Nance Williamson happily returns for a 19th season at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Favorite Roles include Cleopatra, Tamora, Beatrice, Nurse, Lady M, Jacques, Dromio, Kate and so many others. Since last summer Nance performed Clairey in Steel Magnolias at Dallas Theater Center and Camilla in King Charles III at Clarence Brown Theater in Knoxville. She has a 35 year acting career in film, television, commercials and over 150 plays regionally, off Broadway and on Broadway in Broken Glass, Henry IV, Cyrano, and Romeo and Juliet. Nance and her husband Kurt Rhoads have done 66 plays together and celebrate 35 years married.