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Leigh Strimbeck

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Mother of the Maid

July 30 – September 6, 2015

Understudying Tina Packer in the role of Isabelle Arc in The Mother of the Maid by Jane Anderson at Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, Mass. This play runs until September 6th. If I go on, I’ll announce it here!

The Mother of the Maid
by Jane Anderson
Directed by Matthew Penn

For more details and tickets see this link: http://www.shakespeare.org/performances/all-performances/mother-maid/

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Short film: Key Transitions

June 2015 – played the role of Grace in the short film Key Transitions, directed and produced by Christopher Schiller with Yvonne Perry, John Romeo and David Bunce.

Spring Awakening

April 17-26, 2015

The 2006 Tony Award-winning alternative rock triumph.

Book and Lyrics by Steven Sater
Music by Duncan Sheik
Directed by Leigh Strimbeck

For more details and tickets see this link: sage.edu/theatre

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Fifteenth Film Columbia Festival

I will be participating as an actor in screenplay readings at the Fifteenth Film Columbia Festival on Saturday October 25th, Noon in Hudson, and Sunday October 26th 10AM in Chatham. For more information go to: www.filmcolumbia.org

GROUNDED, by George Brant

Fall, 2014: I am directing Grounded, by George Brant as a senior project with Katelyn Burrello at The Theatre Institute at Sage, with Women Against War producing. We are performing the show five times in and around the capital region. All shows are free and open to the public, it’s not suitable for children. Please come if you can and help spread the word!

For more details, including performance locations and times, please see this link: Presentations of GROUNDED By George Brant

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2014 Saratoga Shakespeare Festival

macbethLeigh will be playing Lady Macduff at Saratoga Shakespeare Festival this summer.
CONGRESS PARK, Saratoga Springs, NY
Tuesday, July 15 – Sunday, July 27, Tuesday – Saturday, evening performances begin at 6:00pm, Sunday Matinees begin at 3:00 pm.

For more information, see this link:

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Fighting for Freedom

FightingforFreedomFighting for Freedom, in which I played Florence Dobbe with the great honor of playing across from Bruce Dern, produced by Loken Mann Productions is running this week (starting September 12) at the Fairview cinemas in Hudson, as a fundraiser for that movie theater to purchase a digital projector.

See trailer of Fighting For Freedom (known previously as Love Orchard) below:

http://youtu.be/N3KelWYwWZk

Little Bi Peep

Played the role of Kathy the mother in Little Bi Peep, Rebel
Productions, which opened this August, see the trailer below:

Third Place in Story Slam

After two preview events, won third place in the Story Slam at the WORDXWORD Festival this August in Pittsfield, MA.