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{{Short description|American actress}}
[[File:Cindy Im 1.jpg|thumb|Cindy Im]]
[[File:Cindy Im 1.jpg|thumb|Cindy Im]]
'''Cindy Im''' is an American actress, most notable for her roles in [[Manifest (TV series)|''Manifest'']], as Hannah in the world premiere of ''Hannah and the Dread Gazebo'' at the [[Oregon Shakespeare Festival]], and as Lizzie Darcy in the world premiere of [[Lauren Gunderson]] and Margot Melcon's ''Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley'' at [[Marin Theatre Company]].
'''Cindy Im''' is an American actress, most notable for her roles in [[Manifest (TV series)|''Manifest'']],<ref>{{cite web |title=Manifest (TV Series) |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4692915/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1 |website=imdb.com |accessdate=22 July 2019}}</ref> as Hannah in the world premiere of ''Hannah and the Dread Gazebo'' at the [[Oregon Shakespeare Festival]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Hannah and the Dread Gazebo |url=https://www.osfashland.org/productions/2017-plays/hannah-and-the-dread-gazebo.aspx |website=osfashland.org |accessdate=21 July 2019}}</ref> and as Lizzie Darcy in the world premiere of [[Lauren Gunderson]] and Margot Melcon's ''Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley'' at [[Marin Theatre Company]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley |url=https://www.dramatists.com/previews/5611.pdf |website=dramalists.com |accessdate=21 July 2019}}</ref>


== Education ==
== Education ==
Im received a Bachelor's degree from the [[University of California, Berkeley|University of California at Berkeley]] and an MFA in Acting from [[California Institute of the Arts]].
Im received a Bachelor's degree from the [[University of California, Berkeley|University of California at Berkeley]] and an MFA in Acting from [[California Institute of the Arts]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Open Door Project with Cindy Im |url=http://tdps.berkeley.edu/events/the-open-door-project-with-cindy-im/ |website=UC Berkeley |accessdate=21 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CalArts Blog |url=http://blog.calarts.edu/2015/10/22/calarts-faculty-marissa-chibas-awarded-fox-fellowship/ |website=CalArts |accessdate=21 July 2019}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
Im has performed across the United States, as well as throughout France (most notably at the [[Théâtre national de la Colline|Théâtre National de la Colline]] in Paris). She has appeared on the stages of [[Manhattan Theatre Club]], [[Goodman Theatre]], [[American Conservatory Theater]], and [[La Jolla Playhouse]]. She played the role of [[Perdita (The Winter's Tale)|Perdita]] in [[The Winter's Tale]] in the first Shakespeare production at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival with a primarily Asian cast in the lead roles.
Im has performed across the United States, as well as throughout France (most notably at the [[Théâtre national de la Colline|Théâtre National de la Colline]] in Paris).<ref>{{cite web |title=September 11, 2001 |url=https://www.colline.fr/spectacles/september-11-2001 |website=colline.fr |accessdate=7 June 2006}}</ref> She has appeared on the stages of [[American Conservatory Theater]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Vietgone |url=https://www.act-sf.org/home/box_office/1718_season/vietgone.html |website=act-sf.org |accessdate=21 July 2019}}</ref> [[Goodman Theatre]],<ref>{{cite web |title=The World of Extreme Happiness |url=https://www.goodmantheatre.org/season/1213/NewStages/The-World-of-Extreme-Happiness/ |website=goodmantheatre.org |accessdate=21 July 2019}}</ref> [[California Shakespeare Theater]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Talking About Love |url=https://calshakes.org/talking-about-love/ |website=calshakes.org |accessdate=21 July 2019}}</ref> and [[La Jolla Playhouse]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Review: 'The Orphan of Zhao' a skillful, specialized epic |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-orphan-of-zhao-review-20140723-story.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |accessdate=21 July 2019}}</ref> She played the role of [[Perdita (The Winter's Tale)|Perdita]] in ''[[The Winter's Tale]]'' in the first Shakespeare production at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival with a primarily Asian cast in the lead roles.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Winter's Tale |url=https://www.osfashland.org/productions/2016-plays/the-winter-s-tale.aspx |website=osfashland.org |accessdate=21 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Planning and Passion |url=https://www.osfashland.org/en/prologue/prologue-fall-2015/prologue-fa15-shakespeare.aspx |website=osfashland.org |accessdate=21 July 2019}}</ref>


