Phone: 860-486-1622
Fax: 860-486-3110
Email: kristin.wold@uconn.edu

KRISTIN WOLD (Visiting Assistant Professor in Acting): Ms. Wold has worked as an actor, director and teacher for the past twenty years. Her professional acting career began at StageWest in Springfield, MA where she played Iphigenia in VISIONS OF AN ANCIENT DREAMER and Diane Symonds in SISTER MARY IGNATIUS EXPLAINS IT ALL FOR YOU. In 1987, Ms. Wold became a member of Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA. Her roles there include Sarah Harding in ICE GLEN, Cordelia in KING LEAR, Ariel in THE TEMPEST, Viola in TWELFTH NIGHT, Isabella in MEASURE FOR MEASURE, Juliet in ROMEO AND JULIET, Helen Pettigrew in BERKELEY SQUARE and Hermia in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. She teaches movement and text for Shakespeare & Company's renowned professional actor training programs and has directed and assisted on productions of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, PERICLES and A WINTER'S TALE. Ms. Wold worked extensively in the company's Education program, widely recognized for its innovation and leadership in the field of integrating the arts into education on the elementary, secondary and undergraduate levels. In 1999, Ms. Wold came to Connecticut Repertory Theatre where she has played Hannah in ARCADIA and Julie/Frederic in LOVERS AND EXECUTIONERS. For the CRT Studio Series, she has directed MARCUS IS WALKING, JUDEVINE, BRUTALITY OF FACT and LOOSE KNIT. Ms. Wold trained with Tadashi Suzuki's company in Toga-mura, Japan and at the Burt Reynolds Institute for Theatre Training. She holds a BFA in Acting from Florida State University.