Actor-Singer-Director-Educator-Writer-Surfer-Snowboarder
Originally from Ohio, Chelsea made her way to the PNW after graduating with her BFA from Elon University and works bi-coastal primarily based out of Seattle, WA.
She deeply values collaboration with other artists and therefore enjoys being in the genesis of new works. On both coasts she's been on the ground floor of many new works including the productions 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.
Originally from Ohio, Chelsea made her way to the PNW after graduating with her BFA from Elon University and works bi-coastal primarily based out of Seattle, WA.
She deeply values collaboration with other artists and therefore enjoys being in the genesis of new works. On both coasts she's been on the ground floor of many new works including the productions 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.
When not performing, she is working as a teaching artist or theater director for companies including Seattle Children's Theater, Seattle Opera, Village Theater, among others. Having founded and developed a dramatic arts program for a research organization called foundry10, through which she has produced and directed over a dozen performances, taught at international conferences across the nation, written and produced new works, and has the responsibility for budgets, hiring, leading teams, and project planning and management as well as producing research studies.
As a writer she's had several new musicals or plays premiered in festivals with local theater companies and has recently been commissioned both by foundry10 to finish writing a musical called 78 minutes to be turned into a short film and by Taproot Theater for a musical for their Christmas season 2020.
When not in a theater she may be snowboarding, backpacking, or making chili and campfires.
