[email protected] • (847) 637-7761 OLIVIA CYGAN Height: 5’5” • Hair: Brown • Eyes: Green oliviacygan.com AEA • SAG-AFTRA ————————————————————————————————————————————————— THEATER Sooner/Later World Premiere Lexie Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Lisa Rothe The Burials World Premiere Sophie Steppenwolf Theatre Erica Weiss Feathers and Teeth World Premiere Chris Goodman Theatre Henry Godinez Richard III Lady Anne The Gift Theatre at Steppenwolf Jessica Thebus Henry V Various Hamlet Isn’t Dead/Westbeth Valerie Clayman-Pye Feathers and Teeth (New Stages) Chris Goodman Theatre Henry Godinez Tusk Tusk US Premiere Maggie Piven Theatre Jennifer Green Encores: After the Theatre ... Daughter Piven Theatre Joyce Piven The Children’s Hour Catherine (Mary u/s) TimeLine Theatre Nick Bowling Boys & Girls/The Shallow End Addie Theatre Seven Meghan Beals The Good Person of Setzuan Girl Big Picture Group Roger Bechtel Festival of Jewish Stories Ensemble Piven Theatre Joyce Piven Great Expectations World Premiere Young Estella Piven Theatre Jennifer Green READINGS/WORKSHOPS Something Clean (reading) Stage Directions Roundabout Theatre Margot Bordelon Fulfillment Center (reading) Stage Directions Manhattan Theatre Club Daniel Aukin Vulpecula (reading) Mary id Theater Damon Krometis Pilgrim’s Progress (workshop) Rania McKee Goodman Theatre Kimberly Senior The Burials (workshop) Sophie Steppenwolf Theatre Erica Weiss An Issue of Blood (reading) Calla Lily Victory Gardens Theater Chay Yew
FILM/TV Gotham Co-star FOX Rob Bailey NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (selected) As You Like It Rosalind Mainstage Risher Reddick The Grapes of Wrath Rose of Sharon Mainstage Aaron Snook Aimee and Jaguar Elsa Wolf Mainstage Joseph Hanreddy Pride and Prejudice Jane Bennet Mainstage Jessica Thebus The Night of the Iguana Hannah Jelkes MFA Production Damon Krometis
TRAINING Northwestern University B.S. in Theatre Summa cum laude; Distinction in Theatre; sole winner of school-wide Zeta Phi Eta Award Kristin Linklater Voice, Scotland Linklater Technique w/ Kristin Linklater The Freeman Studio Scene Study w/ Scott Freeman Ellen Novack On-camera Chicago Shakespeare Theater Folio Technique w/ Larry Yando Carlson and Hart Folio Technique w/ Susan Hart Stratford Shakespeare Festival Summer Shakespeare Performance Intensive w/ Ed Daranyi Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Contemporary Drama Summ er School w/ Jane Bertish, Dan O ’ Neill ————————————————————————————————————————————————— SKILLS DIALECTS: Standard British, Irish, American Southern, New York, Texan, Pennsylvania Dutch; great ear for accents MUSIC: six years of voice lessons, mezzo-soprano w/belt (can sing soprano I), NATS finalist; basic piano MOVEMENT: Viewpoints; Suzuki; beginning ballet, modern, and jazz; basic circus: cartwheels, rolls, etc.; basic hand-to-hand combat; yoga; barre; rollerblading; biking