Kira Gandolfo
Actor & Theatre Educator
Hello world! My name is Kira Gandolfo and I am an actor and theatre educator currently based in the DC, Maryland, Virginia area! Thank you for checking out my website!
A little more about me…
After graduating Boston University in May of 2024, I moved home to Washington, DC to further pursue my theatrical career. Since returning to the area, I have performed with Arena Stage, Avant Bard Theater, Maryland Ensemble Theater and Chesapeake Shakespeare Company. This upcoming year, I will be going on tour around the United States with Imagination Stage and Kaiser Permanente to provide educational theater programming to students across the country.
When not onstage, I enjoy crafting, FaceTiming my nieces and nephews (they’re dogs but it counts to me!), or snuggled up with a new book.
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“Kira Gandolfo’s frisky spin on Horatio is a revelation.”
- Thomas Floyd, for The Washington Post
“Stealing the show with her versatility, Kira Gandolfo is a roaring, rollicking riot playing Fanny, Lucy [...] Watching Gandolfo in action, as both these two characters, and the more demurely innocent Lucy, with just a hint of knowing cheekiness to that portrayal as well, is an utter delight. And again, speechlessness comes to the forefront when attempting to describe the brilliance of her back-n-forth scene and later fight… with herself on stage in the dueling roles of Lucy and Fanny.”
- Amanda Gunther for Theatre Bloom
“Kira Gandolfo is a creative adventurer—an artist of admirable integrity possessing a lovely spirit of generosity. Infusing Kira’s work as a storyteller and theater maker is a robust embrace of collaboration. She is imaginative, sensitive, intelligent, and resourceful. Kira cares deeply about the work and is a passionate advocate of the tremendous impact the role of the arts can play in our lives. These attributes make Kira an ideal recipient of the Luo Yan Scholarship. The School of Theatre is proud to honor her with this award.”
- Elaine Vaan Hogue, Boston University Assistant Professor of Acting and Directing