Celia Keenan-Bolger

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name = Celia Keenan-Bolger

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Celia Keenan-Bolger is an American actress and singer. She most recently appeared in the limited engagement revival of the Broadway musical "Les Misérables" in the role of Eponine.

Before that, she made her Broadway debut starring in William Finn’s new musical "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee", where she originated the role of Olive Ostrovsky, for which she earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.

She also originated the role of Clara Johnson in the pre-Broadway world premiere of the Craig Lucas/Adam Guettel musical "The Light in the Piazza" at Seattle's Intiman Theatre and Chicago's Goodman Theatre.

She has performed off-Broadway in "Kindertransport", "Little Fish" and "Summer of ’42". Some regional credits include Johanna in "Sweeney Todd" at the Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration [ [http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/newseason/sondheim/cast.html#sweeney The Kennedy Center Official Site] ] , along with productions at the Goodman Theatre, Palo Alto’s Theatreworks and Sundance Theatre Lab. She has sung in concert at the Lincoln Center American Songbook Series and at the Michigan Theatre with Audra McDonald. She appeared in Playwrights Horizons production of the new musical "Saved!", with music and lyrics by Michael Friedman and a book by John Dempsey and Rinne Groff.

She is a graduate of the University of Michigan's musical theatre performance program. Celia is one of three children, all of whom are involved in the performing arts. Her brother, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, also graduated from the University of Michigan with a BFA in musical theatre in 2007. Already a Broadway veteran [ [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=76131 Internet Broadway Database: Andrew Keenan-Bolger Credits on Broadway ] ] , Andrew joined the national touring company of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" in the Fall of 2007. Her sister, Maggie Keenan-Bolger, who wrote the noted play "From the Inside, Out", studied musical theatre at Oberlin College and graduated in 2006.

External links

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* [http://www.geocities.com/celiakeenanbolgeronline/Confetti.html Confetti] -- The first unofficial fan site

References

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title=Recipient of Theatre World Award for portraying Olive Ostrovsky in "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"
years=2004-2005 Season
with Christina Applegate, Ashlie Atkinson, Hank Azaria, Gordon Clapp, Conor Donovan, Dan Fogler, Heather Goldenhersh, Carla Gugino, Jenn Harris, Cheyenne Jackson & Tyler Maynard
before= [http://www.theatreworldawards.org/award.html 2003-2004 Winners]
after= [http://www.theatreworldawards.org/award.html 2005-2006 Winners] succession box one to two
title1=Portraying Olive Ostrovsky in "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"
years1=May 2, 2005-September 17, 2006
before=originated role
after1=Jessica-Snow Wilson
title2=Eponine in the 2006 Revival Cast of "Les Miserables"
years2=October 2006-April 2007
after2=Mandy Bruno