Im is a recipient of the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship through [[Theatre Communications Group]] and the William and Eva Fox Foundation.
Im is a recipient of the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship through [[Theatre Communications Group]] and the William and Eva Fox Foundation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fox Foundation Resident Actors |url=https://www.tcg.org/Default.aspx?TabID=1757#round8recipients |website=tcg.org |accessdate=21 July 2019}}</ref>


In 2014, Im portrayed both Viola and Sebastian [[California Shakespeare Theater]]'s all-female production of ''Twelfth Night''. ''KQED'' wrote "Cindy Im is a bright and passionate Viola, beautifully capturing the character’s keen intelligence, but also her fear of being discovered and her indignation on her master’s behalf".
In 2014, Im portrayed both Viola and Sebastian [[California Shakespeare Theater]]'s all-female production of ''[[Twelfth Night]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Review: 7 Women Shine in 'Twelfth Night' |url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/7-women-shine-in-twelfth-night/ |website=sfexaminer.com |accessdate=21 July 2019}}</ref> ''KQED'' wrote "Cindy Im is a bright and passionate Viola, beautifully capturing the character’s keen intelligence, but also her fear of being discovered and her indignation on her master’s behalf".<ref>{{cite web |title=Review: All's Well in All-Woman 'Twelfth Night' |url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/129043/alls-well-in-all-woman-twelfth-night |website=kqed.org |accessdate=21 July 2019}}</ref>


Of Im's portrayal of Perdita in ''[[The Winter's Tale]]'' in 2016, ''Bohemian.com'' wrote: "As Leontes' abandoned daughter Perdita (Cindy Im, breathtakingly good) comes to adulthood in a foreign country, the forces of fate and soft-heartedness conspire to bring two broken families back together again. Rarely has ''The Winter's Tale'' made so much emotional sense, or been so devastatingly, lovingly and magically transformed into what we imagine Shakespeare, late in his life, intended: a thing of sweet, life-affirming beauty".{{cn|date=July 2019}}
Of Im's portrayal of Perdita in ''The Winter's Tale'' in 2016, ''Bohemian.com'' wrote: "As Leontes' abandoned daughter Perdita (Cindy Im, breathtakingly good) comes to adulthood in a foreign country, the forces of fate and soft-heartedness conspire to bring two broken families back together again. Rarely has ''The Winter's Tale'' made so much emotional sense, or been so devastatingly, lovingly and magically transformed into what we imagine Shakespeare, late in his life, intended: a thing of sweet, life-affirming beauty".<ref>{{cite web |title=Review: New OSF Plays Push Boundaries |url=https://www.bohemian.com/northbay/edgy/Content?oid=2971217 |website=bohemian.com |accessdate=21 July 2019}}</ref>


In 2018, Im portrayed multiple roles in American Conservatory Theater's ''Vietgone''. The ''[[San Francisco Examiner]]'' wrote: "With Im, Hu and Tagatac excelling in supporting roles, it’s a fast-paced show, and director Jaime Castañeda keeps it firing on all cylinders".{{cn|date=July 2019}}
In 2018, Im portrayed multiple roles in American Conservatory Theater's ''Vietgone''. The ''[[San Francisco Examiner]]'' wrote: "With Im, Hu and Tagatac excelling in supporting roles, it’s a fast-paced show, and director Jaime Castañeda keeps it firing on all cylinders".<ref>{{cite web |title=Review: 'Vietgone' a funny, touching immigrant experience tale |url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/vietgone-a-funny-touching-immigrant-experience-tale/ |website=sfexaminer.com |accessdate=21 July 2019}}</ref>


