Birth Place: Middletown, CT
Frances Limoncelli is a theatre professional with nineteen years of experience, mostly in the greater Chicago area. Chicago area acting credits include Catherine in The House of Martin Guerre and Margaret Jarvis in Cry the Beloved Country at Goodman Theatre, Sophie in Master Class at Northlight Theatre, Cordelia in Falsettos at Appletree Theatre, Mrs. Schubert in Shear Madness at the Blackstone Theatre, Maria in Lend Me A Tenor at Theatre at the Center, Sister Robert Anne in Nunsense III at the Ivanhoe Theatre, as a principle in Fairytales at Bailywick, Rose Marie and Some Enchanted Evening for Light Opera Works; and Cabaret, It’s a Wonderful Life, and Black Patent Leather Shoes at Candlelight Dinner Playhouse. Frances reprised her role in Master Class in four other cities, including at the Royal Alexandra in Toronto featuring Tony award winner Elizabeth Ashley. As an artistic ensemble member of Chicago’s Lifeline Theatre, she played Hetty in Pistols For Two, Jancis in Precious Bane for Lifeline’s MainStage series, Jane in Lifeline’s production of Pride and Prejudice starring Kate Burton for Chicago Theatres on the Air, and the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio, Chester the cat in Bunnicula, and as the title role in Mrs. Piggle Wiggle for Lifeline’s KidSeries. In Vermont at the Weston Playhouse she has played some of her favorite roles, including Mary in Merrily We Roll Along, Emma Goldman in Ragtime, Carrie in Carousel, Fraulien Kost in Cabaret and Mrs. Montgomery in The Heiress.
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