Anne Undeland
Anne is a theater artist who has worked throughout the Northeast with WAM Theatre, Great Barrington Public Theatre, Berkshire Playwrights Lab, Ancram Opera House, Ventfort Hall, Barrington Stage, Stageworks, Capital Repertory Theatre, Mixed Company, MopCo, Shakespeare & Company, Metropolitan Playhouse, Studio Theatre at Theatre Row, and the New Repertory Theatre. Born in Egypt (her father was a diplomat), she attended Wesleyan University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in Medieval Studies. Anne spent years as a puppeteer, she’s developed living history programs for museums, run oral history projects, narrated audiobooks and played roles in numerous productions for BBC radio and WBUR/Boston. Recently she’s branched out into playwriting. Her short play, The Kiss, won best play at the West Side Y and her short, Adeline’s Gambol, is a finalist for Miller Audio Prize at The Missouri Review. Her full-length play, Lady Randy, was produced by WAM Theatre and performed at Shakespeare & Company. Her newest play, Mr. Fullerton, was produced by Great Barrington Public Theater last summer in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts and will be produced at Boston’s Gloucester Stage July 1-26, 2022.
anne undeland theater resume
acting
Breakwater, Great Barrington Public Theatre, MA
Joanne Herring
(by Jim Frangione, dir. Kelly Galvin)
Lady Randy, WAM Theatre, MA
Lady Randolph Churchill, nee Jennie Jerome (title role)
(written by me, dir. Jim Frangione)
Israel Potter, Oldcastle Theatre, VT
Betty, Alma, Jenny, ensemble
(by Joe Bravaco and Jerry Rosler, dir. Nathan Stith)
Framing Churches, Ancram Opera House, NY
Isabel Church
(by Darrah Cloud, dir. Jeffrey Mosseau)
Open Marriage, Ventfort Hall, MA
One Woman Performance
(by Juliane Hiam, dir. John Gould Rubin)
Paris 1890 – Unlaced!, Ventfort Hall, MA & United Solo Festival, Theatre Row, NYC
One Woman Performance
(by Juliane Hiam, dir. Sarah Taylor)
A Tanglewood Tale, Metropolitan Playhouse, NYC
Sophia Hawthorne
(by Juliane Hiam, dir. Andrew Joffe)
Marcus is Walking, Mixed Company, MA
Anne, Caitlin, Heidi
(written and directed by Joan Ackermann)
The Belle of Amherst, Ventfort Hall, MA
Emily Dickinson
(by William Luce, dir. Normi Noel)
Xingu, Ventfort Hall/ Shakespeare & Co, MA
One Woman Performance
By Edith Wharton, ad. Dennis Krausnick, dir, Normi Noel)
Fanny Kemble’s Lenox Address , Ventfort Hall/ Shakespeare & Co, MA
One Woman Performance
(by John Gardner, dir. Andrew Borthwick-Leslie)
Tatterhood, Castle Hill Theatre, MA
The Queen
(by Nicki Wilson, dir. Andrew Joffe)
Staying Afloat, Mixed Company, MA
The Woman
(written and directed by Joan Ackermann)
Metamorphoses , Riggs Theatre 37, MA
Eurydice, Psyche
(by Mary Zimmerman, dir. Kevin Coleman)
Ten Minutes in the Berkshires, Mixed Company, MA
Various Roles
Various Directors Various Authors (three seasons)
10 x 10 , Stageworks, NY
Blitz, Sheilah, Househunting Wife
(Various Authors, dir. Deena Pewtherer, Ken Bush)
RADIO
Circle Round, WBUR/Boston
Various Characters
Dir. Rebecca Sheir
On the Shore Dimly Seen, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Narrator
Dir. Gregory Whitehead
Four Trees Down from Ponte Sisto, BBC Radio 4
One Woman Performance
Dir. Gregory Whitehead
PLAYWRITING
Mr. Fullerton (full length), Great Barrington Public Theater, 2021
My Louisa (full length solo show), The Mount and Tiny_Theatre, 2020
The Hungry Heart Bar and Girl (working title), Bascomb Lodge 2019
Lady Randy (full length), WAM Theater/Shakespeare & Co, 2019
The Kiss (10 minute), Berkshire Playwrights Lab Radius Festival, 2018, Writers Voice Play Festival, NYC, 2018 (winner for best play), The Road Theatre Summer Playwright’s Festival, 2019
Another Part of the Wood (10 minute), Berkshire Playwrights Lab Radius Festival, 2019
The Sisterhood (10 minute), St. James Play Festival, 2019
Writer’s Groups
Berkshire Voices (Berkshire Playwright’s Lab’s writing group), Great Barrington, MA
Howl Playwrights, Rhinebeck, NY
The Writers’ Rock, NYC
TRAINING
Workshops & Intensives: Shakespeare & Company Intensive, Creatively Independent Summer Intensive, Mopco Improv Fundamentals, Amy Brentano Play Workshop, Palissimo Intensive, Berkshire Playwrights Lab Workshop
Studied with: Jim Frangione, Chris Beaulieu, Michael Burns, John Hadden, Dennis Krausnick, and Normi Noel
ALSO OF NOTE
· Puppeteer and children’s entertainer for many years.
· Staged readings at the Mount, Capital Repertory Theatre, Barrington Stage, the UN, New Repertory Theatre, etc.
· Create and perform living history programs for museums. Run oral history projects.
· Speak rusty but well-accented French, a little Italian, and a smattering of Arabic.
· Surprisingly handy with power tools.
Degree: BA Wesleyan University
Location: Berkshire County, MA and Columbia County, NY
Willing to travel