Artist Profiles
Marie Ramirez Downing
Marie Ramirez Downing returns to Steppenwolf after coaching Leroy and Lucy last season. Other credits include Voice and Dialect Coach for Sunny Afternoon (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), As You Like It (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Sally & Tom (Marin Theatre), Inherit The Wind (Goodman Theatre), and their upcoming production of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Marie is a voice coach at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA for their professional actor training intensives. She is an Assistant Professor of Acting, Voice and Speech at The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Designated Linklater Voice teacher. Education: MFA, Acting, The Theatre School, DePaul University.