Kelli Nichol McHugh is a lecturer of voice in the department of theatre. She performs, choreographs, and teaches in Chicago’s cabaret, musical theatre, and opera scene, and she is a founding member of Chicago Cabaret Project. McHugh completed two tours with the USO touring group OnStage, entertaining U.S. troops overseas in Egypt, Turkey, Italy, France, and Spain. She has been teaching classical and musical theatre voice lessons for the past eight years.