selected snapshots of a 20 year career...
NYC SUMMER TEACHING JUNE - JULY
currently and coming up!
CO-FOUNDER/DIRECTOR
Chryssie loves being Co-Founder/Director of Broadway Arts Community with long time best friend, Alexis Carra, after meeting on the national tour of FOSSE in 2001. This elite training in the performing arts occurs for 9 days this summer in NYC. We work with teens to professionals looking for elite training and mentorship along the way in all things performing arts: acting for film/tv, musical theatre, dance and college prep. This summer get professional headshots, take with Teachers who have done it all: Lloyd Culbreath, Deidre Goodwin, Nina Lafarga, mock audition with industry panel in person and much more! Check out our site below!
EDUCATOR/DIRECTOR
Current Musical Theatre Faculty Member
- Musical Theatre Techniques (Contemporary)
- Musical Theatre Techniques 2 ( Golden Age)
- Mock Audition & Industry
- Director for graduating Showcases
CHILDHOOD
Born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina, Chryssie grew up dancing with the Columbia City Ballet and Southern Strutt dance studio competing nationally. Her love for musical theatre and the performing arts began at the age of 10 years old when she got cast as an orphan in ANNIE (captured above in rehearsal).
Her training would continue in the summers' in Los Angeles and in New York at the Edge dance studio and Broadway Dance Center. During adolescence she also performed in A Chorus Line at Workshop Theatre. She pursued more theatre in her high school drama program at Richland Northeast, as well as modeled with Millie Lewis Modeling & Talent agency.
GRADUATION
Her career of 20 years started as a Rockette and got her first start in film as a dance double in Save the Last Dance with Julia Stiles. Chryssie then went on to schooling in New York at The American Musical Dramatic Academy (AMDA) where she majored in musical theatre/performing arts.
After the Rockettes, Chryssie began her first touring job in the 1st National tour of Fosse, followed by an International tour as one of Paul McCartney’s dancers. Chryssie can be seen in the hit documentary, Every Little Step, where she was featured landing her Broadway Debut in the 2006 revival of A Chorus Line as Kristine, heard also on the cast album in "Sing" with Tony nominated actor, Tony Yazbeck (On the Town).
OVER 20 YEARS IN THE BUSINESS!
Chryssie would go on to work in the performing arts in Los Angeles in theatre, television, film and in New York on Broadway as an actress, dancer and singer sharing the stage with stars such as Neal Patrick Harris, Patti Lupone, Stephen Colbert,Mel B and Sir Paul McCartney.
Her last role on Broadway was Kitty in CHICAGO where she went on to perform the lead role of Velma as an understudy.
One of her favorite New York theatre role's included Kathy in Company opposite Neal Patrick Harris, as Bobby, at Lincoln Center with the NY Philharmonic Orchestra (Now on DVD in PBS's Great Performances).
DIRECTOR/ CHOREOGRAPHER
DIRECTOR/ CHOREOGRAPHER
DIRECTOR/ CHOREOGRAPHER
CHICAGO (Director/Choreographer)
Sea Coast Repertory Theatre (PAPA)
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
GREASE (Choreographer)
5th Avenue Theatre
Seattle, WA
JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS (Ass. Director)
ACT Theatre
Directed by: David Armstrong
Seattle, WA
BEAUTY & THE BEAST (Choreographer)
Western Carolina University
Directed by: Hunt
CHICAGO (Director/Choreographer)
Sea Coast Repertory Theatre (PAPA)
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
GREASE (Choreographer)
5th Avenue Theatre
Seattle, WA
JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS (Ass. Director)
ACT Theatre
Directed by: David Armstrong
Seattle, WA
BEAUTY & THE BEAST (Choreographer)
Western Carolina University
Directed by: Hunter Foster
NC
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING (Director)
5th Avenue Theatre's "Rising Star" Project
Re-staging Bill Berry's Main Stage
Seattle, WA
NOW WHAT?! (Director)
AMDA Graduation Showcase
New York
INTO THE WOODS (Director) -
Cherokee HighSchool, NC
ALADDIN, Jr. (Director/Choreographer) Cherokee Middle School, NC
CAMELOT (Choreographer)-
Biola University, CA
SHREK (Director/Choreographer) -
Cherokee High School , NC
Represented by: Darlene Kaplan Entertainment
818-448-2879
MASTERCLASS TEACHER
DIRECTOR/ CHOREOGRAPHER
DIRECTOR/ CHOREOGRAPHER
Chryssie continues to work as a proud faculty member and adjudicator for AMDA College and Conservatory for the Performing Arts, www.amda.edu, since 2005, where she is also a graduate. There she crosses over divisions teaching in musical theatre performance, acting on camera, audition technique and all styles of dance, including directing
Chryssie continues to work as a proud faculty member and adjudicator for AMDA College and Conservatory for the Performing Arts, www.amda.edu, since 2005, where she is also a graduate. There she crosses over divisions teaching in musical theatre performance, acting on camera, audition technique and all styles of dance, including directing/choreographing for final showcases and dance workshops.
