Holly Tarnower

Holly Tarnower is a teaching artist, actor and director from Boston MA. She teaches classes in the Comedic and Performing Arts Departments ranging in improv and sketch comedy, comedic scene study to acting fundamentals. Her teaching philosophy centers around multiple intelligence theory and creating community in the classroom. Tarnower received her BA from Drew University in Theater and Dance and continued her education at Emerson, receiving her MA in Theater Education ('17) and MFA in Applied Theater ('20).

Tarnower has been performing Improv and Sketch Comedy for over a decade around the Boston area and throughout the country. After training at IO Chicago, Second City Chicago and ImprovBoston, Holly has performed on multiple Mainstage casts and at national festivals. She also worked with the Boston Applied Theater company, Rehearsal for Life, for 11 years as an actor, facilitator and Interim Director of Education. She continues to perform and teach at various venues around Boston including as a lecturer of Communications and Public Speaking at Tufts University.