COMPANY BIOGRAPHIES
Margot is a charter member
of 3Graces, and inaugurated its GraceNotes series with her
perfomance in David's Balls by Lisa Beth Kovetz. Visit Margot's website.
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Suzanne, a charter member of 3Graces,
starred in A Lower East Side Project and played Martha in A
Piece Of My Heart, where she was thrilled to be reunited with so many
of the incredible women from the Catholic School Girls cast (Woman
Seeking...Theater). Other recent NY appearances include Dinner for Thieves
(Samuel French OOBR Festvial), and the musical comedy Club of
Queens. She is also a member of Abingdon Theatre and NJ Dramatists.
Regional: seasons at Florida Studio Theatre and America Stage Co. Film:
Wholey Moses (Tribeca and USA Film Festivals), The Trial of
Jack (an official selection of 15 film festivals, worldwide), Act
As If (Carolina Film & Video Festival, NYWIFT), and Acid
Rain. Upcoming: supporting role of Giovanna in the feature film
Have You Dated This One Yet?, shooting Spring 2006. www.suzannebarbetta.com.
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Kathleen is honored to be a charter
member of 3Graces. She gave GraceNotes its name and directed
The Caberet: a salute to the USO during its first season.
She has also played the matriarch, Liz, in Ladyhouse Blues, and
served as Atmosphere Coordinator for A Piece Of My
Heart. Recent directing projects include Make Her
Happen by L.E. McCullough at the Strawberry One-Act Festival and
Rookie Lifeguard's Last Day by Vincent Amelio at the ATA
Theatre. With Woman Seeking... Theater Company she directed Wild
Dust, The Torchbearers, and A Midsummer Night's Dream
and appeared in Top Girls, Catholic School Girls,
and Tongue Of A Bird. She has performed in numberous
productions, from Shakespeare to Guare, in Regional, LORT and NYC
theaters.
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Elizabeth is a founder of and
Co-Artistic Director for 3Graces. She produced Ladyhouse Blues
and played Sissy in A Piece Of My Heart. Elizabeth has
worked in the New York theater, film and television industry for over ten
years. She has performed extensively with The Elizabethan Shakespeare
Company (member 2000-2002) and Woman Seeking... Theater Company
(member 2001-2004). Of and Off-Off Broadway credits include leading roles
in Intermezzi, Assassins, Catholic School
Girls, Top Girls, Wild Dust, Tongue Of A
Bird, and Suburban Motel. Elizabeth has also enjoyed a
successful career as a Casting Director with Liz Lewis Casting Partners
for six years, casting numberous commercials, voice overs, and
award-winning films. Elizabeth teaches both voice over and on-camera
acting throughout NYC, and is a graduate of New York University, Tisch
School of the Arts and Playwrights Horizons Theater
School.
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Cherelle was proud to publicize
Ladyhouse Blues and play Steele in A Piece Of My Heart
with 3Graces, of which she is a charter member. She is a graduate of NYU's
Tisch School of the Arts, and has performed in The Miracle
Worker, I Have A Name, Mtoto Wazuri,
Dramedy, and For Colored Girls..., among
others. You can also see Cherelle in commercials and on television,
and hear her on the radio. She thanks her family and friends for their
never-ending support.
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Nitra is a charter member of
3Graces. She played Eylie in Ladyhouse Blues, assistant
directed The Cabaret for GraceNotes, and performed live
music for A Piece Of My Heart. She is an actress/comedienne who
has performed at the Upright Citizens' Brigade and the People's Improv
Theater. Some of her favorite roles include Maybelline in
Cheatin' (original NY cast) and Estela in Real Women Have
Curves. She sends her love to family and friends from here to Texas
and thanks the 3Graces for all their love and support.
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Kelli Lynn is a founder of and Managing
Director for 3Graces. She played Helen in Ladyhouse Blues,
and served as Dramaturg for A Piece Of My Heart. She was a Woman
Seeking... Theater Company member from 2001-2004 and served on the Women's
Shakespre Company's board of directors. An actor, writer, director and
producer, Kelli Lynn is also a founding producing member of Thermodynamic
Theater Company (Show Business Weekly's 2002 Top Off-Off Broadway
Company), for whom she served as Productions Coordinator and stage managed
the award-winning downtown cult hit, Spooky Dog and the Teeenage Gang
Mysteries. Kelli Lynn trained at the Stella Adler Conservatory and
has directed and performed with various companies Off-Off Broadway, as
well as the Washington Shakespeare Festival and other regional theaters.
Kelli Lynn's plays have been produced and workshopped in L.A. and Seattle,
and read in living rooms across New York. The Bell Still Tolls, a
student documentary film co-scripted by Kelli Lynn about the effects of
five different American wars on Northwest women, was given a special
commendation by the Washington State Ladies Auxiliary
Legion.
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Rebecca is a founding member of 3Graces,
and served as Marketing Director for its first year. Rebecca now lives in
San Francisco, where she designs and maintains 3Graces' website, and has
directed Do You Want To Buy My Brain? at the Marsh and Exit
theaters, and Jane: Abortion and the Underground for Planned
Parenthood Golden Gate at the Brava Theater. New York directing credits
include Eisenstein's Monster by Linda Eisenstein for TOSOS II
(The Duplex), The Best Man by William Donnelly for Thermodynamic
Theater Company, Eliot & Estlin by Olivia Kienzel
(FringeNYC), and Bang! by C.C. Seymour at Surf Reality. As a
member of Woman Seeking... Theater from 2001 to 2004, she directed
Tongue Of A Bird and stage managed Top Girls and The
Torchbearers. Rebecca is a graduate of Wellesley College and its
Shakespeare Society, and holds and MFA in Text & Performance Studies
from RADA / King's College London. Visit Rebecca's website.
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Annie is a founder of and Co-Artistic Director for 3Graces. She played Dot in
Ladyhouse Blues and MaryJo in A Piece Of My Heart.
Recent Off-Broadway credits include Constellations, The
Unwrapping of Christmas, Golden Ladder and the long-running
comedy hit Six Goumbas and a Wannabe. Other favorites include
Irish Strawberries, ComeBack to the 5& Dime Jimmy Dean,
Jimmy Dean and Top Girls. Annie is featured in the
independent feature films Leaving On Arrival, The Stand
In and Indigo 10. Television includes Guiding Light
and the PBS special The Letter. Annie coaches acting and vocal
technique privately and has taught at the N.Y. School for Film and
Television's Summer Acting Program. She also works as a trainer for the
AEA and SAG signatory company Simulations Inc., facilitating hundreds of
management training programs nationally. With Simulations she also serves
as a casting associate in New York, Chicago and L.A. and as a program
development assistant. Annie was a founding member of Woman Seeking...
Theater Company with whom she worked for 6 seasons. She holds a degree in
theater from Rutgers University.
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Chelsea is a
founder of 3Graces and serves as its Executive Director. She produced
Ladyhouse Blues and played Whitney in A Piece Of My
Heart. A former litigator, she left the practice of law after five
years to produce and perform Off-Off Broadway. Chelsea co-founded Woman
Seeking... Theater Company in 1997 and served as its Producer and
Co-Artistic Director until 2004. Under her leadership, Woman Seeking...'s
programming grew from intimate scene nights to multiple full-length
productions in repertory. Among others, she has produced and performed in
Last Summer at Bluefish Cove; Come Back to the 5 &
Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean; Top Girls;
Wild Dust; Tongue Of A Bird; and Catholic
School Girls. Chelsea is the Director of Recruiting for Solomon-Page
Group, a temporary legal staffing company. Chelsea holds a BA from Vassar
College and a JD from Emory University.
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