Amber Kiara
Actor~Singer~Writer~Teacher
Amber Kiara is a New York based Actor from Portland, Oregon. She is currently Collaborating with College Light Opera Company to create a series of Musical Theatre/Operetta Inspired Works in the time of COVID-19. Off the stage, Amber has directed several staged readings through the Oregon Children’s Theater Bully Plays Project, as well as one acts independently. Amber has written two musicals, one of which was produced in the Fertile Grounds 4X4=8 Festival, as well as working as a sketch comedy writer and performer for A Scene of New York in NYC. She also wrote, produced, and starred in a one woman show that managed to raise over $8,400 for the World Vision Organization. Amber has several on camera acting credits and served as PA for the short film Unfunny. She has taught musical theatre classes in both large classroom settings and private coaching sessions for children aged 4-14, and still volunteers as a teacher through ASTEP, an art-oriented charity organization run by Mary-Mitchell Campbell. Amber was born in Singapore, and has lived in several countries and travelled extensively. She remains a Dual Citizen of the US and England.
Amber Kiara
EMC
Height:5'8 Range: E3-F6 (Soprano with Strong Belt) Email:
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Training: Manhattan School of Music (Class of 2020)
Regional Theater:
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The Red Mill Berta College Light Opera Company/Allison Marooney, Miles Plant
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Fiddler On the Roof Chava Portland Center Stage/ Chris Coleman, Rick Lewis
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Ablaze! An Acapella Musical Thriller Vea Staged! Productions/ Matthew Zrebski
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Columbinus Perfect Oregon Children's Theatre/Lava Alapai
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Carrie Sue Snell Stumptown Stages/Kirk Mouser, Jonathan Quesenbery
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Urinetown Pennywise Spotlight Travel Troupe/ Jeffrey Childs
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I Enter the Valley Zuleiya The Hearth Collective/ Olga Sanchez
College Theater (Manhattan School of Music)
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Where's Charley? Donna Lucia Catie Davis, Andrew Gerle, Alex Sanchez
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Gershwin-That Certain Feeling Moongirl Andrew Gerle
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The Land Where the Good Songs Go Anya/Betty David Loud, Joe Locarro
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Nine Carla David Loud, Luis Perez
Non Performance Opportunities
Directing-
The Bully Plays, Oregon Children's Theatre
For Whom The Southern Belle Tolls, West Linn One Act Festival
My World Vision, Self Produced
The World Goes Round (AD to Alex Sanchez), Manhattan School of Music
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Film-
Dusk, Nightmare (Actor), Allan Luebke
Unfunny, PA, Allan Luebke
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Writing/Composition-
A Sketch of New York, The Producer's Club
7 Minutes in Heaven, 4X4=8; The Fertile Grounds Festival
My World Vision, a One Woman Show, Self Produced
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Teaching
Spotlight Theater School (Oregon and New York), ages 4-18
Voice Lessons, Private, ages 9-16
Special Skills:
Sight Reading; British (Southern and RP) Accent; Stage Combat Training; Tap; Piano (10 years); Guitar (2 Years)
Contact At:
Instagram @amberkiaram
