Kimberly-Rose Wolter

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Kimberly-Rose Wolter is an American actress, writer, producer and co-founder of VS Theatre company in Los Angeles, California.

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Film

Wolter [1] has written and starred in two feature films, 2003's Tre [2] which won the Special Jury Prize at the 2007 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival and Knots due to be released in 2011.[ needs update ] She had a role in Eric Byler's 2002 feature Charlotte Sometimes and starred in 2010's Strangers.[ citation needed ] She played a nurse in the 2011 feature film Soul Surfer .[ citation needed ]

Theatre

Wolter co-founded VS. Theatre Company (pronounced "versus") in 2003.

The company's first production, the West Coast premiere of "The Credeaux Canvas" in which Wolter starred as 'Amelia', was widely praised earning the Los Angeles Times "Critics Choice" who said "The performances are rich, spontaneous, and often side-splittingly funny". [3] It was followed by acclaimed [4] productions of John Corwin's "Navy Pier" and John Patrick Shanley's "Beggars in the House of Plenty".

Production

In 2007 Wolter and VS. Theatre's co-production with The Elephant Theatre Company of "In Arabia We'd all be Kings" was named "Best Production" by the Los Angeles Drama Critic's Circle. [5]

Wolter followed that by co-producing a 2008 staging of John Kolvenbach's "On An Average Day" which earned the Los Angeles Times "Critics Choice", [6] Backstage West's "Critics Pick" [7] and was described as "...searing ...a tour de force" by Variety. [8] The success of the production led to a transfer to Chicago where Wolter's Los Angeles cast reprised their roles in a joint venture with the 'Route 66 Theatre Company'. [9] A complimentary review in The Chicago Tribune noted the casts "...quality." [10]

On March 19, 2011, Wolter's production of the West coast premiere of Neil LaBute's "The Mercy Seat" [11] opened in Los Angeles. [12] She wrote and published a short animated promotional clip to support the production. [13]

Directing

Wolter directed a Public Service Announcement [14] in 2010 which featured children encouraging adults to vote.

Commercials, Voiceover and Promotion

In 2007 Wolter provided a voiceover for a video in support of Proposition 121. [15] In 2010 Wolter appeared in a Michelob Ultra commercial [16] with Lance Armstrong and in 2011 she was featured in a Hershey's 'Smores' ad. [17] Wolter regularly appears on-stage at E3 for Microsoft and has also worked as a spokesmodel for Palm.

Sources

  1. ↑ "Kimberly-Rose Wolter" Alive not Dead. Retrieved on 2011-5-18
  2. ↑ "TRE, theatrical trailer" YouTube. Retrieved on 2011-5-18
  3. ↑ "Caper yarn with an artsy twist", the Los Angeles Times . Retrieved on 2011-3-29
  4. ↑ "In Good Company", Backstage.com. Retrieved on 2011-3-29
  5. ↑ "Awards" Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine , The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle. Retrieved on 2011-3-29
  6. ↑ "A murderous encounter", the Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2011-3-29
  7. ↑ "On an Average Day", Backstage.com. Retrieved on 2011-3-29
  8. ↑ "On an Average Day", Variety. Retrieved on 2011-3-29
  9. ↑ "Route 66 Troupe Makes Debut With Chicago Premiere", Playbill. Retrieved on 2011-3-29
  10. ↑ "Route 66 debuts with 'Average Day'" Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine , The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved on 2011-3-29
  11. ↑ "The Mercy Seat" YouTube. Retrieved on 2011-5-18
  12. ↑ "Johnny Clark and Michelle Clunie Explore Choices" Archived 2011-03-31 at the Wayback Machine , LA Stage Times. Retrieved on 2011-3-29
  13. ↑ "The Mercy Seat is not a Musical" Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine Xtranormal. Retrieved 2011-5-18
  14. ↑ "Preschoolers Reel in the Vote! " YouTube. Retrieved on 2011-5-18
  15. ↑ "Yul Kwon For Resolution Calling on Japan to Apologize" YouTube. Retrieved on 2011-5-18
  16. ↑ "Michelob Ultra Commercial with Lance Armstrong" YouTube. Retrieved on 2011-5-18
  17. ↑ "Hershey's Smores - "In the Summertime"" Facebook. Retrieved on 2011-5-18

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