ABOUT AMANDA AKRAN

Amanda is an Armenian-American actress, singer and dancer who was born in Queens, New York. She attended Professional Performing Arts High School where she devised a new theatre piece with Tony Award winning musical director Stephen Brackett (A Strange Loop, Be More Chill, Buyer & Cellar) and writer Bekah Brunstetter (NBC's This Is Us & The Notebook Musical). The piece became a globally produced published play titled Nothing is The End of the World, (except for the end of the world). During this time, she also had an apprenticeship with The Shakespeare Society through the Tony Bennett Arts Education Program.

 

​​​​After graduating from PPAS, she went on to Queens College to study Theater & Performance, and received her BA with honors.​ Amanda moved to Frankfurt, Germany working with physical theatre company antagon theatre AKTion, as well as other theatre groups based there. Performing in Kazhakstan to Costa Rica and everywhere in between, she worked in physically driven works like Dr. Faustus and Gingko.

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​She was given a full ride for a MFA in Acting at Purdue University and was awarded a teaching scholarship, where she fell in love with teaching. She was also seen in roles such as Mother Courage in Mother Courage and Her Children, Harper in Angels in America, and Olivia in Twelfth Night. 

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She is now based in NYC with her dog, Quincy.