Performance Portfolio
PHOTO BY SASHA WINETT
Welcome to my Performance Portfolio, a space dedicated to showcasing my work as an actor. Here, you will find photos and details on some of my favorite credits. To me, acting is embodied experience, and any worthwhile performance is rooted in a sense of exploration.
I’ve trained in Action Theatre, Shakespeare, Michael Chekhov, Linklater Voice, and Alexander Technique.
As an actor, I’m especially interested in theatre that centers queerness, coming of age, morally complex characters, devised elements, ensemble, movement work, and heightened text.
Kicking off her senior year at Emerson, Grace starred as mousy presidential secretary Stephanie in Selina Fillinger’s riotous comedy and feminist farce, POTUS or Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, in September of 2024, produced by Emerson Stage.
POTUS, OR BEHIND EVERY GREAT
DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE
By Selina Fillinger | Directed by Kate Cherry
PHOTOS BY CRAIG BAILEY PERSPECTIVE PHOTO & ZUBIN STILLINGS
In March of 2024, Grace played Romeo in a queer reimagining of William Shakespeare’s most iconic tragedy, adapted and directed by Molly Howard, and produced by Mercutio Troupe at Emerson College. The production explored the inherent violence of girlhood, loss of innocence, and queer identity.
ROMEO & JULIET
By William Shakespeare | Directed & Adapted by Molly Howard
PHOTOS BY CAMPBELL PARISH
In an innovative take on Arthur Miller's classic, the roles of Linda, Biff, & Happy Loman were learned by three actors, Eleanor Winrow, Puncchi Pandit, & Grace Lenore Rogers. For each performance, they would play a different role. Produced by Emshakes Theatre Company and Directed by Landon Butler & Regina Ashley in December of 2023, the production was nominated for Outstanding Stage Play at the 43rd EVVY awards.
DEATH OF A SALESMAN
By Arthur Miller | Directed by Landon Butler & Regina Ashley
PHOTOS BY AMANDA JACOBSON
Grace made their Emerson Stage debut in their annual TYA production, Old Jake's Skirts, directed by Joshua Streeter in November of 2022. As a member of the story telling ensemble, Grace helped bring the story of a lonely pumpkin farmer to life through devised movement pieces, puppetry, foley, and larger than life characters. Along with performances for K-5 students of the greater Boston area, the production featured interactive workshops on theatrical storytelling.
OLD JAKE’S SKIRTS
Adapted by José Cruz González | From the Book by C. Anne Scott | Directed by Joshua Streeter
PHOTOS BY CRIAG BAILEY PERSPECTIVE PHOTO
Grace made her Emerson debut as Saoirse in the original, immersive, sea-shanty jukebox musical Tavern Song, written and directed by Giavanna Mariano, and Produced by Musical Theatre Society in February of 2022. In addition to originating a role in the principal cast, she understudied 5 additional roles. For her performance, Grace received a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical at the 41st EVVY Awards.
TAVERN SONG
Written & Directed by Giavanna Mariano
PHOTOS BY CAMPBELL PARISH & BRETT BAILEY
