She later pursued graduate studies in acting and directing at Florida Atlantic University where she earned a Master of Fine Arts.
She also studied singing with Richard Miller and speech language vocology and vocal health training with Anat Keidar.
She won a Joseph Jefferson Award for her portrayal of Amy in Stephen Sondheim's Company at the Forum Theatre in Chicago.
After a 27-year absence from Broadway, she returned to portray Baroness Von Thunder and serve as the Understudy for the Old Lady in the 1997 revival of Leonard Bernstein's Candide.
Later that year she performed the role of Helene in the original cast of Frank Wildhorn's The Scarlet Pimpernel.