"Salpini’s performance almost sneaks up on the audience; she skillfully enlivens the script’s gradual reveal of Louise as more than a long-suffering second banana. Mama Rose might be the star of the piece, but Louise...becomes the hero."
- WBUR
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Kirsten Salpini AEA
Theatre
Height: 5’4” Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
The Donkey Show
Murder for Two
Gypsy
She Loves Me
The Irish...got that way
Jonah and the Whale
Stuart Little
The Snow Queen
Romeo and Juliet
Triumph of Love
Henry V (staged reading)
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Original Practice: Taming of the Shrew
Echoes
Emilia and the Heart of the Amazon
Dmitri/Vinnie, Mia/Oberon
Louise
The Suspects
Ensemble
Ensemble/Piano & Music Director
Arianna/Nurse/Piano
Ensemble
Rose/Ensemble/Piano
Mercutio
Princess Leonide
Katharine
Silvia
Lucentio
Female
Butterfly/Monkey
American Repertory Theatre
Lyric Stage Company
Lyric Stage Company
Greater Boston Stage Company*
Greater Boston Stage Company*
Greater Boston Stage Company*
Wheelock Family Theatre
New Repertory Theatre
Arts After Hours
Red Branch Theatre Company
It's a Fiasco
Theatre Under the Stars (NH)
Theatre Under the Stars (NH)
Merry-Go-Round Playhouse
Merry-Go-Round Playhouse
*formerly Stoneham Theatre
Related Experience
Dueling Pianist
Billboard Onboard
Commercial & Industrial On-Camera Principal
Bobby McKey's, Carnival Cruise Lines, Flying Ivories, & Hershey Park
Holland America Line
Big Picture Studios, Sunshower Studios
Training
BFA in Musical Theatre, Shenandoah Conservatory
Voice: Gina Beck, Matthew Edwards, Donna Gullstrand, Laurie Nelson
Acting: Tom Todoroff, Katie Flahive, Jonathan Flom, Carolyn Coulson-Grigsby, Michael Fennimore
Dance: Ballet, Tap, Jazz
Improv: Philip Markle
Alexander Technique: Jessica Webb
Linklater: Rebecca Schneebaum
Special Skills
Piano (20+ years), singer/songwriter, basic guitar, fluent French, basic Spanish (good w/ languages), accents (standard British, French, Irish, Australian, Czech, etc…), improv, balloon twisting, experienced teaching artist, Original Practice/1st Folio technique, scuba diving certification, experience on camera