Biography
Kathryn Lynch is a versatile, well-trained actor based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Her career on the stage began as a dancer, performing throughout New England and internationally with the Seacoast Civic Dance Company. While with this nationally-ranked company (New York City Dance Alliance, Dance Educators of America), Lynch performed at the Portsmouth Music Hall, the Prescott Park Arts Festival, in cooperation with Disney Cruise Lines and as a guest artist at Disney’s Epcot Center.
Theater training began at the age of thirteen, launching what now amounts to more than a decade of performance credits. Pairing her history in dance with intensive vocal training (Johanna Hoyt, Michael Ingersoll, Evelyn Mann), Lynch built her young resume at the Firehouse Center’s Arkelian Theater in Newburyport, Massachusetts with a diverse collection of roles in musical productions, from Ronette in Little Shop of Horrors to singing "Day by Day" in Godspell to a dominatrix Herodite in Jesus Christ Superstar.
In her mid-teens, Lynch shifted her study to focus on classical dramatic technique. During this time, admission was granted to The Actors’ Studio of Newburyport, an adult training program headed by veteran actor and director Marc Clopton - one of just two acceptances of a child actor in Clopton’s twenty-year teaching career.
Soon thereafter Lynch took a brief leave of absence from high school and enrolled in Harvard University’s Extension School. Through the University’s partnership with the American Repertory Theater, she was fortunate enough to study Shakespearean performance under then ART Senior Actor Jeremy Geidt and script/production analysis with ART dramaturg Ryan McKittrick and then ART Executive Producer Robert Orchard.
Early credits on the North Shore included a breakout role in a controversial production of Dark of the Moon, as well as leading roles in both the critically-acclaimed regional school tour of Terezin: Children of the Holocaust and the decennial production of The Concord Players' Little Women. In 2001 Lynch was named Best Actress in a Dramatic Performance for her work at the International Modeling and Talent Association’s annual competition in New York City.
Theater training continued at the University of Massachsetts at Amherst, where four years of performance study included diverse roles in plays by Shakespeare, Shepard and Shaw, the Classicists, the Absurdists and new works by budding playwrights. Notable roles included Helen in The Trojan Women, Raina in Arms and the Man and Hughie in The Reincarnation of Jamie Brown. Lynch’s study culminated in a nine-month long intensive workshop and performance of Ionesco's The Chairs. This marathon production featured two actors onstage for the entirety of the play and required complete vocal and physical transformation whilst incorporating athletic elements of clown and mime. Lynch rose to the challenge, drawing recognition from playwright, director and Professor Emeritus of Theater, Julian Olf, prompting him to remark, “It was by far the most mature performance by an undergraduate that I’ve seen in my long career.”
During these years, Summers were spent performing with Hampshire Shakespeare Company, with notable roles including Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, a witch in Macbeth and Goneril in King Lear. Lynch graduated from the University in 2007, holding a degree in Theater awarded with highest latin honors granted by the institution’s Commonwealth Honors College.
Lynch now makes her home in Boston where she earns consistent work as a member of the city’s theater community. Having worked with various local companies (from The Huntington to Holland Productions, Zeitgeist Stage to Exquisite Corps and more), Lynch plans to remain a contributing presence in the Boston theater community for years to come.
Kathryn Lynch is proud to be an Equity Membership Candidate.
Her career on the stage began as a dancer, performing throughout New England and internationally with the Seacoast Civic Dance Company. While with this nationally-ranked company (New York City Dance Alliance, Dance Educators of America), Lynch performed at the Portsmouth Music Hall, the Prescott Park Arts Festival, in cooperation with Disney Cruise Lines and as a guest artist at Disney’s Epcot Center.
Theater training began at the age of thirteen, launching what now amounts to more than a decade of performance credits. Pairing her history in dance with intensive vocal training (Johanna Hoyt, Michael Ingersoll, Evelyn Mann), Lynch built her young resume at the Firehouse Center’s Arkelian Theater in Newburyport, Massachusetts with a diverse collection of roles in musical productions, from Ronette in Little Shop of Horrors to singing "Day by Day" in Godspell to a dominatrix Herodite in Jesus Christ Superstar.
In her mid-teens, Lynch shifted her study to focus on classical dramatic technique. During this time, admission was granted to The Actors’ Studio of Newburyport, an adult training program headed by veteran actor and director Marc Clopton - one of just two acceptances of a child actor in Clopton’s twenty-year teaching career.
Soon thereafter Lynch took a brief leave of absence from high school and enrolled in Harvard University’s Extension School. Through the University’s partnership with the American Repertory Theater, she was fortunate enough to study Shakespearean performance under then ART Senior Actor Jeremy Geidt and script/production analysis with ART dramaturg Ryan McKittrick and then ART Executive Producer Robert Orchard.
Early credits on the North Shore included a breakout role in a controversial production of Dark of the Moon, as well as leading roles in both the critically-acclaimed regional school tour of Terezin: Children of the Holocaust and the decennial production of The Concord Players' Little Women. In 2001 Lynch was named Best Actress in a Dramatic Performance for her work at the International Modeling and Talent Association’s annual competition in New York City.
Theater training continued at the University of Massachsetts at Amherst, where four years of performance study included diverse roles in plays by Shakespeare, Shepard and Shaw, the Classicists, the Absurdists and new works by budding playwrights. Notable roles included Helen in The Trojan Women, Raina in Arms and the Man and Hughie in The Reincarnation of Jamie Brown. Lynch’s study culminated in a nine-month long intensive workshop and performance of Ionesco's The Chairs. This marathon production featured two actors onstage for the entirety of the play and required complete vocal and physical transformation whilst incorporating athletic elements of clown and mime. Lynch rose to the challenge, drawing recognition from playwright, director and Professor Emeritus of Theater, Julian Olf, prompting him to remark, “It was by far the most mature performance by an undergraduate that I’ve seen in my long career.”
During these years, Summers were spent performing with Hampshire Shakespeare Company, with notable roles including Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, a witch in Macbeth and Goneril in King Lear. Lynch graduated from the University in 2007, holding a degree in Theater awarded with highest latin honors granted by the institution’s Commonwealth Honors College.
Lynch now makes her home in Boston where she earns consistent work as a member of the city’s theater community. Having worked with various local companies (from The Huntington to Holland Productions, Zeitgeist Stage to Exquisite Corps and more), Lynch plans to remain a contributing presence in the Boston theater community for years to come.
Kathryn Lynch is proud to be an Equity Membership Candidate.
