Amy Salloway
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Contact Information
contact name: Amy Salloway
email: amysalloway@mindspring.com
Related Organizations:
The Advice People, Perspiring Genius, Balls Cabaret, The Spoken Word Fringe, Rockstar Storytellers, OutRageUs.
Experience
University of Minnesota, BA in Theatre and Sociology, 1990. Summa Cum Laude. Phi Beta Kappa.
Ohio State University, MFA Directing Program, 1992.
Classes at Freehold Theatre Lab Studio in improvisation, scene study, character development and solo performance, Seattle, WA, 1996-1998.
Seattle TheaterSportz Apprentice Program, 1998-1999.
Classes at the Brave New Workshop in improvisation, Minneapolis, MN, 1999.
Classes at the Loft Literary Center in creative writing, Minneapolis, MN, 1999-2007.
Original Performance Workshops with Matt Smith (Seattle, 1997-1999), Heidi Arneson (Minneapolis, 2002), Djola Branner (Minneapolis, 2003), Laurie McKiernan (Minneapolis, 2003) and Loren Niemi and Nancy Donoval (Minneapolis, 2004-2005).
Awards
Voted "Best Solo Performance of 2003" (for "Does This Monologue Make Me Look Fat?") by Lavender Magazine, December 2003.
"Does This Monologue..." also won Critic's Pick of the Cincinnati Fringe (June 2005), a Cincinnati Enquirer Acclaim Award for Solo Performance (June 2005), and Best Original Script and Best Solo Comedy at the Columbus National GLBT Theatre Festival (September 2006). It was voted "Best Lesbian Theatre of 2006" by Curve Magazine.
"So Kiss Me Already, Herschel Gertz!" won Best of the Fest at the Winnipeg Fringe, July 2006, and "Pick of the Fringe" at the Vancouver Fringe, September 2007.
"Circumference" won Fringe Hit at the Atlantic Fringe, September 2006, and was one of six MN Fringe shows given a "Fringe Invitational" run at the Lowry Theatre Lab in St. Paul in October 2007 .
Exhibitions/Performance History
Resume available on request, via amysalloway@mindspring.com
Biographical Information
Country of Citizenship:
United States
Birth Place:
Boston, MA
Birth Date:
February 24, 1970
Gender:
Female
Active Place:
Minneapolis
Minnesota County:
Hennepin
