Lucy Van Atta is an actress, director, and theater educator based in New York City. She holds an MFA in Acting from Brown/Trinity Rep and a BA from Middlebury College. Lucy grew up on the campus of a New England prep school and spent her childhood creating original plays with the other faculty kids. The daughter of a historian, she has always felt at home in the 18th or 19th century. Lucy specializes in accents/dialects and has an absurdist sense of humor. She is a Teaching Artist with Child's Play NY & Shakespeare on the Sound, as well as a Certified Yoga Instructor.
Representation: Ann Steele Agency
RECENT WORK:
- A Christmas Carol Benefit Reading with Shakespeare on the Sound (CT)
- Actor in Residence at Maine Media Workshops (The Camera and Visual Storytelling)
- ELEGY (Lead): Thesis Film by Sridharani Panchumarthi, Maine Media Workshops
- Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth with PTP/NYC at Atlantic Stage 2 in Manhattan. Photos and press at http://ptpnyc.org/