If these Winship walls could talk.

Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson (BFA 1989) is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at the University of Illinois Springfield. She’s currently directing Sam Shepard’s True West, opening February 24, and will star in the role of “Truvy” in Steel Magnolias this summer at the McLeod Summer Playhouse in Carbondale, Illinois.

Recent works include directing Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Shawnee Summer Theatre, Indiana) and acting in All My Sons and in Steel Magnolias. She reports she’s loving life in central Illinois (aside from frigid temperatures in winter!) with husband, Eric, and 11-year-old daughter, Emma.