home to over 75 students
actor/educators. The CloseUP experience continues to develop
innovative, provocative and timely theatre to meet the ever-changing,
always in-flux campus community.
For more informaton on CloseUP go to: www.closeuptheatretroupe.org
Decky became a full-time lecturer at EMU in the Fall of 1996,
and began her track as an
assistant professor in the Fall of 2000. Decky was a regular
on the regional and national spoken word/poetry slam circuit
from 1995-1999. Her work can be heard on the CD, Ann Arbor Speaks.
Academic interests include: peer-to-peer theatre, , using theatre
for social change, improvisation as pedagogy,oral interpretation,
autoethnography, storytelling/personal narratives and creative
drama. Decky is originally from the North Shore of Chicago
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