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Acting experience

Photos by Jeff Kurysz

Britt Anderson

Height: 5'10"   |   Eye Color: Green   |   Hair Color: Light Brown

Pronouns: they/them/theirs | Based in Chicago, IL, USA

WORK EXPERIENCe

Original and Devised Work

Arachne: A Works in Progress Show | Whisper Theatre | Newport Theater | dir. Anthony Hudson  

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Broken Planet | Broken Planet Show | 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe - C Arts | dir. Callum Grant
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Shoop! | Whisper Theatre | Chicago Circus and Performing Arts Festival

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Le Taste of Jean Pierre | Whisper Theatre | Katapult Berlin and Teatrehaus Mitte Berlin

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Oneironauts | Whisper Theatre | 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe - Summerhall | dir. Richie Schiraldi

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Manifest(O) | Columbia College Chicago MFA | Chopin Theater | dir. Firenza Guidi

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Oklahoma: Winner Take All | Columbia College Chicago MFA | Studio 404 | dir. Gabriel Thom Pasculi

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The American Revolution | Theater Unspeakable | Touring: Lincoln Center Education, Adventure Stage Chicago | dir. Marc Frost

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The Bechdel Show | Former Roommate (Sketch Duo with Mary Tilden) | Sketchfest, Chicago Women's Funny Fest

Theatre

The Silence in Harrow House | Rough House Theater | Chopin Theater | dir. Mike Oleon

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Superman 2050 | Theater Unspeakable | Touring: Lincoln Center Education, Kennedy Center​ | dir. Marc Frost

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I Have Been to the Wild Wood  |   Duplicity Ensemble   |   Chicago Music Theatre Festival | dir. Nathan Wonder

Film

Easy: Season 1, episode “Chemistry Read” | Featured Extra | Joe Swanberg

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The Edge of the Woods (short) | Voice of "The Monster" | Grainger David

Training & Workshops

​MFA, Devised Performance |  Columbia College Chicago and Arthaus Berlin (formerly LISPA) | 2019

BA in Theater, minor in Spanish | University of South Carolina Honors College | 2012

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Stage Combat: SAFD Unarmed Combat Certified with Recommendation 2023; Chuck Coyl, Actors

Gymnasium

SAFD Knife Combat Certified with Recommendation 2024; Chuck Coyl, Actors Gymnasium

 

Circus Professional Training Program | Actors Gymnasium | silks, tightwire, partner acrobatics | 2017

 

Clown: Red Nose LAB with Paola Coletto, 500 Clown with Adrian Danzig | 2015

 

Improv: The Second City Conservatory 2013, iO Improv training program | 2013

 

Devising: Dell’Arte International Physical Theatre Devising Intensive | 2012​

Special Skills

Lecoq movement training, dance improvisation, ensemble devising, sketch comedy, improv, mask, clown, commedia, aerial silks, fitness/weight lifting, intermediate proficiency in Spanish language, Suzuki, yoga, Latin dance experience (tango, salsa, cha cha, bachata), East Coast swing dance, whistling, character voices, singing (Mezzo Soprano)

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