Amanda is thrilled to be reading the role of Elsa in The Road to Mecca, as she spent much of her childhood in Southern Africa. Originally from Carpinteria, California, Amanda moved to Portland in July of 2004 to work with Sojourn Theatre. Recent Portland shows include Witness Our Schools, The Visit (Sojourn Theatre), Live at the Rose Garden! (Insight Out Theatre Collective), Divine (JAW West Festival), Desdemona, a Play about a Handkerchief (Home Planet Productions), and The Love of the Nightingale ( Theatre Vertigo) in which she played the lead role of Philomel. Favorite past roles include Mary Morel in Blindness: The Irresistible Light of Encounter with Ping Chong & Company in New York, the Witch in Into The Woods, and Natasha in Chekov's Three Sisters. Amanda is looking forward to working with as many theatre companies in Portland as possible!