Artist Profile
Amanda Zarr – professional actor, director and adjunct theatre professor. She earned her BFA from Chapman University, her MFA from the prestigious PATP program at the University of Washington. She currently directs and teaches at Chapman University and The American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Notable directing work includes She Kills Monsters, Elephant’s Graveyard, Hamlet (Chapman/Associate), Merchant of Venice (Chapman/Associate) and 5 Women Wearing the Same Dress and Men in Boats.
She was a member of Shakespeare Orange County for over 10 years. Some notable roles include Juliet, Lady Anne, Helena, and Titania. She has been a guest artist with Ophelia’s Jump play Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet at Goldenwest and Natalia in the Electric Baby, Pensacola Shakespeare Company, ACTC, Need Theater of Los Angeles and Santa Fe University of Art and Design where she worked with Jon Jory and Robert Benedetti.
At the Chance theater, Amanda has appeared in In a Word, Good People and Vandal. She was proud to work with Santa Fe playwright Joanna Garner on her new work Gutting as a part of the OTR series in 2018.
