Debra Wiley is a director, an internationally acclaimed acting teacher and coach, and a singing voice specialist. She has taught and directed performers at institutions that include The Juilliard School, the Mannes College of Music, New York University, Marymount Manhattan College, Harlem School of the Arts, Henry Street Settlement, the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University, the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute, and regularly teaches master classes in Europe. In her private studio in Manhattan, Debra teaches the techniques of singing and acting and specializes in integrating the two. Recent master classes include Chamber Music America, Audience Engagement pilot at Juilliard with New Triad, NYU Steinhardt, Disney Theatrical Productions and Mannes. As a performer, Debra has been featured with professional companies across several disciplines (opera, theater, musical theater, cabaret) and studied with many famous teachers and directors of our time, including Lee Strasberg, Ed Kovens, Herbert Berghof, Wesley Balk and August Everding. She earned her Masters from NYU in both Acting and Opera.