On Stage: Performing Arts
HAIR: Brown
EYES: Green
HEIGHT: 5'7"
Actors Alliance of San Diego
NEXT UP:
TESTAMENTS: Doreen, Unitarian Universalist Staged Reading (Nov. 9)
STEEL MAGNOLIAS: Ouiser, Community Playhouse (Jan 2025)
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
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 (adapted)
(Writer/Director)
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.