About Me
Lucy Purnine is a Syracuse based actor with experience in Shakespeare performance, devising, and developing new works. As a physical theater artist she is passionate about clown, commedia dell'arte mask work, and circus disciplines such as juggling and lyra. She holds a BA in drama from Vassar College and has done further training at Accademia Dell'Arte, Shakespeare and Company, the National Theater Institute, and Pig Iron Theatre Company.
Theater
The Probably Improbably Adventures of Robin Hood | Hangar Theatre | 2026
Robin Hood
Baba Yaga | The Cherry Arts | 2025
Vasilisa
Jordan and Daisy (+Tom +Nick) | Glimmer Globe Theater | 2024
Daisy Buchanan
Timebound | O'Neill Theater Center YPF | 2024
Abby
The Comedy of Errors | Ithaca Shakespeare | 2023
Dromio of Syracuse
Bend It Like Beckett | Building Company Theater | 2023
Bob/Clown/Catastrophe
Extended Stay | Walking on Water Productions | 2022
Emma
Macbeth | Syracuse Shakespeare in the Park | 2022
Lady Macbeth
She Kills Monsters | World's Elsewhere Virtual Theater Company | 2021
Lilith/Lilly
Film
The Mother of Gloom | dir. Emily Rogers | 2025
The Mother of Gloom
Survival Story | dir. Adam Huffman | 2025
Annie
Eavesdrop | dir. Nina LaRusso | 2025
Jessie
The Callback | dir. Sammy McFaul | 2025
Ms. Prescott
Audio
Arrhythmia | dir. Emma Skinner | 2025
Sophie Westcott
Singing in the Snow | Armory Square Playwrights | 2024
Jane Case
Training &
Workshops
Vassar College | BA in Drama | 2020
Pig Iron Theatre Company | Journey of the Mask | 2024
Accademia Dell'Arte | Semester in Physical Theater | 2019
National Theater Institute | Theatermakers Summer Intensive | 2018
Shakespeare and Company | Summer Training Institute | 2017
Special Skills
Juggling, Unicycling, Singing (mezzo-soprano), Basic Violin, Piano, and Ukulele, Aerial Arts (lyra, silks, pole)