KACIE PHILLIPS

KACIE PHILLIPS

Kacie is a senior at Belmont University, majoring in Commercial Voice with an emphasis in Music Business. Kacie began singing at age 5 in a grade school talent show. From that day on she sang and performed in musical theatre productions whenever she could. Her first professional musical theatre performance was at age 10 at The Broadway Dinner Theatre in Fort Myers, FL., where she still performs during summer breaks from college.
Kacie began formal training at age 11 with the Oxford School of Music in Fort Myers, FL and later switched to the Advanced Mentor Pro Voice Studios in Ft. Myers, studying under Susan Niekamp, Jennifer Strode and Broadway Voice Coach, Mary Walkley. At age 16, Kacie began teaching the Pro Voice Method at Advanced Mentor.
Kacie has recording, television, and acting experience. She recorded a duet with Danny Morgan called “Love of a Lifetime” on the Danny Morgan / Livingston Taylor album “It’s Always Summer.”
Kacie was accepted as an apprentice at the Broadway Theater Project at the University of South Florida, Tampa in 2007, 2008, and 2009. She has studied in Master’s Classes with Broadway, movie, and television personalities such as Patrick Wilson, Ben Vereen, Nancy Desault, Terrance Mann, Frank Wildhorn, Adrian Angel and Casting Director’s, Jay Bender and Dave Clemmons.
In 2008, Kacie starred as Alexa Vere de Vere, in “As Bees in Honey Drown,” and in December, 2008, starred as Ulla in “The Producers,” and as Ronnie in “Lemon Sky” On January 31st, 2009, Kacie competed in the District 6 Thespian Festival where she received Superior ratings in Solo Vocal, Duet Vocal, and Large Group Musical. In 2010 she starred in the Cypress Lake Center for the Arts production of “Sweet Charity” and won Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role awarded by the Lee County Music Awards for her performance as Charity Hope Valentine. The production was honored by being selected to perform at Barbara B. Mann Performing Art Center in Fort Myers and at Morsani Hall in the Straz Center in Tampa, Florida to a packed audience of 3000 performing arts students and their families. For her performance there, Kacie was nominated for Best Statewide Actress.
In Nashville, Kacie has performed in productions at the Boiler Room and the Street Theatre. In 2012 she starred as Cathy in the two person song-cycle, “The Last Five Years.” Kacie was nominated for Best Actress in a Musical, and Best Younger Actress for her performance as Cathy. Starting on May 10, 2013, Kacie is performing as Ilse in the Street Theatre’s production of “Spring Awakening.”