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Amy Fritche

Amy Fritsche

School of Theatre and Dance
Associate Professor of Acting and Musical Theatre
Campus:
Kent
Office Location:
B144 Center for the Performing Arts
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Email:
afritsch@kent.edu
Phone:
330-672-0112
Fax:
330-672-2889

Biography

Amy Fritsche earned her Master of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre from San Diego State University graduating Phi Kappa Phi. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from the University of Southern California where she received the James and Nony Doolittle Award. She has also studied at Yale University, American Academy of Dramatic Arts and Beverly Hills Playhouse. Amy has taught acting, directing, and musical theatre at Southeast Missouri State University, acting at San Diego State University and The La Jolla Playhouse, and dance at numerous dance studios in Arizona and California. 

She has directed a number of plays and musicals including Irena’s Vow, Heathers, Anything Goes, Into The Woods, Lend Me a Tenor, Hot Mikado, The Crucible, and Legally Blonde. Amy has performed in films, commercials and on stage. 

She has worked with Fox Animations Studios, toured nationally with Annie and internationally in the world premier of Best Intentions in London, England and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Regionally, she performed at Cleveland Play House in the world premier of These Mortal Hosts and the reading of Little Row Boat or, Conjecture. Also at Phoenix Theater, Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre, CATCO Theatre, and Odyssey Theater in Los Angeles. Locally at Cleveland Public Theatre, Dobama Theatre, Porthouse Theatre, and Mamai Theatre. Favorite roles include, Arcadia (Hannah Jarvis), Superior Donuts (Officer Randy), 9 to 5 (Violet), As You Like It (Rosalind), A Little Night Music (Countess Charlotte), Annie (Grace Farrell), Chapter Two (Jenny) and Violet (Violet).  She received the 2015 Cleveland Critics Circle Theater Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Violet. She is a proud member of SAG/AFTRA, AGVA, and AEA.

 

Education

B.F.A., University of Southern California; M.F.A., San Diego State University

Affiliations

SAG/AFTRA AGVA Actors Equity Association

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