On Stage: Performing Arts

NEXT UP: 

To be announced

PROFESSIONAL DINNER THEATRE

THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB:  Vernadette Simms, Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre

RUMORS: Chris Gorman, Chaffin’s Barn Dinner Theatre

A GENTLEMAN & A SCOUNDREL: Jenny Corell, Chaffin’s Barn Theatre

WIFE BEGINS AT 40: Betty Dixon, Chaffin’s Barn Dinner Theatre

A TROLLEY CAR NAMED TRAGEDY: Hazel Hartbreken, Mystery.COMedy

MURDER UNDER THE MISTLETOE: Doris Diddle, Mystery.COMedy

SMALL PROFESSIONAL

THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA: Prudencia, Actor's Bridge Ensemble

SILENT SKY: Williamina Fleming, Woven Theatre

THE LARAMIE PROJECT: Marge Murray et al; Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga

THE GIVER:  The Giver; Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga

ENDGAME: Clov, Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga

LAUNDRY & BOURBON: Hattie Dealing, Parnassus Repertory Company

U.S. DRAG: Mary Stone, ion theatre company 

ANTON IN SHOW BUSINESS: Ralph, Joe Bob, Wikewitch; 6th@Penn Theatre

ONE DOWN: Lucy Twiggs, 6th@Penn Theatre

INSTANT THEATRE: Kelly, 6th@Penn Theatre

THE O'CONNER GIRLS: Martha O'Conner, Scripps Ranch Theatre

BLITHE SPIRIT: Ruth Condomine, Scripps Ranch Theatre

SHAKESPEARE

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS: Adriana, Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: Beatrice, Actors Cooperative Theatre 1

MACBETH: Lady Macbeth, Millennium Repertory Company 

ROMEO AND JULIET: Nurse, Theatre Ensemble of Nashville

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM: Titania, Community Playhouse

TITUS ANDRONICUS: Marcus Andronicus, Nashville Shakespeare Festival

SELECT CREDITS

VOLPONE:  Voltore, Tennessee Repertory Theatre

RABBIT HOLE: Nat, Belmont University (Guest Artist)

THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE: Mag, MTSU (Guest Artist)

THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN: Eileen Osbourne, FDR Theatre Company

STEEL MAGNOLIAS: Ouiser, Community Playhouse

SHOWCASE

HEAR ME ROAR: Presidential Candidate, Actors Alliance Festival San Diego

UP TO NOW: Various, Actors Alliance Festival San Diego

AUTHOR/DIRECTOR

A DOLL'S HOUSE: Director, Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga

        (Premiere: Original Adaptation by Kelly Lapczynski)

A DOLL'S HOUSE: Adaptation, American Stage Theatre, St. Pete, FL

        (Regional Theatre Premiere) 

A DOLL'S HOUSE: Director, ACT1 Theatre, Nashville

        (Community Theatre Premiere)

A DOLL'S HOUSE: Adaptation, MTSU, Murfreesboro

(College Premiere)

AMONG THE MISSING: North Park Playwright Festival, San Diego

THE LAST SUPPER: North Park Playwright Festival, San Diego

KNOWING WHEN: North Park Playwright Festival, San Diego

LIKE YOU TALK: Ten Minute Playhouse, Nashville

PRODUCER 

The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Scripps Ranch Theatre, San Diego

FOUNDING PRODUCER

New Perspective Festival, San Diego

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Compass Theatre, San Diego

AWARDS

Best Lead Actress in a Comedy, ACT San Diego, Season 

(Olive Madison, The Odd Couple, Female Version)

Best Lead Actress in a Comedy or Musical, OnStage Playhouse, Season

(Olive Madison, The Odd Couple, Female Version)

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy, ACT San Diego, Season

(Linda Lodge, Move Over, Mrs. Markham)

Most Valuable Player, ACT1, Nashville, 

(A Doll's House: Writing, Direction, Set & Sound Design) 

Top Ten Outstanding Plays for 2017, First Night Awards. 

(Silent Sky, Woven Theatre)

SKILLS

British, Irish and Scottish accents; Southern and New York dialects

Announcing, archery, knitting, kayaking

Fainting, falling, juggling, eating fire

TRAINING

THE MEISNER TECHNIQUE: Bill Feehely, Actors Bridge Ensemble, Nashville

AUDITION TECHNIQUE: Sean Murray, David Ellenstein, Kristianne Kurner, Rosina Reynolds and Sam Woodhouse; ComForum, San Diego

BACHELOR'S DEGREE: Communications, Speech/Theatre, MTSU

Lapczynski's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's A DOLL'S HOUSE premiered in May 2012 at a small professional theatre in Chattanooga, TN. It made its Regional Theatre debut in November of that year when produced by American Stage Theatre in St. Petersburg, Florida. The adaptation made its large-scale community theatre debut the following year when produced in Nashville in May 2013. Its college debut came in Nov. 2014 when staged by the Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) Department of Theatre and Dance in Murfreesboro, TN.