== Performance history ==
== Performance history ==
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;Sources
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# D'Souza, Karen (March 9, 2018). ''[https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/09/review-vietgone-in-sf-an-unforgettable-un-pc-splash-into-immigrant-experience/ 'Vietgone' in SF a wild road trip won't forget].'' San Jose Mercury News, San Jose, CA.
*D'Souza, Karen (March 9, 2018). ''[https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/09/review-vietgone-in-sf-an-unforgettable-un-pc-splash-into-immigrant-experience/ 'Vietgone' in SF a wild road trip won't forget].'' San Jose Mercury News, San Jose, CA.
# Walder-Biesanz (March 12, 2018). [https://www.starkinsider.com/2018/03/vietgone-act-strand-theater-review-san-francisco.html ''Romance, Rap and a Road Trip for Refugees of'' ''Vietgone'']. Stark Insider, San Francisco, CA.
*Walder-Biesanz (March 12, 2018). [https://www.starkinsider.com/2018/03/vietgone-act-strand-theater-review-san-francisco.html ''Romance, Rap and a Road Trip for Refugees of'' ''Vietgone'']. Stark Insider, San Francisco, CA.
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*Choy, Bill (April 4, 2017). [https://www.siskiyoudaily.com/article/20170404/ENTERTAINMENT/170409888 ''‘Hannah and the Dread Gazebo’ a wonderfully unique and entertaining experience'']. Siskiyou Daily News, Ashland, OR.
# Rowe, Georgia (March 9, 2018). [https://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/vietgone-a-funny-touching-immigrant-experience-tale/ ''‘Vietgone’ a funny, touching immigrant experience tale'']. San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, CA.
*Hurwitt, Sam (November 30, 2016). [https://www.marinij.com/2016/11/30/theater-jane-austens-mary-shines-in-miss-bennet/ ''Jane Austen’s Mary shines in ‘Miss Bennet'.''] Marin Independent Journal, Marin, CA.
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# Choy, Bill (April 4, 2017). [https://www.siskiyoudaily.com/article/20170404/ENTERTAINMENT/170409888 ''‘Hannah and the Dread Gazebo’ a wonderfully unique and entertaining experience'']. Siskiyou Daily News, Ashland, OR.
# Hurwitt, Sam (November 30, 2016). [https://www.marinij.com/2016/11/30/theater-jane-austens-mary-shines-in-miss-bennet/ ''Jane Austen’s Mary shines in ‘Miss Bennet'.''] Marin Independent Journal, Marin, CA.
*Choy, Bill (June 29, 2016). ''[https://www.siskiyoudaily.com/article/20160629/ENTERTAINMENT/160629646 'The Winter’s Tale' a beautifully realized production].'' Siskiyou Daily News, Ashland, OR.
*Gallaher, Rachel (January 13, 2015). [https://www.cityartsmagazine.com/moral-m-bius-strip-measure-measure/ ''A Moral Möbius Strip in ‘Measure for Measure'''.] City Arts Online, Seattle, WA.
# Choy, Bill (June 29, 2016). ''[https://www.siskiyoudaily.com/article/20160629/ENTERTAINMENT/160629646 'The Winter’s Tale' a beautifully realized production].'' Siskiyou Daily News, Ashland, OR.
# Gallaher, Rachel (January 13, 2015). [https://www.cityartsmagazine.com/moral-m-bius-strip-measure-measure/ ''A Moral Möbius Strip in ‘Measure for Measure'''.] City Arts Online, Seattle, WA.
*Jones, Chad (February 23, 2014). [https://www.sfchronicle.com/performance/article/Twelfth-Night-review-Romance-stripped-of-5260888.php ''Romance stripped of frills, not joy'']. San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA.
# Examiner Staff (February 27, 2014). [https://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/7-women-shine-in-twelfth-night/ ''7 Women Shine in 'Twelfth Night''']. San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, CA.
# Jones, Chad (February 23, 2014). [https://www.sfchronicle.com/performance/article/Twelfth-Night-review-Romance-stripped-of-5260888.php ''Romance stripped of frills, not joy'']. San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA.
# Hurwitt, Sam (February 25, 2014. [https://www.kqed.org/arts/129043/alls-well-in-all-woman-twelfth-night ''All's Well in All-Woman 'Twelfth Night''']. KQED, San Francisco, CA.


