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Brittany Anderson

Britt Anderson is a DIY theatre maker, performer, movement director, and physical comedy nerd that has been in Chicago since 2012. They have worked with Theater Unspeakable, Aloft Circus Arts, The Artistic Home, the Second City Training Center, Columbia College Chicago, and their own company Whisper Theatre, among others. They have toured nationally and internationally to scrappy and distinguished venues alike, such as Lincoln Center Education, the Kennedy Center, Katapult and Teatrehaus Mitte in Berlin, Germany, and twice to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Broken Planet their original show Wild Women. They earned their MFA in Devised Performance Practice at Columbia College Chicago / Arthaus Berlin and completed the Professional Circus Training Program at Actors Gymnasium in Evanston, IL. Their latest projects are their solo show Arachne, which they are developing for touring, and Well-Balanced Dads, a comedy and partner acrobatics show with Richie Schiraldi.

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