Candace Vance has been seen on many professional stages, notably Taproot Theatre Company (Lady Chiltern in An Ideal Husband, Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, America in Radio Gals, Killaine in The Clearing, among many others), Seattle Shakespeare Company (Mistress Ford in Merry Wives of Windsor), Seattle Children’s Theatre (Muriel in Nicky Somewhere Else), Seattle Public Theatre (among others--Chloe in The 13th Of Paris, Mary in The Language Archive, Paula in My Wonderful Day, Footlight Award Recipient) Book-It Repertory Theatre, and Repertory Actors Theatre. Ms. Vance has also enjoyed working internationally, particularly as Julieta in the National Tour/Spain of Romeo y Julieta, and in The Quality of Mercy: A Tour of Love Through Shakespeare’s Words in Paris, France.
Ms. Vance holds a BA in Theatre and Spanish from Seattle Pacific University, and an MA (foreign equivalent of an MFA) in Theatre and Performance from Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance in London. Ms. Vance is a former member of Actors’ Equity Association, and a current member of the Society of Directors and Choreographers, as well as Theatre Puget Sound and The Barrow Group in NYC and The Arts in Society Research Network. Ms. Vance has received numerous distinctions, including several Footlight Awards. Her favorite distinction remains wife of Sam Vance, and proud Mommy of Max, Echo, and Zoe.
