Kathryn Allison

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Kathryn Allison
Education Morristown-Beard School
Alma mater Ithaca College (B.F.A.)
OccupationActress

Kathryn Allison is a Broadway actor and a singer. Allison won the New York Musical Theatre Festival's Next Big Broadway Sensation contest in 2014. Run by the festival and New World Stages, the contest featured 200 singers. [1]

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Early life and education

Allison was born in New York City. She graduated from Morristown-Beard School in Morristown, New Jersey in 2010. Her high school acting career included a performance as Dolly in the musical Hello, Dolly! . Kathryn also performed in Lucky Stiff , Dearly Beloved, and Little Women . [2] In her senior year, she won the Douglas Michael Krueger Scholarship awarded by the Paper Mill Playhouse (the state theatre) in Millburn, New Jersey. [3] Kathryn then completed her bachelor's degree in musical theatre at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York. [1]

Acting career

Kathryn made her Broadway debut in the musical Aladdin at the New Amsterdam Theatre in March 2015. She has played the roles of an attendant and a fortune teller. Kathryn had also performed in the ensemble. [4]

During her career, Kathryn has performed in a production of The Rocky Horror Show at Bucks County Playhouse (the state theatre of Pennsylvania) in New Hope, Pennsylvania. [5] She has also starred as Yertle, the Turtle in Seussical: The Musical at the Muny in St. Louis, Missouri. [6] In 2014, the New Hampshire Theatre Awards named Kathryn a finalist for her role as Hattie in a production of Kiss me Kate at the New London Barn Playhouse in New London, New Hampshire. [7] In 2015, she performed in a private reading of Darling, Ryan Scott Oliver's retelling of Peter Pan, at Pearl Studios in Manhattan. [8]

On January 27, 2015, Kathryn performed at "Mr. Davis: A Night with Sammy", an homage to Sammy Davis, Jr. The event at Metropolitan Baptist Church featured Solomon Kee singing as Sammy Davis Jr. in an ambience reminiscent of his days performing on the Las Vegas Strip. [9]

Recording career

On November 28, 2018, Kathryn released a cover of Mary J. Blige's "Real Love", the first single from her debut album. [10] On February 8, 2019, Kathryn released her debut album Something Real, produced by Dominic Fallacaro and featuring guest appearances by Aladdin co-star James Monroe Igleheart. [11]

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