Before coming to Davidson, she taught at Washington University and the University of Pittsburgh. In addition she conducted numerous master classes in acting with the Black Repertory Theatre in St. Louis, and taught professional acting classes there as well. Costa was promoted to Associate Professor last spring. Part of the challenge of actors' performance and training is to represent this whole variety of human experience, from the tragic and desperate to the laughable and uproarious. The manifesto assembled last year by Costa and her colleagues on the rationales committee includes a statement from National Endowments for the Arts Chair Jane Alexander.
Theater brings life to learning.
Costa firmly believes in this idea and sees it as not only possible but requisite within a liberal arts education. And art is our insight.