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1 Early life and education  





2 Career  



2.1  Television and film  





2.2  Theatre  





2.3  Other projects  





2.4  Teaching  







3 Personal life  





4 Filmography  



4.1  Television  





4.2  Movies  







5 Theater credits  



5.1  Broadway  





5.2  Off-Broadway  





5.3  Regional theater  







6 References  





7 External links  














Gretchen Egolf






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Gretchen Egolf
Born
EducationJuilliard School (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active1994–present
Spouse(s)

Mason Phillips

(m. 1999; div. 2002)

(m. 2013)

Gretchen Egolf is an American theater, film and television actress.

Early life and education[edit]

Egolf was born and raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of artist Paula Egolf and stepfather Gary Egolf. Her brother was the writer Tristan Egolf. Her younger half-brother is British-American musician Siegfried Faith. Egolf earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Juilliard School and also took acting classes at The Actors Center.[citation needed]

Career[edit]

Television and film[edit]

Gretchen Egolf is most known for her various television roles, including Journeyman (NBC, 2007), Roswell (WB, 2000), and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC, 2009–2012), among others, and the TV movies The Two Mr. Kissels (Lifetime 2008) and Gleason (CBS, 2002).

Her film roles include The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Namesake,[1] and Quiz Show.[2]

Theatre[edit]

After winning the Michel St. Denis Award for an Exceptional Graduating Drama Student from the Juilliard School,[3] Egolf went on to perform on Broadway in Jackie, An American Life by Gip Hoppe[4] (also in London's West End)[5] and Jean Anouilh’s Ring Round the Moon with Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on Broadway, directed by Gerald Gutierrez.[6] Off-Broadway, Egolf has appeared in Davey HolmesMore Lies About Jerzy at The Vineyard Theater and a number of new plays with Second Stage Theatre,[7] The Flea Theater (inPolly Draper’s Getting Into Heaven),[8] The Women's Project Theatre,[9] and Dodger Stages (now New World Stages) (inModern Orthodox, directed by James Lapine).[10]

Egolf has also worked in many American regional theaters. She received critical acclaim[11] for her Blanche DuBoisinA Streetcar Named DesireatThe Guthrie Theater (directed by John Miller-Stephany), EmmainBetrayal at the Huntington Theatre Company (directed by Maria Aitken),[12] HelenainA Midsummer Night's DreamatThe Old Globe Theatre,[13] CandidainCandida[14] and Rosalind (As You Like It)atPittsburgh Public Theater,[15] Emily in Arthur Miller's Resurrection BluesatWilma Theater (Philadelphia)[16] and other plays with Berkshire Theater Festival (including Hay Fever with Joanne Woodward)[17] and Barrington Stage Company, with whom she is an Artistic Associate[18]

Other projects[edit]

Egolf has been involved in a number of artist films and videos, including Beth Campbell’s Some Things Change (2005),[19] and Adam Chodzko’s video installation KnotsatTate Britain (2013)[20] as well as Chodzko's radio[21] and performance piece, Rising (2013),[22] for solo actor, which she performed live in Newcastle, UK at the Great North Run/British Science Festival,[23] and at Manchester University, UK at the Ways of Seeing Climate Change[24] conference (October 2013).[25] Egolf has also created written works, such as her invited guest contribution to the online experimental art curatorial project Out of Focus.[26] She also wrote a blog[27] of her rehearsal experience playing Blanche DuBoisinA Streetcar Named DesireatThe Guthrie Theater. As a director and producer; Egolf created and directed the short film Sonnet 147[28] for the New York Shakespeare Exchange’s Sonnet Project and co-produced and starred in the short film Speck’s Last and the web series Selectmen.[29]

Teaching[edit]

Egolf is a teacher of the Michael Chekhov acting technique. She has taught in the US at The Guthrie Theater and Barrington Stage Company, as well as independent classes in New York City, and in London at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, and independent classes.[citation needed]

Personal life[edit]

Egolf was married to actor Mason Phillips in 1999. The couple divorced a few years later. She married British artist Adam Chodzko in 2013 and now lives and works in both the US and UK.[citation needed]

