Kristi Casey
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Kristi Casey (born August 18, 1973) is an American actress, comedian and writer, best known for founding the Savage Tree Arts Project in Atlanta.
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[edit] Biography
Kristi Casey was born on August 18, 1973 in Conyers, Georgia, and raised in Roswell, Georgia.
While in high school, she made the Georgia Governor's Honors Program in Theatre, and went on to major in Performance Studies at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. There, she studied with acting with Bud Beyer alongside classmates Kathryn Hahn and Bruno Campos, and writing/performance art with Tony Award-winners Mary Zimmerman and Frank Galati.
After graduation, she moved to New York City, where she studied acting and directing with Joseph Chaikin, and improv with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. She also was a founding member of the Village Lions Women's Rugby Team.
With comediennes Adrienne Frost (The Daily Show,Late Night With Conan O'Brien,Lifegame), Amy Andrews, Karen Herr and Suz Powell, Casey started the long-form improvisational theatre group GOGA, which toured New Zealand and the U.S. in 2000/2001, inspiring off-shoot groups in Auckland, NZ; Seattle, Washington; and Washington, D.C.
In 2001, Casey joined the cast of Boom Chicago in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, serving as an actor/writer alongside Mad T.V. performer/writers Nicole Parker, Jordan Peele and Colton Dunn.
In 2002, Casey returned to Atlanta and began working with many local theaters, including Alliance Theatre Company, Dad's Garage Theatre Company, Actor's Express, 7 Stages and the Center for Puppetry Arts. She served as an actor/writer for Synchronicity Performance Group's high profile documentary theater piece "Women + War," which was profiled in Theatre Communication Group's American Theatre magazine, and sponsored by a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts
With husband, filmmaker Robert Sanders, she founded the Savage Tree Arts Project, a collective of artists working in different disciplines cross-training each other in the different branches of art and producing month-long festivals of art and performance, where everything from the art on the walls to what's on stage is inspired by a common theme. Sanders and Casey wed May 14, 2006.
[edit] Awards
Best Actress, Creative Loafing, 2006, shared with castmembers of "Women + War"
2006 Suzi Bass Award-nominee (2): Best Ensemble, for "Women + War;" Best Ensemble, for "Love Jerry"
Best Comic Actress, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2003
Best Talent & Best Dialogue for PSA "Tourists," AICP Awards, 2001 - commercial on display in permanent collection of MOMA
[edit] Savage Tree Arts Project Festivals
Uncle Vanya and the Russian Roulette - Sept. 2004:at the 14th Street Playhouse. Mainstage production: Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya; Roulettes: Born Naked Improv, the Russian Circus, Sound & Vision, Filmworks, The Lower Depths (directed by Prodan Dimov).
Dignity vs. Despair - April 2005 at Dad's Garage Theatre Company. Mainstage production: Rod Serling's Requiem for a Heavyweight; Roulettes: Off the Ropes, The Kankle King Show, art workshops.
The Touch of Madness - November 2005 at The Academy Theatre in Avondale Estates. Mainstage production: Robert Sanders' SEIZURE; Roulettes: Steve Yockey's The Good Life, A Touch of Retsyn, Dutch Loves Bijou: An Experiment in Vaudeville, the Bannon and Podojil Comedy Extravaganzaa, Deacon Lunchbox tribute, storytelling, music and art workshops.
The Spare Rib Festival - April 2006 at The Academy Theatre in Avondale Estates. Mainstage production: Claire Chafee's Why We Have a Body. Roulettes: Steve Yockey's Bad Habits, Dutch Loves Bijou, Trojan Women (choreographed by Celeste Miller), Ladyfingers, And Then There's My Daughter Karen ..., God is a Biker Chick, art, acting and creative writing workshops.
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - December 2006 a co-production with Push Push Theater in Decatur, Georgia. Mainstage productions: Kyle Crew's A Midwinter's Night's Dream and Push Push's company-created A Holiday on Thin Ice III.
[edit] References
Northwestern Magazine, "Dutch Treat," Summer 2002, [1]
GOGA-NY: About us, [2]
New York Sports Online, " Welcome to the Knitting Circle of the 21st Century: "We Make Bruises, Not Scarves," By Kristi Casey [3]
Rugby Magazine, "Why Women Play" by Kristi Casey, Nov. 2000 [4]
Savage Tree: Who We Are [5]
The Women and War Project [6]
Women and War press clippings [7]
Atlanta Journal Constitution, "The WB Awards," June 22, 2003.
