Shelley Delaney has been teaching acting at the Ohio University School of Theater since September of 2002. Her professional acting credits are varied and extensive.  In 2004, she was nominated for Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson award as ‘Best Supporting Actress’ for her work in the world premiere of Free Man of Color, by Charles Smith. As a New York based actress she has premiered work at New York Shakespeare Festival’s Plays in Process, La Mama, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Circle Rep Lab, The American Living Room Festival Directors Series at HERE, the Ice Factory at The Ohio Theater, The Women in Theater Festival, St. Marks Poetry Project, and many others.  As both an actor and a director, she is a member of The Drilling Company, a company commissioning and producing evenings of new works on a theme.  Regional Theater acting credits include work at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, McCarter Theatre, Bay Street Theatre, Victory Gardens, GeVa, Cleveland Playhouse, Capital Repertory Theatre, Delaware Theatre Company, Virginia Stage Company, Pennsylvania Stage, and Dorset Theatre Festival, in plays ranging from Shakespeare and Shaw to contemporary world premieres.   In addition to directing Reckless, The Laramie Project and Top Girls at OU, she has directed two full length plays and numerous one act plays at the 78th Street Theater Lab in New York City.  She directed An Evening With Burton and Russell for the 2002 New York International Fringe Festival and the production went on to performances at PSNBC at HERE, The HBO/Aspen Comedy Festival, The Directors Company and Chashama.  Other directing credits include Solo Arts, Henlopen Theater Company and Centenary Stage.  As an actress, her film work includes principal work in Woody Allen’s Radio Days, and several independent films including Hero Tomorrow, currently in festival competition.