Filmography[edit]

Television[edit]

Movies[edit]

Theater credits[edit]

Broadway[edit]

Off-Broadway[edit]

Regional theater[edit]

References[edit]

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  • ^ "Fandango.com". Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Official Site of Gretchen Egolf". gretchen-egolf. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Playbillvault.com". Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ a b "Jackie – An American Life (Play) archive [PLAY]". www.uktw.co.uk. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ a b Theater, Lincoln Center. "Ring Round the Moon". Lincoln Center Theater. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ a b "Playbill.com". Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ a b "Getting Into Heaven | Off-Broadway | reviews, cast and info". TheaterMania. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ a b "Crocodiles in the Potomac at Theatre Row 1995". www.abouttheartists.com. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ a b "Modern Orthodox Welcomes New Stars Crane and Egolf March 8". Broadway.com. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ BWW News Desk. "Guthrie's STREETCAR Enters Final 2 Weeks". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Bostonglobe.com". The Boston Globe. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ a b "San Diego's Globe has A Midsummer Night's Dream Sept. 16-Oct. 27 - Playbill.com". Archived from the original on June 5, 2014. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ a b "Pittsburgh Public stages Shaw's 'Candida'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ Spencer, Gordon. "As You Like It". Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ a b "Playbill.com". Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ a b c Borak, Jeffrey; Staff, Berkshire Eagle. "Exploring the value of art". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ Admin, B. S. C. (Apr 19, 2013). "Gretchen Egolf". Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Some Things Change, 2005 | Beth Campbell". Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Schwitters in Britain: Tate and Grizedale Arts commission: Adam Chodzko and Laure Prouvost". Tate. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Basic.fm". Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Greatnorthrunculture.org". Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Invisibledust.com". Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Manchestersciencefestival.com". Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Invisibledust.com". Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Outoffocus.biz". Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Guthrietheatrer.org". Archived from the original on June 7, 2014. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "The Sonnet Project NYC » Play Sonnet 147". Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "SELECTMEN Episode 1". Archived from the original on 2017-02-09. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019 – via www.youtube.com.
  • ^ "Playbillvault.com". Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ Isherwood, Charles (Nov 23, 1997). "Jackie: An American Life". Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ Isherwood, Charles (22 January 2001). "More Lies About Jerzy". Variety.
  • ^ "More Lies About Jerzy". www.backstage.com. Feb 20, 2001. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "All This Intimacy | Samuel French". www.samuelfrench.com. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Samuel French". www.samuelfrench.com. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Getting Into Heaven, a CurtainUp review". www.curtainup.com. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "doollee.com – the playwrights database of modern plays". www.doollee.com. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Alchemy Theatre Company of Manhattan | About Us | Production History | Speed-the-Plow". www.alchemytheatre.org. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Dowlingmichael.com". Archived from the original on 2014-10-26. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
  • ^ Hoover, Ted. "Candida at Pittsburgh Public Theater". Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "SFist Reviews: Tom Stoppard's 'Arcadia' : SFist". SFist – San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports. May 23, 2013. Archived from the original on August 20, 2013. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Wit, Intellect and Sensuality Propel Stoppard's Radiant 'Arcadia' at ACT". HuffPost. May 28, 2013. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ Murray, Larry. "BWW Reviews: Funny, Inventive MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Barrington Stage Co". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "File Not Found". www.ppt.org. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Citypages.com". Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ Newbound, Chris (Aug 13, 2008). "Private Lives". Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Berkshirebrightfocus.com". Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Theater Review: Shakespeare Theatre's 'Design for Living' by Nöel Coward". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  • ^ "Stage Review: 'Letters' opens up the inner lives of America's 'royal' women". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Berkshireeagle.com". Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Artsdig.com". www.artsdig.com. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ Les Parents terribles
  • ^ "Coconut Grove Indiscretions Makes Foster & Mullavey Terrible Parents". Playbill. Nov 8, 1996. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
  • ^ "Keely and Du | Samuel French". www.samuelfrench.com. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
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