KELLEY JANE DAVIES

ACTRESS. SINGER. TEACHING ARTIST.

MEET KELLEY!

Originally from Avon, CT, Kelley made her way into the world of theatre at age 9 as a burping, boisterous "Red Head" in a Hartford Children's Theatre production of The Snow Queen. Ever since, Kelley's been drawn to working in all kinds of theatre and performance, across genres. Kelley went to The Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, earned her BFA in Musical Theatre from Emerson College, and will be completing her Masters in Theatrical Education this Spring from the City College of New York.

As an actress, Kelley has spent much of her career performing in plays and musicals at a variety of regional houses in the Northeast. Kelley won the 2017 and 2018 New Hampshire Professional Theatre Awards for Best Supporting Actress for her work as Young Camille in The Waltz and Elaine in The Graduate, both at The Winnipesaukee Playhouse. Past favorite credits of Kelley's include: Lydia Bennet in Austen's Pride, Mary in Mary's Wedding, Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins, Sherlock Holmes in Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Play and Johanna in Sweeney Todd.

Alongside performing, Kelley has a great passion for teaching, educational administration, and arts engagement on a community level. Kelley works as the Arts Partnerships Manager for the NYC Department of Education's Arts Office. There, she facilitates the grant application and advising process for arts partnerships grants for public schools across the five boroughs. She is a resident teaching artist with Shadowbox Theatre Company and loves to spend her spare time bringing puppetry and music to children of all ages.

When she's not performing, Kelley loves to get outdoors, run, hike, travel, and do puzzles.

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Kelley was recently promoted at the NYC Department of Education's Arts Office. Last year, she was the Create Coordinator and this year she's been promoted to Arnhold Create Consultant and Arts Partnerships Manager. Kelley is taking on a greater role managing the Create program and is now helping to manage the Arts Partnerships Grants programs, which provide funding for arts partnerships between eligible schools and experienced, local arts organizations.

Princess Cruises

In 2022 and 2023, Kelley was a resident guest entertainer with Princess Cruises. She played Princess branded characters Fortuna Luck and Pirate Queen Joan Brewer, hosting game shows and interactive experiences with the onboard entertainment.

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Norwegian Creative Studios

Prior to working for Princess, Kelley was a production singer for Norwegian Cruise Lines. She played the quirky Fleur de Lis in NCL's original production show Prohibition: The Musical.

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Regional Theatre

Kelley recently played Johanna in The Winnipesaukee Playhouse's production of Sweeney Todd. Check out this clip of "Green Finch and Linnet Bird".

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Masters in Theatre Education

Kelley is studying for her MS at the City College of New York in their reknowned Theatre Education program. She looks forward to growing as a teaching artist and pursuing a far reaching career as an arts educator and administrator.

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ShadowBox Theatre Company

Kelley is a resident teaching artist with the ShadowBox Theatre company, teaching puppetry, theatre, improv, and creatuve storytelling with elemetary students across NYC.

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AMID QUARANTINE

I COULD'VE DANCE ALL NIGHT (INSIDE)

In early quarantine, I started teaching an online MT Scene Study class with Portsmouth Academy of Performing Arts (The Seacoast Repertory Theatre's Youth Program). This was some of the subject matter....