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Kersti works as an actress, writer, producer and adventurer based in NYC.

Kersti has worked Off-Broadway, internationally and regionally in Film & Television and Theatre.

She has been nominated for the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Actress in a Large Theatre and for Best Supporting Actress at the Madrid IFF for her performance in Ryan Denmark’s Hell’s Heart. She received the Adelyn Roth Levine Excellence in Acting Award from Carnegie-Mellon University.

As an adventurer, she has been paragliding in Nepal, sky diving in Siberia and trekked solo through Croatia, Jordan, Israel, and Palestine. She received a Theatre Communications Grant for theatre work in Russia and was a TCG U.S. Delegate to Havana, Cuba in 2015.

Kersti has been in residency at Eugene O'Neil Theatre Center, with Fresh Ground Pepper Theatre and has her own production company, Violet's Umbrella. She is a proud member of the AEA and SAG-AFTRA.

Kersti studied acting at Interlochen Arts Academy and then Carnegie-Mellon University and the Moscow Art Theatre.

News


Recipients Announced for NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre
by Nicole Rosky - Nov 21, 2024

The NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME), in partnership with New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), has identified 72 new recipients, to receive $1.3 million total, in the fifth and final round of the NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre.
Robert Cuccioli & Edward James Hyland to Star in UNCLE TED: SCENES FROM THE MCCARRICK REPORT Reading
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 14, 2022

The Peccadillo Theater Company will present Edward James Hyland and Robert Cuccioli in  Uncle Ted: Scenes from the McCarrick Report, a new play by Dan Wackerman, directed by Michael Parva with John Fitzgibbon, Daren Kelly, Robert Verlaque, Kersti Bryan, Jonathan Brody, Jim Schubin, Michael Castillejos, and more.
EGG PARTY Receives World Premiere At Cinequest Film Festival
by Stephi Wild - Mar 28, 2021

Celebrate Women's History Month with the comedically poignant new short film, Kersti Bryan's Egg Party. The film centers on a group of 30-something women confronting 'growing up' and their own fertility. Egg Party will World Premiere this month at Cinequest Film Festival.
ENEMIES to Stream on Metropolitan Virtual Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 10, 2021

Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse presents its next free 'screened' readings, live-streamed at no charge, with talkback to follow: ENEMIES, Neith Boyce and Hutchins Hapgood.
Metropolitan Virtual Playhouse Presents XINGU
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 7, 2020

The groundbreaking reading series continues as Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse presents its next free 'screened' reading: XINGU, a one-act play by Kimberly Wadsworth based on a short story by Edith Wharton, live streamed at no charge, with talkback to follow, on October 10th, 2020 at 8 PM, EDT. 
Fellowship For Performing Arts Presents Free Virtual Production Of MARTIN LUTHER ON TRIAL
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 24, 2020

Fellowship for Performing Arts' nationwide hit play Martin Luther on Trial returns Aug. 2-4 in a free virtual dramatic reading featuring the original New York cast.
Photo Flash: Go Inside Opening Night of PARADISE LOST
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 23, 2020

Written by award-winning playwright Tom Dulack (Incommunicado, Kennedy Center Prize for New American Drama; Road to Damascus) and directed by Michael Parva (Irena's Vow, Martin Luther on Trial), PARADISE LOST just opened last night, January 22, at Theatre Three at Theatre Row (410 W. 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036) for a run through Sunday, February 23, 2020. Tickets are on sale now at www.FPAtheatre.com.
BWW Review: APPLE SEASON has an Outstanding World Premiere at NJ Rep
by Marina Kennedy - Jan 15, 2019

E.M. Lewis' 'Apple Season' is now making its world premiere at NJ Rep. This wonderfully crafted, emotive play is sure to make a lasting impression on metro area theatregoers. With the artful direction of Zoya Kachadurian and the show's splendid cast, it is storytelling at its best.
BWW Interview: Playwright E.M. Lewis and APPLE SEASON at NJ Rep 1/10 to 2/10
by Marina Kennedy - Jan 1, 2019

New Jersey Repertory Company will present the world premiere of E.M. Lewis' Apple Season from January 10 through February 10. Broadwayworld.com had the pleasure of interviewing Lewis about her career and the upcoming show at NJ Rep.
New Jersey Repertory Company Presents APPLE SEASON
by Stephi Wild - Dec 12, 2018

New Jersey Repertory Company, located at 179 Broadway in Long Branch, is proud to present the world premiere of E.M. Lewis' Apple Season from January 10 - February 10, 2019. Twenty years ago, Lissie and Roger fled from their family farm and made themselves disappear. But the family secrets haunt them still. A funeral and a question from an old friend send the two siblings tumbling down a rabbit hole of memory and grief, as they try to let go of a tangled past that refuses to release them.
APPLE SEASON Announced As New Jersey Repertory Company Mainstage Production
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 6, 2018

