LYNDSEY COLE

Actor. Singer. Movement Artist. Educator.

Welcome and thanks for checking out Lyndsey’s website. Watch this space for announcements about her recent and/or upcoming projects. If you'd like to get in touch regarding collaboration, please reach out on her Contact page. See you soon!

RECENT PROJECTS…​

This August, Lyndsey joined the South Carolina New Play Festival as a cast member of The Essential Alice. Written by Annie Weisman (Apple+ Physical) and Michael Friedman (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), this new musical was staged by Tony Award winning director, Des McAnuff and presented at the Peace Center in Greenville, SC on August 12, 2023
For more info, check out:
www.southcarolinanewplayfestival.org
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From Left: Wesley Strasser, Grace McClean, Dan Lipton, Des McAnuff, Molly Wareham, Drew Gehling, Nick Blaemire, Carter Allen; From Right: Kim Blanck, Mauricio Perez, Lyndsey Cole, Derrick Baskin, West Hyler, Jay Briggs, Brent Riddle

Lyndsey performs regularly with Flying Squid Comedy in Actor’s Worst Nightmare!

Two actors and an improviser perform a three person scene with a hitch: the only lines the actors are allowed to say are recited from two separate plays, in order. The improviser must bring the actors' worlds together and create a script that fits the bill, or else all three will find themselves stuck inside the actor's worst nightmare!

"Acting Through Song"
​at the UGA Community Music School
Sept. 24th thru Nov. 12th, 2023
​Instructor: Lyndsey Cole

This 8 week course is for students in grades 8-12, teaching skills for song performance. While the course emphasizes audition skills for the Musical Theatre realm, there will also be broader instruction and exercises on other styles of music performance (classical, pop/rock, etc.), embodiment/gesture, and song analysis. An accompanist will be provided and all levels of skill are welcome!
For more info or registration:
​​www.music.uga.edu/cmsmusicaltheater


​STUDENT SUCCESS STORY
2023 NATS National Musical Theater Competition

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Pictured: Lyndsey Cole Hadary, Garrett McCord, Michael Hadary
This July, Lyndsey went to San Diego to attend the NATS National Musical Theater competition in support of acting student, Garrett McCord. Garrett is going into his Senior year as a Theatre Major at The University of Georgia, where he has extensively prepared for this competition under the voice instruction of Michael Hadary and additional acting instruction from Lyndsey. Garrett gave a fantastic performance of Sondheim’s Later and won 2nd place (which included a cash prize).
Congrats to Garrett for winning and especially for bringing his A Game to every performance.

UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s 2023 Summer Music Institute

This June, Lyndsey taught an “Acting Through Song” class to high school music students. The course emphasized warmup practices, song analysis, embodied performance techniques and tools for performance anxiety. These young artists showed up for this work every day with wonderful enthusiasm and courage to try new things. We had a great time!

University of Georgia's
​4 Minutes, 33 Seconds Arts Research Contest

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Pictured with winner grand prize winner and other runners up: Daniel Karcher, Elizabeth Dubberly, and Sofia Ruiz.
     An homage to John Cage's landmark composition of the same name, the 4 Minutes, 33 Seconds Contest highlights University of Georgia student research in the arts. Lyndsey placed as a runner-up and won a cash prize for presenting her research for her original feminist-horror dance theatre piece, ​The Beginning of Things: A Feminist Dreamscape.      arts.uga.edu/4minutes33seconds/​
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​@LyndseyWithAWhy_Not
Lyndsey Cole is “one of the best examples I have ever seen of a human playing the part of an animal” in Gurney’s Sylvia.
​- Broadwayworld.com