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Actor-Singer-Director-Educator-Coach-Writer-Surfer-Snowboarder-Outdoor Adventure Traveler
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Above: At Glacier National Park on a solo artist retreat in the camper van
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Hi! I'm Chelsea!
I'm originally from Ohio, I grew up performing musicals (usually playing the male roles, since "they're the most fun") and writing plays at recess which along wish some friends, we convinced the Principal to let them be performed on the mainstage in our auditorium. I made my way to the PNW after graduating with a BFA from Elon University, where I overachieved as a student director, being a Leadership fellow, studying also directing, communications, and performing in the community playhouses. After working at Hangar Theater in upstate NYC, I realized I could have both theater and outdoor adventures (I've been snowboarding since I was 9!) and after a six month tour with Missoula Children's Theater where I developed the skillsets to become a lifelong educator in theater, I spent the majority of the past decade working as an actor bi-coastal primarily based out of Seattle, WA. My goal in college was to "work" as an actor and with that goal in mind I've worked at The 5th Avenue Theater, Seattle Repertory Theater/La Jolla Playhouse, ACT, Village Theater, Taproot Theater, ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery, The Paramount Theater, Seattle Children's Theater, among many others. As an actor who is also a director and educator, I deeply value collaboration with other artists and often find myself involved in new musicals. I loved being a part of some of the original casts of COME FROM AWAY, RIDE THE CYCLONE, STU FOR SILVERTON, A PROPER PLACE, PERSUASION, DICK WHITTINGTON and HIS CAT, TEDDY AND MAX, and currently, AUSTEN'S PRIDE and most recently the workshops of SONG OF BERNADETTE and SPUN in NYC, among others.
I'm originally from Ohio, I grew up performing musicals (usually playing the male roles, since "they're the most fun") and writing plays at recess which along wish some friends, we convinced the Principal to let them be performed on the mainstage in our auditorium. I made my way to the PNW after graduating with a BFA from Elon University, where I overachieved as a student director, being a Leadership fellow, studying also directing, communications, and performing in the community playhouses. After working at Hangar Theater in upstate NYC, I realized I could have both theater and outdoor adventures (I've been snowboarding since I was 9!) and after a six month tour with Missoula Children's Theater where I developed the skillsets to become a lifelong educator in theater, I spent the majority of the past decade working as an actor bi-coastal primarily based out of Seattle, WA. My goal in college was to "work" as an actor and with that goal in mind I've worked at The 5th Avenue Theater, Seattle Repertory Theater/La Jolla Playhouse, ACT, Village Theater, Taproot Theater, ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery, The Paramount Theater, Seattle Children's Theater, among many others. As an actor who is also a director and educator, I deeply value collaboration with other artists and often find myself involved in new musicals. I loved being a part of some of the original casts of COME FROM AWAY, RIDE THE CYCLONE, STU FOR SILVERTON, A PROPER PLACE, PERSUASION, DICK WHITTINGTON and HIS CAT, TEDDY AND MAX, and currently, AUSTEN'S PRIDE and most recently the workshops of SONG OF BERNADETTE and SPUN in NYC, among others.
Passionate about helping others navigate the business of being a working artist and staying financially fit for the long haul, I offer masterclasses for universities where I've taught my classes at University of Washington, and Eastman School of Performing Arts. I have worked as a teaching artist or theater director for youth at numerous theater companies some of which include Seattle Children's Theater, Seattle Opera, for many many years, Village Theater. One of the greatest achievements off stage for me was founding and developing a dramatic arts program for a research organization called foundry10, through which I had the opportunity to produce and direct over a dozen performances, teach at international conferences across the nation, write and produce new works with local artists and students, and navigate the theater management side of the business including budgets, hiring, leading teams, and project planning and on top of it, running research studies on our work to later present!
As a writer I have had several new musicals or plays premiered in festivals with local theater companies such as GhostLight Theatricals and was commissioned by foundry10 to finish writing a musical called 8.5 Minutes.
When the pandemic hit and I couldn't do theater, I got to spend time pursuing life outside of the theater and in nature. In a rooftop tent, a Subaru with a rocket box, and in our own DIY converted campervan I spent a year and half living on the road seeing 37 National Parks, snowboarding at 22 mountains for 111 days of snow sports, and spent six months on island time. I've now moved temporarily to Honolulu, HI to enjoy this other dream of being in paradise on earth before I likely jump to the East Coast.
As a writer I have had several new musicals or plays premiered in festivals with local theater companies such as GhostLight Theatricals and was commissioned by foundry10 to finish writing a musical called 8.5 Minutes.
When the pandemic hit and I couldn't do theater, I got to spend time pursuing life outside of the theater and in nature. In a rooftop tent, a Subaru with a rocket box, and in our own DIY converted campervan I spent a year and half living on the road seeing 37 National Parks, snowboarding at 22 mountains for 111 days of snow sports, and spent six months on island time. I've now moved temporarily to Honolulu, HI to enjoy this other dream of being in paradise on earth before I likely jump to the East Coast.
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