KRISTIN HUFFMAN
KRISTIN HUFFMAN recently appeared in the Tony award winning and Grammy nominated revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company, in which she played a leading role as well as flute, sax and piccolo. The production was filmed and aired on PBS's Great Performances and is available on DVD. Kristin has performed with professional operas, theatres and symphonies around the US and in Europe, including: Papermill Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse, Opera Columbus, Maine State Music Theatre, Indianapolis, Alabama, Seattle, Portland, Lake Charles, Columbus and Alabama Symphonies, Ogunquit Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Ford's Theatre, Civic Light Opera of Pittsburgh, Maine State Music Theatre and the European tour of Phantom. Favorite roles include anything comedic. Her varied background includes Miss Ohio and Runner-up Miss America (where her platform issue was supporting community volunteer activities) a reporter/broadcaster for NBC and many appearances and performances for charity organizations. She continues producing and hosting charity events for many including groups involved with breast cancer, Altzeimers and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Animal shelters etc and created “The Powerful Image Event” series to help teach non profits and businesses how to work together synergistically to not only survive in this economy, but to prosper. The Events have become quite popular in NY and CT. View the events at www.youtube.com/powerfulImage. As a freelance writer, Kristin's credits include her weekly Broadwayworld.com column, "Actorquest: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Broadway", the Sondheim Society's web page and several other publications including The Sondheim Review and some local papers. Kristin has been a piano and vocal performance teacher for 15 years and currently teaches at Western Ct. State Univ. She has also taught for the Hartt School (Univ. of Hartford) the Performing Arts Center of Connecticut and Fairfield Theatre Company. She conducts master classes and her new "Powerful Image" seminars, which encourage businesses to donate to local charities in addition to increasing their client base has become quite successful. www.kristinhuffman.com