== External links ==
== External links ==
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[[Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni]]
[[Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century American actresses]]
[[Category:21st-century American actresses]]
[[Category:California Institute of the Arts alumni]]
[[Category:Living people]]

Latest revision as of 00:48, 17 September 2023

Cindy Im

Cindy Im is an American actress, most notable for her roles in Manifest,[1] as Hannah in the world premiere of Hannah and the Dread Gazebo at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival,[2] and as Lizzie Darcy in the world premiere of Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon's Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley at Marin Theatre Company.[3]

Education

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Im received a Bachelor's degree from the University of California at Berkeley and an MFA in Acting from California Institute of the Arts.[4][5]

Career

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Im has performed across the United States, as well as throughout France (most notably at the Théâtre National de la Colline in Paris).[6] She has appeared on the stages of American Conservatory Theater,[7] Goodman Theatre,[8] California Shakespeare Theater,[9] and La Jolla Playhouse.[10] She played the role of Perdita in The Winter's Tale in the first Shakespeare production at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival with a primarily Asian cast in the lead roles.[11][12]

Im is a recipient of the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship through Theatre Communications Group and the William and Eva Fox Foundation.[13]

In 2014, Im portrayed both Viola and Sebastian California Shakespeare Theater's all-female production of Twelfth Night.[14] KQED wrote "Cindy Im is a bright and passionate Viola, beautifully capturing the character’s keen intelligence, but also her fear of being discovered and her indignation on her master’s behalf".[15]

Of Im's portrayal of Perdita in The Winter's Tale in 2016, Bohemian.com wrote: "As Leontes' abandoned daughter Perdita (Cindy Im, breathtakingly good) comes to adulthood in a foreign country, the forces of fate and soft-heartedness conspire to bring two broken families back together again. Rarely has The Winter's Tale made so much emotional sense, or been so devastatingly, lovingly and magically transformed into what we imagine Shakespeare, late in his life, intended: a thing of sweet, life-affirming beauty".[16]

In 2018, Im portrayed multiple roles in American Conservatory Theater's Vietgone. The San Francisco Examiner wrote: "With Im, Hu and Tagatac excelling in supporting roles, it’s a fast-paced show, and director Jaime Castañeda keeps it firing on all cylinders".[17]

Performance history

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Roles
Year Title Role Producing Organization
2018 Manifest DARPA Scientist NBC/Warner Brothers
2018 Tigertail Quiet Asian Woman Netflix
2018 Vietgone Huong, Thu, Translator, Flower Girl and others American Conservatory Theater
2017 Hannah and the Dread Gazebo Hannah Oregon Shakespeare Festival
2017 Julius Caesar Artimedorus Oregon Shakespeare Festival
2016 Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley Lizzie Darcy Marin Theatre Company
2016 The Winter's Tale Perdita Oregon Shakespeare Festival
2016 Great Expectations Biddy Oregon Shakespeare Festival
2014 The Orphan of Zhao Princess's Maid and others American Conservatory Theater,

La Jolla Playhouse

References

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Footnotes
  1. ^ "Manifest (TV Series)". imdb.com. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Hannah and the Dread Gazebo". osfashland.org. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley" (PDF). dramalists.com. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  4. ^ "The Open Door Project with Cindy Im". UC Berkeley. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  5. ^ "CalArts Blog". CalArts. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  6. ^ "September 11, 2001". colline.fr. Retrieved 7 June 2006.
  7. ^ "Vietgone". act-sf.org. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  8. ^ "The World of Extreme Happiness". goodmantheatre.org. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Talking About Love". calshakes.org. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Review: 'The Orphan of Zhao' a skillful, specialized epic". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  11. ^ "The Winter's Tale". osfashland.org. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Planning and Passion". osfashland.org. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Fox Foundation Resident Actors". tcg.org. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  14. ^ "Review: 7 Women Shine in 'Twelfth Night'". sfexaminer.com. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  15. ^ "Review: All's Well in All-Woman 'Twelfth Night'". kqed.org. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  16. ^ "Review: New OSF Plays Push Boundaries". bohemian.com. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  17. ^ "Review: 'Vietgone' a funny, touching immigrant experience tale". sfexaminer.com. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
Sources
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