Dee Selmore is a Theatre and Performance Research PhD student with the Florida State University School of Theatre. Dee received her bachelor’s degree from Florida A&M University in Theatre Performance. She received a master’s degree from Florida State University in Theatre (with a focus on Education) and a second master’s degree in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from Full Sail University. Dee is a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Black Theatre Network, Theatre Communications Group, Southeastern Theatre Conference, Mid America Theatre Conference, and the Florida Association of Theatre Educators. Dee is also a member of the Actor’s Equity Association (AEA).

Dee serves as the Florida Theatre Conference College/University Representative Chair and the Actors Equity Association BIPOC Community Council Co-Chair and serves on the board of the Tallahassee Irish Repertory Theatre. She is also the American Stage Company Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Council, Programming and Artists Subcommittee Co-Chair. Dee has served as an adjudicator for Florida community colleges and the Florida District 1 Thespians Society Festival. She is a co-founder of the Essential Theatrical Associates (ETA) performance group and the owner of Oluse Performing Arts. Dee has performed in numerous film and stage productions including Letters to Kamala (Charlotta Bass, American Stage), Macbeth (Lady Macbeth, Digital Shakespeare Co.), Skeleton Crew (Faye, American Stage), Sister Act (Deloris Van Cartier, Round Barn Theatre), The Color Purple (Sofia, Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe), To Kill a Mockingbird (Calpurnia, Mill Mountain Theatre), Doubt (Mrs. Muller, Crane River Theatre), Hairspray (Motormouth Maybelle, Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre), Footloose (Vi Moore, Jenny Wiley Theatre), and The Drolls (Roxolana, Florida Studio Theatre). Dee has also performed several readings at the National Black Theatre Festival. Dee is the 2020 Theatre Tampa Bay Award winner for Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress in a Play, but she is most proud of her job as mom to her son.