Celia Keenan-Bolger
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Celia Keenan-Bolger is an American actress and singer. She most recently appeared in the limited engagement revival of the Broadway musical Les Misérables in the role of Eponine.
Before that, she made her Broadway debut starring in William Finn’s new musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, where she originated the role of Olive Ostrovsky, for which she earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
She also originated the role of Clara Johnson in the pre-Broadway world premiere of the Craig Lucas/Adam Guettel musical The Light in the Piazza at Seattle's Intiman Theatre and Chicago's Goodman Theatre.
She has performed off-Broadway in Kindertransport, Little Fish and Summer of ’42. Some regional credits include Johanna in Sweeney Todd at the Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration[1], along with productions at the Goodman Theatre, Palo Alto’s Theatreworks and Sundance Theatre Lab. She has sung in concert at the Lincoln Center American Songbook Series and at the Michigan Theatre with Audra McDonald.
She is now slated to star in Playwrights Horizons production of the new musical Saved!, with music and lyrics by Michael Friedman and a book by John Dempsey and Rinne Groff. Saved! will premier in Spring 2008 at the Mainstage Theatre.
She is a graduate of the University of Michigan's musical theatre performance program. Celia is one of three children, all of whom are involved in the performing arts. Her brother, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, also graduated from the University of Michigan with a BFA in musical theatre in 2007. Already a Broadway veteran[2], Andrew joined the national touring company of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in the Fall of 2007. Her sister, Maggie Keenan-Bolger, studied theatre at Oberlin College and graduated in 2006.
[edit] External links
- Celia Keenan-Bolger at the Internet Broadway Database
- Confetti-- The first unofficial fan site
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| Preceded by 2003-2004 Winners |
Recipient of Theatre World Award for portraying Olive Ostrovsky in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 2004-2005 Season with Christina Applegate, Ashlie Atkinson, Hank Azaria, Gordon Clapp, Conor Donovan, Dan Fogler, Heather Goldenhersh, Carla Gugino, Jenn Harris, Cheyenne Jackson & Tyler Maynard |
Succeeded by 2005-2006 Winners |
| Preceded by originated role |
Portraying Olive Ostrovsky in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee May 2, 2005-September 17, 2006 |
Succeeded by Jessica-Snow Wilson |
| Eponine in the 2006 Revival Cast of Les Miserables October 2006-April 2007 |
Succeeded by Mandy Bruno |
