Full Name:
Amanda Christine Morish
Major/Year:
Second year M.F.A. Acting
Favorite class in Theatre & Dance and why:
All of them. Our graduate program is designed very specifically, with a goal to give us a strong and well-rounded education including vocal and dialect training, Meisner, comedy, Shakespeare, movement and more! All amazing, all essential!
Favorite thing about Austin:
Bike friendly, yummy food, and a health/exercise conscious community.
Favorite place to study:
My favorite place to study would have to be in the quiet of my own apartment, but between classes or before rehearsal, you will probably find me in the computer lab or the atrium of the Winship building!
Brief biography (including projects, awards, accomplishments):
Amanda moved to Austin from Northern California where she received a B.A. in Psychology and a B.A. in Theatre with an emphasis in Musical Theatre. Amanda participated in numerous collegiate and regional productions, her favorites including Meredith in Batboy, Anita in West Side Story, Lorca as a Woman in Lorca in a Green Dress and Lucy in Jekyll & Hyde. Amanda received a scholarship to participate in a four-week acting and improvisation workshop where she worked with professionals from Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Steppenwolf, Second City of Chicago and i/O West. In addition, Amanda participated twice in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, making it to semi-finals this past spring. She also has the pleasure of being a founding member of Found Space Theatre Productions, a company that is dedicated to raising money for the arts community through performance. Leaving everything she knew behind, Amanda traveled to the state of Texas on a full fellowship, eager to devour knowledge and hone her craft. Here at UT Amanda has been featured in The Threepenny Opera as Jenny, directed by Halena Kays; Lucille in Junie B. Jones Jingle Bells , Batman Smells directed by Steven Dietz and as Carol in the 1st Years MFA show, The Pain and the Itch. Amanda also participated in the Cohen New Works Festival and was honored to be a part of a reading of Pulitzer Prize nominee Octavio Solis’ new play, Baby Girl. Amanda is represented by Heather Collier of Collier Talent Agency
Current projects/research/interests:
Amanda is currently cast in UT’s 2011 mainstage productions of The Cherry Orchard as Dunyasha and in an ensemble version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde directed by Daria Davis.
