A.R.T.: Resident vocal coach since 1997. Has coached shows directed by Francois Rochaix, Andrei Serban, Andrei Belgrader, DavidMamet, DavidWheeler, Scott Zigler,Marcus Stern, Liz Diamond, Karin Coonrod, RobertWoodruff, and others. Previous coaching credits include the American Conservatory Theatre and the Guthrie Theatre where she worked with directors including Allan Fletcher, Ed Hastings, Bill Ball, Bennie Sato Ambush, and Bill T. Jones. At the A.R.T. Institute teaches voice, speech, dialects, and Shakespeare text, and administers theM.F.A. programin voice training. At Harvard, she has presented workshops on public speaking for the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning (who havemade a filmof her work with Harvard faculty called The Act of Teaching), the Radcliffe Fellows, HarvardMedical School, and the Kennedy School of Government. Has received several teaching commendations at Harvard for her undergraduate class, and has garnered both a Bay Area Theatre Critics Award and a Los Angeles Dramalogue for her previous performance work. A graduate of Stanford University, Ms. Houfek received herM.F.A. fromthe American Conservatory Theatre.