Bethanie got her undergrad BA in Theatre Performance from UMKC and her
MFA in Theatre from Western Illinois University. She has been a member
of various improvisational comedy troupes in Kansas City, Illinois and
now, Coffeyville. Bethanie currently co-runs The Rubber Chicken Factory
Improvisation Troupe at Coffeyville Community College. She has
performed professional in and around the KC area, and has done voice
work and commercials as well as live theatre and stand-up comedy. She
is currently a Communications Professor at CCC - English Composition,
Public Speaking and Improv classes. Bethanie also runs the Honors
Program.
She recently had a paper accepted for the upcoming Mid-Atlantic Popular
Culture/American Culture Association conference held this November in
Wilmington, DE. She currently lives in Coffeyville with her husband
Mark Frank and her kitty JD.
