Dee Dee Batteast

Dee Dee Batteast (She/Her)

Dee Dee Batteast (She/Her) is currently adjunct acting faculty for Ball State’s BFA program. She teaches courses in beginning acting, audition, and one-person show. She is also a proud alumnus of Ball State (07).

Ms. Batteast is also a writer. Her self-produced one-woman show, NO AIDS, NO MAIDS, enjoyed a successful run at the Washington DC Fringe Festival, where it received the Capital Fringe Honors: Favorite Show of Fringe and Favorite Solo Performance. Ms. Batteast’s regional directing credits include The Thin Place at Gloucester Stage, People Where They Are at Clarence Brown Theatre, and The Revolutionists & The Conviction of Lady Lorraine at Farmers Alley.

Dee Dee received her MFA in acting from UNC-Chapel Hill, where she spent 3 years as a company member of PlayMakers Repertory Theatre. Some of her recent regional acting credits include: Merry Wives of Windsor & The Royale at American Players Theatre, Clyde’s at Studio Theatre, A Christmas Carol & Ohio State Murders at The Goodman, and Detroit 67’ at The Clarence Brown Theatre. She has also worked at Virginia Stage Company, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, and Indiana Repertory Theatre. Television credits include Chicago Fire, The Shinning Girls, and Chicago Med.