CHRISTA KIMLICKO JONES
Christa Kimlicko Jones
(Helen in Umbrella) Along with her work with Alchemy, Christa is a co-founder/co-artistic director of the dirigo group. Off-Broadway acting credits: Harvest (Alchemy Theatre Company); Lipstick on a Pig. Other NY credits: 365 Days/365 Plays (Genesius Theatre Group); Rearview Mirror (manhattantheatresource); Blah, Blah, Blah (Bayou Radio Productions, FringeNYC); The Information She Carried. Selected regional acting: Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof The Seagull; Private Lives; Arcadia; The Man Who Came to Dinner; Winter’s Tale; Antigone in Antigone. For the dirigo group: Hedda Gabler in Hedda; Abbie in desire; Fool for Love; Home Free!; and The Gypsy Chain. Other notable credits include: Elise in The Miser directed by Philip Goodwin; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (dir: Franchelle Stuart Dorn and Lucien Douglas); and Eye of God. Film credits include: Themes and Intermissions, Secondhand Lions, Bloodmask, Worse, Tempting David. Voice-acting credits include major roles Getbackers and Dai Guard, among others. Toured the Southeastern US with Troupe D’Jour (Educational Shakespeare) working with students and playing roles such as Juliet, Lady Macbeth, Beatrice, and Kate. Toured the western half of the US with BRAVVO! Productions, 1940s musical revue USO show, In the Mood.
Producer credits: Some with the dirigo group include: The Middle of the Night, The Mercy Seat, True West, Fool for Love, Cowboy Mouth, The Gypsy Chain, Hedda, bash, desire, and Home Free. With Alchemy: the NY premiere of L. Pontius' Umbrella; the premiere of David Wright Crawford's Harvest, and the NY premiere of Christopher Durang's The Vietnamization of New Jersey. Teaches acting at John Robert Powers and CAP 21, Voice and Speech at Stella Adler; and is a teaching artist with American Globe Theatre. Holds an MFA in Acting from the UT Austin. Certified Voice Specialist and member of VASTA, a member of 'First Look' acting company, and a proud AEA member.
www.christakimlickojones.com.