Anne Lefter

Anne Lefter is currently the Director of the Center for Performing Arts (CPA) at Western Illinois University. Before this role, she was Director of the Arts for the Community College of Baltimore County, overseeing theatre, music, dance, and the art galleries for a multi-campus, community-centered institution. She has taught at Stevenson University, Macalester College, the University of Minnesota, and the United States Naval Academy. Before coming to CCBC, she was the Audience and Administrative Manager, and later the Marketing and Development Manager, for Everyman Theatre in Baltimore, MD. She directed and wrote the book for the original play O’er the Ramparts for Baltimore County’s bicentennial celebration of the War of 1812. Her play Turtle Soup took third place in the 2003 Baltimore Playwrights Festival, and her one-act Eastside was competitively selected for FemFest97 by the Red Hen Theatre in Cleveland, OH. Her newest play Witness Statements was produced this summer at Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre. She serves as Vice President of the board of Quarry Theatre in Baltimore, and is a member of the Dramatists Guild. Anne holds a BA in Theatre and English from the University of Minnesota, and an MA and PhD in Theatre Studies from Cornell University.