Josephine Hall

Josephine Hall is originally from England, where she received her B.A. (Hons) in Music, Drama, and Dance from the University of Birmingham and a postgraduate diploma in Acting from the Guildford School of Acting. After working professionally for more than 20 years, she returned to school, receiving her M.F.A. in Theatre from Louisiana State University, where she also taught Acting and Voice in the undergraduate program. She also taught at Northwestern State University, LA, and a variety of workshops and courses at professional theatres. She joined the Greensboro College Theatre faculty in August, 2011. In 2014, she received the Virginia Clarke Gray Award for exemplary teaching by a junior faculty member. She is also the recipient of the 2021-2022 Moore Professor Award for exemplary contributions to her discipline and the community.

Jo has performed professionally in the U.K. and Sweden, as well as the United States. Credits include the first national tour of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; companies such as The American Shakespeare Center, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare in the Park (TX), B Street Theatre (CA), New Stage Theatre (MS), Riverside Theatre (FL), the Arvada Center (CO), and Barter Theatre (VA) where she spent four seasons as a resident company member.

A proud member of both American and British Actor’s Equity Association, Jo continues to perform with regional professional companies such as Triad Stage, Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte, North Carolina Theatre, Ensemble Stage, and Charlotte’s Off-Broadway. She has also narrated over a dozen audio books and works professionally as a director and voice/dialect coach. She is a certified Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework®.