Born and raised in Austin, TX Olivia fell in love with performing from practically the minute she could walk. Her earliest memories include being carried out of the theatre while watching a performance of the Nutcracker, as she was crying because she wanted to be on the stage - not in the audience. Other highlights include sleeping in her ballet slippers (and waking up crying when her parents tried to pry them off), and of course teaching and leading her entire second grade class in "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" at recess.

 

 

 Olivia's Love for performing and theatre has stretched far and wide, as she initially grew up in the realm of musical theatre,  switched to competition dance, and then found a deep love for ballet. This love took her to Cincinnati Ballet where she was a trainee for the 2018-2019 season, which was then that she realized how much she missed theatre (and how she loathed standing in a tendu for an entire ballet act). So, she took a leap of faith and moved to NYC (a place she always knew was gonna somehow be home), and graduated from the Institute for American Musical Theatre under the direction of founder Michael Minarik.

 

To this day Olivia never has and never will loose that same fiery spark that she had as a small child watching the Nutcracker, longing more than anything to share her gifts with the world. She hopes to one day have a legacy of a career and use it to inspire other individuals of all ages to never stop following their dreams, believing in something greater for themselves, and living a life of passion, wanderlust and deep, rich joy.

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Stay marvelous,

Liv