Andrea Frierson

Andrea Frierson

(She/Her)
Writer/Actor
Broadway & Television actor and writer, Andrea Frierson, is creating a tv series based on her memoir
Full Bio
Additional Training:

Playwriting/ Songwriting: 2007-2008 Dramatist Guild Fellow (Lyricist, Librettist)
Instructors: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, Susan Miller, Tina Landau, Edward Albee,
Sarah Ruhl

Musical Theatre Songwriting: BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop
Instructors: Patrick Cook, Frederick Freyer, David Spencer

Screenwriting: Robert McKee

Graduate- The Calhoun School, NYC


Professional Memberships:

Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)
Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)
Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE)
Dramatists Guild (DG)
Professional Credits
Two-time Helen Hayes Award nominee Andrea Frierson has performed leading roles on Broadway in: The Lion King, the original Broadway productions of Once on This Island, Bring in ‘Da Noise/Bring in ‘Da Funk, Eubie!, For Colored Girls, Marie Christine, Julie Taymor’s Juan Darien: A Carnival Mass (both at Lincoln Center Theater) and, more recently, in Rattlesnake Kate at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Andrea was the author and star of Me & Ella, which was part of the York Theatre’s New2NY Developmental Reading series in 2017. Television appearances include: “Quantico", "Pose", "Red Oaks", "Elementary", and Season I of the Amy Poehler & Tracy Oliver series, "Harlem". Andrea was a series regular on the Nickelodeon tv series, “Allegra’s Window”, and a five-time female vocalist champion on the 1980’s hit tv series, “Star Search”. Andrea is a Dramatists Guild Fellow, a NYSCA grant recipient, and a graduate of the Academy for Classical Acting’s MFA program.
Industry Awards
2-time Helen Hayes Nominee, Going to the River short play Festival, The Fire This Time short play Festival
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