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JILLIAN LEFF
CHICAGO-BASED ACTOR | PLAYWRIGHT
JILLIAN LEFF (she/her) is a Chicago based actor, playwright, and stage combat nerd. She is originally from Cleveland, OH and holds a BFA in Acting from Ball State University. In addition to working with different theatres across the city, she is an Ensemble Member and Literary Manager of Babes With Blades Theatre Company, and an Advanced Actor Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors. When she isn't focused on the acting and writing thing, she can most likely be found binging a TV Show or eating potatoes. Find her on the internet @jilleleff.
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RECENT NEWS
APRIL 15, 2024
Rehearsals begin for the world premiere of Die Hard 4 Your Luv, by Kirk Pynchon and Mike Beyer, directed by Becca Holloway. Jillian is the production's Fight Choreographer.
APRIL 13 - MAY 18, 2024
Run of Jillian's new play The S Paradox, with Babes With Blades Theatre Company. The play was the winner of Babes' Joining Sword and Pen Competition.
MARCH 25, 2024
Jillian attends the 2024 Jeff Awards with the rest of the Nominated Ensemble of Jane: Abortion and the Underground with Idle Muse Theatre Company.
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Rehearsals begin for The S Paradox with Babes With Blades, directed by Morgan Manasa. This is Jillian's first new work world premiere since the pandemic.
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Jillian and the rest of the cast of Jane: Abortion and the Underground are nominated for a Non-Equity Jeff Award for Best Ensemble - Play.
JANUARY 4-7, 2024
Jillian attends her first ever Winter Wonderland Workshop, a four day stage combat intensive held in Chicago.
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Resume
ACTING RESUME
HEIGHT: 5'3" EYES: Brown HAIR: Black
BALL STATE UNIVERSITY BFA Acting, Cum Laude
STAGE COMBAT Advanced Actor Combatant - The Society of American Fight Directors
MEISNER Technique & Scene Study
THEATRE
Jane: Abortion and the Underground*
Cymbeline
Richard III
Women of 4G
Last Night in Karaoke Town
Missed Opportunities
The Good Fight
She Kills Monsters
Twelfth Night
The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls
Goddam Geniuses
Women
MacSith
Anon(ymous)
Peter/Wendy
Heather Booth
Cornelius/Others/Fight Captain
Buckingham/Fight Captain
Ensign Pierce/Fight Captain
Shawn
Max
Cicely
Tilly
Valentine/Musician/Priest
Annie
Erwin Schrodinger
Beth/Carl
Witch
Calista/Serza
Lost Boy/Fight Captain
Idle Muse Theatre Company
Midsommer Flight
Babes With Blades
Babes With Blades
The Factory Theater
Cuckoo's Theater Project
Babes With Blades
Cuckoo's Theater Project
Midsommer Flight
Cuckoo's Theater Project
Runaways Lab Theatre
Cuckoo's Theater Project
E.D.G.E. Theatre
Cuckoo's Theater Project
Cuckoo's Theater Project
* - Jeff Nomination: Ensemble - Play (2024)
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Writing
WRITING
THE S PARADOX
-Winner of Babes With Blades Theatre Company's Joining Sword & Pen Competition / Margaret W. Martin Award (2022)
-World Premiere with Babes With Blades (2024)
SMALL WORLD
Co-Written with Joe Lino
-Jeff Award Nominee for New Work (2020)
-World Premiere with The New Coordinates (2019)
MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
-World Premiere with The Cuckoo's Theater Project (2019)
-West Cost Premiere with Loft Ensemble (Los Angeles, CA) (2023)
(NON)FICTION
-World Premiere with The Right Brain Project (2019)
SHORT PLAYS
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