Hey, Jef, Here's My Headshot: KATELYN FIORINI

Who's who in Tennessee theater? Sometimes, without a program in your hand, it's difficult to know who's playing whom-hence, our newest feature: Hey, Jef, Here's My Headshot...featuring some of the Volunteer State's best-known-or soon-to-be-known all over the freakin' world-thespians. And have you ever wondered who the amazing photographers are who make them look so damn good? We're gonna tell ya…

Today's actor/subject/model is the beautiful, talented and very busy Katelyn Fiorini.

Among her credits:

-  Alice, The Secret Garden, Belmont University Musical Theatre

-  Sharpay Evans, High School Musical, Thomasville Onstage & Company

-  Ensemble, The Drowsy Chaperone, Belmont University Musical Theatre

-  Stewardess/Ensemble, Anything Goes, Belmont University Musical Theatre

-  Ensemble, Grease, Belmont University Musical Theatre

-  Minnie, Hello Dolly!, Wakulla Community Theatre

-  Amy March, Little Women, Quincy Music Theatre

-  Performer, Broadway 2008, Broadway Theatre Project

-  Liesl Von Trapp, The Sound of Music, Wakulla Community Theatre

-  Teen Ensemble, Bye Bye, Birdie, Quincy Music Theatre

Jeffrey Ellis is a Nashville-based writer, editor and critic, who's been covering the performing arts in Tennessee for more than 25 years. He is the recipient of the Tennessee Theatre Association's Distinguished Service Award for his coverage of theatre in the Volunteer State and was the founding editor/publisher of Stages, the Tennessee Onstage Monthly. He is a past fellow of the National Critics Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center and is the founder/executive producer of The First Night Honors, held during Labor Day Weekend, which honor oustanding theater artists in Tennessee in recognition of their lifetime achievements and includes The First Night Star Awards and the Most Promising Actors. Midwinter's First Night, held the first Sunday in January after New Year's Day, honors outstanding productions and performances throughout the state. Further, Ellis directed the Nashville premiere of La Cage Aux Folles, The Last Night of Ballyhoo and An American Daughter, as well as award-winning productions of Damn Yankees, Company, Gypsy and The Rocky Horror Show, with Ellis honored by The Tennessean as best director of a musical for both Company and Rocky Horror.

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