Robyn Berg is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Radford University, where she teaches in the Performance Area. A Chicago native, Robyn also spent many years in New York City and Nashville as an actor, director, professor and teaching artist. She holds a BA in Theatre Performance from Bradley University (where she also studied abroad in London) and an MFA in Acting from the University of Florida (which provided her the opportunity to perform Lysistrata in Greece).
Favorite acting credits include Nashville Shakespeare Festival’s Julius Caesar (alongside NFL legend Eddie George), the title role in Walk to Freedom: The Mary Draper Ingles Story, Treasure Island with Manhattan Children’s Theatre, Romeo & Juliet and Amadeus (opposite Tony nominated star Robert Cuccioli) at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, A Christmas Carol, Night of the Living Dead and Alice in Wonderland at The Hippodrome in Florida, and The Merchant of Venice with Chicago’s Tinfish Theatre. She has also appeared on screen in multiple commercials, industrials and independent films.
As a director, Robyn was honored to receive the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival Excellence in Directing Award for Shrek at Lipscomb University, where she also directed Death of a Salesman, The Servant of Two Masters and Leading Ladies. Other experiences at the helm are Almost, Maine, Rapture, Blister, Burn, Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, The Diary of Anne Frank and Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat at Radford University, Proof at Belmont University.
Robyn is currently enrolled in the 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training with YogaRenew and will soon be a certified Yoga Instructor with Yoga Alliance.