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
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
Eavesdrop | dir. Nina LaRusso | 2025 (upcoming)
Jessie (Lead)
The Callback | dir. Sammy McFaul | 2025 (upcoming)
Ms. Prescott (Supporting)
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)