Department of Theatre & Dance Staff

Tiffany Gilly-Forrer (she/her) MFA, is a Nashville-based actor for TV, film, Voiceover, and the stage. She has been training and performing with theatre artists and film students across the United States to England and teaches emerging artists as an adjunct professor at Western Kentucky University. Some of her favorite film credits include Lindsay in the indie Alaskan feature Theatre of Pain (in post), Kara in the short film We Need To Talk, and Teefs Magoo in Mr. Chesterfield. Some of her favorite stage theatre credits include playing the title role in Amélie, Alicia in Small Mouth Sounds directed by Emmy nominated screenwriter Leigh Fondakowski, and Lotte Grimm in a new play called Lotte Grimm's Cinderella. She's also played Hermia, Helena, and Demetrius in three separate productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream. A published writer, scholar, and accomplished voice & speech coach, she and her husband, Chris are both travel-obsessed nerds who share a passion for the outdoors, theatre, prestige film, and their three cats, Ridley, Houdini, and Jiji. She plans to join SAG and move to Los Angeles in 2026.