New Jersey Repertory Company, located at 179 Broadway in Long Branch, is proud to present the world premiere of E.M. Lewis' Apple Season from January 10 - February 10, 2019.
Art House Productions Presents NOT MEDEA
by BWW News Desk - Dec 6, 2018

Art House Productions is proud to announce its winter mainstage production of Allison Gregory's Not Medea, directed by Adin Walker. Performances run, December 6,7,8, 13, 14, 15 at 8:00pm, and Sundays, December 9 and 16 at 3:00pm for a total of eight performances, with ASL and Audio Interpretation at the Friday, December 14th performance. Beginning at 6:30pm prior to the December 14th performance, the Art House Access Committee will host a free mixer for artists with and without disabilities. Wine and hors d'oeuvres included. In concurrence with Not Medea, the Art House Gallery will be open for its inaugural Affordable Art Show featuring over 75 fine art pieces all selling for $500 and under. Art House Productions is located at 262 17th St, Jersey City, NJ 07310. For tickets and more information visit www.arthouseproductions.org
Art House Productions Presents NOT MEDEA
by Stephi Wild - Nov 20, 2018

Art House Productions is proud to announce its winter mainstage production of Allison Gregory's Not Medea, directed by Adin Walker. Performances run, December 6,7,8, 13, 14, 15 at 8:00pm, and Sundays, December 9 and 16 at 3:00pm for a total of eight performances, with ASL and Audio Interpretation at the Friday, December 14th performance. Beginning at 6:30pm prior to the December 14th performance, the Art House Access Committee will host a free mixer for artists with and without disabilities. Wine and hors d'oeuvres included. In concurrence with Not Medea, the Art House Gallery will be open for its inaugural Affordable Art Show featuring over 75 fine art pieces all selling for $500 and under. Art House Productions is located at 262 17th St, Jersey City, NJ 07310. For tickets and more information visit www.arthouseproductions.org
Photo Coverage: MARTIN LUTHER ON TRIAL Celebrates Opening Night
by Linda Lenzi - Dec 15, 2016

Fellowship for Performing Arts presents its second show of the 2016-17 New York season, MARTIN LUTHER ON TRIAL, at The Pearl Theatre (555 West 42nd Street). The show opened just last night and the company gathered at the New York Beer Company to celebrate!
MARTIN LUTHER ON TRIAL Begins Tonight Off-Broadway at Fellowship for Performing Arts
by BWW News Desk - Dec 2, 2016

Performances begin tonight for the second production of Fellowship for Performing Arts' (FPA) 2016-17 New York season, MARTIN LUTHER ON TRIAL, presented at The Pearl Theatre (555 West 42nd Street).
'MY REPORT TO THE WORLD' with David Strathairn Adds Second Performance
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 30, 2015

Oscar-Nominated David Strathairn will star in My Report to the World: The Story of Jan Karski. Presented as a staged workshop, the play recounts the astonishing and largely unknown story of Polish World War II hero and Holocaust witness Jan Karski.
'MY REPORT TO THE WORLD' Workshop with David Strathairn Sets D.C. Performance
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 18, 2015

Fresh from numerous successful workshop performances in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Warsaw, Poland, My Report to the World: The Story of Jan Karski, is headed for enhanced development and public staged reading performances this July, in a workshop residency to be held at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in downtown Manhattan. As part of this Residency, one performance will be held in D.C. on Monday, July 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Lansburgh Theatre in D.C., co-sponsored by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum and in partnership with Bisno Productions, and The Jan Karski Educational Foundation. This ticketed event is FREE with an RSVP: http://jan-karski.eventbrite.com.
David Strathairn to Star in Staged Readings of 'MY REPORT TO THE WORLD'
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 17, 2015

Oscar-Nominated David Strathairn will star in My Report to the World: The Story of Jan Karski. Presented as a staged workshop, the play recounts the astonishing and largely unknown story of Polish World War II hero and Holocaust witness Jan Karski.
Asa Merritt's 'TRUE BELIEVER' Opens Tonight at Theaterlab
by BWW News Desk - Apr 17, 2015

Theaterlab presents True Believer, a new play about identity, radicalism, and the passion of youth by Asa Merritt. Joshua Kahan Brody directs Kersti Bryan* in a solo performance with original live music by Bay Bryan. Thirteen performances will be staged at Theaterlab, 357 West 36th Street, 3rd Floor in NYC from tonight, April 17-May 9, 2015.
Photo Flash: First Look at TRUE BELIEVER at Theaterlab
by BWW News Desk - Apr 16, 2015

Theaterlab presents True Believer, a new play about identity, radicalism, and the passion of youth by Asa Merritt. Joshua Kahan Brody directs Kersti Bryan* in a solo performance with original live music by Bay Bryan. Thirteen performances will be staged at Theaterlab, 357 West 36th Street, 3rd Floor in NYC from tomorrow, April 17, through May 9, 2015. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show below!

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