She is a former adjunct lecturer at UCLA teaching theatre dance for two years, as well as a faculty member at the California Dance Institute and National Dance Institute teaching in public elementary schools. Chryssie can also be seen on the dance convention, VERVE, where she will be returning for her 4th season this summer In Dallas, Texas with Marcea Lane & Caroline Lewis Jones. She has also taught at the acclaimed Edge Dance Studio in Los Angeles for many years.
Chryssie started her own company in 2017 and is an extremely proud Co-Director/Founder of BROADWAY ARTS COMMUNITY, a musical theatre arts education company with her best friend of 20 years in the business, Alexis Carra. She travels all over the globe teaching masterclasses in dancing and musical theatre as well as mentors/coaches online and in person.
From January 2018 - May 2019, Chryssie stepped into the role of a full time performing arts public school teacher on the Cherokee Reservation for grades 6 -12th. There she directed SHREK, ALADDIN, JR. and INTO THE WOODS. It was an honor and a privilege to shine a light on all the students' gifts to help build their performing arts program with their director, Michael Yannette.
ACTRESS
DIRECTOR/ CHOREOGRAPHER
ACTRESS
FEATURED CREDITS
A career for over 20 years in the performing arts
BROADWAY & NEW YORK THEATRE
CHICAGO - Kitty, US Velma (Performed the role)
COMPANY - Kathy filmed live at Lincoln Center
A CHORUS LINE - Kristine on Revival Soundtrack
The Radio City Rockettes - New York
REGIONAL THEATRE/TOURS:
Damn Yankees - Lola
A Chorus Line - Cassie
CATS -
FEATURED CREDITS
A career for over 20 years in the performing arts
BROADWAY & NEW YORK THEATRE
CHICAGO - Kitty, US Velma (Performed the role)
COMPANY - Kathy filmed live at Lincoln Center
A CHORUS LINE - Kristine on Revival Soundtrack
The Radio City Rockettes - New York
REGIONAL THEATRE/TOURS:
Damn Yankees - Lola
A Chorus Line - Cassie
CATS - Bombalurina
Gigi - Liane
The Will Rogers Follies - Z's Favorite
The Producers - 1st National Tour
FOSSE - 1st National Tour
TELEVISION:
Greys Anatomy,
Private Practice, Castle,
The Mentalist, Warehouse 13,
Man up, Switched at Birth,
Melissa & Joey, In Plain Sight,
The Tony Awards, Ellen, Jay Leno
FILM:
WEST SIDE STORY (2020)
Directed by: Stephen Spielberg
Revenge of the Bridesmaids (pictured above)
(ABC Family TV Movie with Raven Simone
Every Little Step (Documentary on casting of A CHORUS LINE, Broadway Revival) The Producers, Save the Last Dance, Farm Girl in New York
Lucky Stiff .
COMMERCIALS:
Schweppe's, Sears,
Kraft, Subway,
Apple, Country Inn & Suites,
Sleep to Live & Alltel.