Amy Gordon (actress)

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Amy Gordon (born in Seattle, USA in 1974) is an American actress and singer based in Brooklyn.

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Early years

Dedicated to acting since childhood, Gordon earned a BA in Theater Arts magna cum laude from Western Washington University. In her early years as an artist, she trained in theater, comedy, and singing. [1]

Career

While working as a choreographer for the play A Mouthful of Birds, she founded a production company called Crossbreeding Productions, with Michelle Matlock. They produced various plays in the East Village. [1]

In 2001 she joined Jonah Logan, with whom she worked at Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, and they created the Daredevil Opera Company, [1] with which for six years they developed 5 shows that they presented at the New Victory Theater on Broadway and around the world. [2] [3] [4]

Gordon was the first comedian to lead the Big Apple Circus. [5] [6]

To date, one of her biggest roles has been in Tyler Perry's A Fall From Grace. [7]

With her solo show, Entershamement, she toured for over 7 years in various countries (UK, Ireland, Australia, France, Germany, Austria and Czech Republic. [8] [9] Until 2020, she had made 52 works, presented in 40 countries, in 7 languages. [1] [10]

Major plays

Awards

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