Carolyn Messina*
WEEZY
is thrilled to be a part of this exciting journey and to be making her debut at Florida Rep! She was honored to play Weezy in the staged reading of ALabaster at The Vinyard Theatre in NYC for the 2019 National New Play Network Fundraiser. Her Off-Broadway credits include the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Festival – The Gulf (Kendra), Clurman Theatre – The State of Tennessee (Bertha/Mrs. Wire), and the Strawberry One-Act Festival – Fin and Euba (Euba, winner best actress). Regionally she has appeared most recently in Birmingham Festival Theatre’s Maytag Virgin (Lizzy); City Equity Theatre’s August: Osage County (Barbara) and Superior Donuts (Randy); Terrific New Theatre’s Love Is a Blue Tick Hound (Lina/Kendra), Split in Three (Nola), The Kathy and Mo Show (Mo), 6 Women with Brain Death (Jolene), Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well, and Vital Signs; Brad Bailey’s award-winning one-woman show Womenfolks; Birmingham Children’s Theatre’s The Miracle Worker (Annie Sullivan) and Charlotte’s Web (Nat’l tour/Town Hall-Charlotte). She also has served as dramaturg for Audrey Cefaly’s Alabaster (NNPN Showcase), Maytag Virgin (World Premiere), and Love is a Blue Tick Hound (Borough of Manhattan College). She is a proud graduate of the William Esper Studio, NYC (Joel Rooks, Suzanne Esper, Maggie Flanigan). Thank you Mr. Key, MG, Mac, Miz G, and Gis. And thank you Jude, for always and forever being true north. www.carolyn-messina.com
