About Us

Daphne Calkins

OBJECTIVE:
To bring the truth to light by way of the stage.

Qualifications:
Twenty years professional musical entertainment
Eighteen Years Theatrical performance
Ten years broadcasting/radio/television (copy writer-Assistant Music Director - News Reporter - Production Manager - "on air" personality/ KQDI/KOOZ/KUDI - Great Falls, MT
Sales/Marketing executive - Station KOOZ FM Easy Listening - Great Falls, MT

Community Theatre Board of Directors:
The Victory Players (Holyoke, MA)
Agawam Repertory Theatre, (Agawam, MA.)
Encore Players (Springfield, MA)
Panache Productions (Springfield, MA.)
The Repertory Company (Springfield, MA.)
CTA Board - Secretary

Awards:
Community Theatre Drama Festival:
Best Actress 2006, "Doris"- DAY TRIPPERS - The Repertory Company
Best Actress 2006, Peoples Choice Award,
"Doris"- DAY TRIPPERS - The Repertory Company
Best Actress 2005 runner up, "Ethel" ON GOLDEN POND - Starlight-Link
Best Actress 2005 Peoples Choice Award, "Ethel" ON GOLDEN POND - Starlight-Link
Best Actress 2001 Peoples Choice Award, "Queen Eleanor" THE LION IN WINTER - Panache Productions
Best Actress 2000 "Grace" GRACE AND GLORIE - Panache Productions
Best Actress 1999 "Agnes" THE SHADOW BOX - Encore Players

Projects:
Theatre:
Co-founder, - THE REPERTORY COMPANY - 2003

Film:
"The Adventures of Pluggy " - Springfield Fire Department Fire Safety Video
Jewish Geriatric Service - Training Video

Music:
Creator and founder, THE NEW LIFE SINGERS - 1982
INTIMATE SOUNDS - 1995
ROSE COLORED GLASSES - 1998
D&C ENTERTAINMENT - 2000

Potpourri of Favorite Rolls:
"Olive Madison", The Odd Couple, Female Version
"Charlotte Wallace", Beyond Therapy
"Grace Stiles", Grace and Glorie
"Annie Nations" Fox fire
"Maude Mix", A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking
"Veta Simmons" Harvey
"Ethel Thayer", On Golden Pond
"Mother Miriam Ruth", Agnes of God
"Arrie Gibbs", Mornings at Seven
"Agnes", The Shadow Box
"Queen Eleanor", The Lion In Winter

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