Alice Wilkinson
Alice Wilkinson is a sharp and versatile actress with an affinity for classical text. This summer she plays “Elizabeth Bennet” in Pride and Prejudice and the “Fool” in Lear at the Texas Shakespeare Festival. She has over twenty years of dance experience and has trained at LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts, Shakespeare & Company, The Gaiety School of Acting, the Barrow Group, and the Martha Graham School. Previous credits include Othello at Studio Baton Rouge, Hiya Dolly at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and BBC Radio Scotland, and Sweat at Swine Palace. Alice is fluent in Spanish and rides horses. She will be moving back to her hometown of New York City in August.
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Scenes
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Theater Credits
Pride and Prejudice | Elizabeth Bennet | Texas Shakespeare Festival | Susan Felder |
Lear | The Fool | Texas Shakespeare Festival | George Judy |
Something Rotten! | Ensemble | Texas Shakespeare Festival | Whitney Branan |
Othello | Emilia | Studio Baton Rouge | George Judy |
Hiya Dolly! | Marjorie | Edinburgh Fringe (UK) | Andy Jordan Productions |
Sweat |
Jessie | Swine Palace Theater | G.D. Kimble |
The Revolutionists | Olympe | Studio Baton Rouge | Courtney Murphy |
Hamlet |
Marcellus, Osric | ArtFarm Theater Company | Dic Wheeler |
Radium Girls |
Kathryn | Rockville Little Theater | Tristan Poje |
Big Love |
Eleanor | Amherst College | Yagil Eliraz |
Intimate Apparel | Mrs. Van Buren | Mount Holyoke College | Natalie Sowell |
Dancing at Lughnasa | Maggie | Gaiety School of Acting | Donal Courtney |
His Duchess |
Duchess | University of St. Andrews | Elliot Douglas |
Macbeth |
Lady Macbeth | Shakespeare & Co. STI | Charles Hall |
Radio Credits
Hiya Dolly! | Marjorie | BBC Scotland | Andy Jordan |
Dance Credits
Falling | Principal | American College Dance Festival | Terese Freedman |
Among Sheep | Principal | Amherst College | Paul Matteson |
Balled | Principal | LaMama Moves! Festival | Martha Tornay |
Education & Training
- Louisiana State University: Master of Fine Art (MFA) in Acting
- Coursework: Acting Studio, Classical Acting, Movement Studio, Voice & Speech Studio, Dance Studio, Script Analysis, Performance Critique
- Faculty: Sonya Cooke, Rockford Sansom, George Judy, Nick Erickson, Claudio Ribeiro
- Mount Holyoke College: Bachelor of Art (BA) in Geography with a Minor in Theatre
- Coursework: Acting Studio, Stage Combat, Clown, Physical Theater - Noah Tuleja, Susan Daniels
- Seven Pillars Acting Method Certified Instructor Sonya Cooke
- Tectonic Theater Moment Work Intensive Leigh Fondakowski
- Shakespeare & Company: Summer Training Institute
- Coursework: Linklater Voice, Movement, Text Work, Clown and Stage Fight, Actor/Audience Relationship
- Faculty: Dennis Krausnick, Charles Hall, Kevin Coleman, Kristin Wold, Michael Toomey, Tina Packer
- Gaiety School of Acting: IES Semester Abroad - BFA in Acting
- Barrow Group: Scene Study Intensive
- Upright Citizen’s Brigade: Improv 101 Intensive
Special Skills
- Languages: Fluent Spanish, 5 yrs. of Japanese
- Accents: RP, South London, Estuary, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, Brooklyn, American South, German,
- Singing Range: Alto - Soprano
- Dance/Movement Skills: 20 yrs. of modern dance (Graham, Limon, Horton, Taylor) and ballet technique, contact improvisation, jazz, tap, pointe, mask work, stage combat
- Sport: Advanced horseback riding (Western, English, Hunter/Jumper), volleyball, tennis, track, hike
- Other: CorePower Yoga Teacher Training Certification, baker, writer, ambidextrous, proficient with Lightroom & Photoshop