Lucy Van Atta is an actor, director, and theater educator based in NYC. 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, and The Studio for Performing Arts (New Canaan, CT). Lucy is also a Certified Yoga Instructor.
Representation: Ann Steele Agency
RECENT WORK:
- Actor in Residence at Maine Media Workshops (Allen Coulter's Directing Master Class, August 2023)
- After/Life: Detroit '67 at Drew University (Feb 2023)
- Queen Eleanor/Pembroke in King John with Shakespeare on the Sound (June-July 2022)
- Mrs. Cratchit in A Christmas Carol with Shakespeare on the Sound (December 2021)
- Directed A Midsummer Night's Dream (Pelham, NY) and Macbeth Junior (Rowayton, CT) for Shakespeare on the Sound Education (June-July 2021)
- LINGER (Lead): Short Film by Ravenna Tran
*WINNER Best LGBTQ Film, NY International Film Awards 2020