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Kayla's signed with Renu Chawla of Vamos Talento, who now represents her globally for theatrical and on camera work. She's thrilled to be working with such a passionate team!
Kayla's play, Lilith in Pisces, will be presented as a part of Relative Theatrics' annual Playwrights Voiced festival of new works! Get your tickets here!
Kayla wrote, produced, and starred in this quirky anthology mockumentary series for Rizzle Studios. Each episode features a different one-minute trailer to a documentary that doesn't exist! Directed by Michael Quattrone. Watch episodes 8-10 on the Rizzle app now!
Kayla wrote, produced, and starred in this quirky anthology mockumentary series for Rizzle Studios. Each episode features a different one-minute trailer to a documentary that doesn't exist! Directed by Michael Quattrone. Watch episodes 4-7 on the Rizzle app now!
Kayla wrote, produced, and starred in this quirky anthology mockumentary series for Rizzle Studios. Each episode features a different one-minute trailer to a documentary that doesn't exist! Directed by Michael Quattrone. Watch episodes 1-3 on the Rizzle app now!
Kayla wrote, produced, and starred in this hilarious series for Rizzle Studios with her iconic 91 year old grandmother! A new trivia game show, Kayla asks Grandma Irene outrageous pop culture questions in different segments that range from WAP to the Royal family. Watch episodes 9-10 on the Rizzle app now!
Kayla's absolutely thrilled to be playing Paulina in Relative Theatrics' Drunk Shakespeare reading of The Winter's Tale. Be sure to catch it streaming live on Facebook at 9pm EST!
Kayla wrote, produced, and starred in this hilarious series for Rizzle Studios with her iconic 91 year old grandmother! A new trivia game show, Kayla asks Grandma Irene outrageous pop culture questions in different segments that range from WAP to the Royal family. Watch episodes 6-8 on the Rizzle app now!
Kayla wrote, produced, and starred in this hilarious series for Rizzle Studios with her iconic 91 year old grandmother! A new trivia game show, Kayla asks Grandma Irene outrageous pop culture questions in different segments that range from WAP to the Royal family. Watch episodes 1-5 on the Rizzle app now!
It's the holiday gift that keeps on giving! Star Wars: A Christmas Carol Parody, co-written by and featuring Kayla, will be presented by Relative Theatrics on Facebook Live at 9pm EST. Don't miss it!
Kayla’s back performing with Relative Theatrics’ virtual Drunk Shakespeare series - this time playing Beatrice in “Much Ado About Nothing”! Be sure to tune in to Facebook Live on November 5th at 9pm!
Kayla performed an original, self-written character in this virtual Halloween show with her character team, AP Calculus, as part of The Armory Comedy’s “Good Character” series.
Kayla played Stephanie in “Metal Bird” - a new play written by Rebecca Kane and directed by Emily Jeppesen. Produced by the Tank, Metal Bird streamed live on their youtube channel and is now available to stream for $5.99 on CyberTank, the Tank’s on demand virtual programming site.
Kayla's original comedy pilot, *Delta Dawn*, made it to the second round of the Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition! This accolade marks Kayla's first foray into writing for television, and she can't wait to continue developing this story.
Kayla played Ariel in a virtual reading of The Tempest, produced by Relative Theatrics and broadcast on Facebook Live. The reading featured a fun drinking game in which a referee instructed the cast and virtual audience to drink at specified points throughout the performance. It was a blast!
Kayla filmed an episode for “Zooming In” - a brand new web series about connecting virtually during the pandemic, for which she also wrote three episodes! The series was produced by Zeynep Tozum and Jeanna Mahan, and directed by Jenna Mate. Coming soon!
Kayla was cast as a performer of one of The Armory’s inaugural character teams! The teams perform virtually every Thursday night, beginning August 13th at 7pm! Information on how to be a virtual audience member to follow.
Kayla acted in a commercial for Basements.com! All members of production - from cast to crew - adapted to our current public health emergency with the utmost professionalism, and a fun, safe time was had by all!
In honor of Star Wars Day (May the Fourth), Kayla played various characters in a virtual performance of “Space Wars: A Star Wars Christmas Carol Parody” produced by Chris Lemieux and the Branford Parks and Recreation department. Kayla also co-wrote the play. View the performance on youtube here!
Kayla’s spent her quaran-time in her cozy Crown Heights apartment catching up on Tiger King, learning to accessorize her pajamas, and updating her reels! Click below - or visit the Media section of this site - to view her 2020 Acting and Character reels!
Kayla was cast as a lead in an A&E commercial, directed by Aubrey Smyth!
Kayla will be featured in the upcoming short film, “Liza Anonymous”, directed by Aubrey Smyth!
Lilith in Pisces was nominated for BEST PLAY at the New York Theater Festival Awards! Kayla will perform the climactic monologue from her play for the other nominees at the awards ceremony on October 7th.
Kayla’s play, Lilith in Pisces, will be running at the Hudson Guild Theater as part of the New York Theater Festival’s annual SummerFest 2019! Kayla will be performing the role of Erin in the 70 minute story of two women who discover that a shared history and astrological sign might just beget a kind of bond they never knew they needed. The show will receive three performances in August 2019! Stay tuned for more details!
Kayla will be performing in a staged workshop of ECO, a new musical by Jenna Mate and Bethie Fowler, at Southampton Arts Center on July 13th! Stay tuned for ticket info :)
Kayla will be performing at Dancify That!, a comedy dance game show in which contestants put their bodies and wits to the test of transforming bizarre snippets of pop culture into dance sequences. Contestants perform their dances, are judged by comedians and you decide who wins. Get your tickets here: https://thepit-nyc.com/events/dancify-that/ :)
Our House is Haunted, which ran at the Corkscrew Festival at the Paradise Factory last July, will be remounted on the main stage at Dixon Place on April 15th at 7:30pm. Kayla is ecstatic to be performing in this spooky piece once again! Get your tickets at http://dixonplace.org/performances/our-house-is-haunted/ :)
Kayla will be performing a dramatic reading of her hyper-hormonal tween diary entries as part of QED’s “Dear Diary: Comics Read Their Weird Childhood Journals.” You don’t want to miss this!
Don’t miss the debut performance of Kayla’s Indie Improv Team, Hobby Lobby Baby Hammer, at the Pit Loft on Wednesday night, January 9th at 9:30pm. It’s sure to be an evening of heeheehawhaws!
Kayla concluded her Improv training with UCB on December 1st! The training culminated in one final showcase performance at the UCB East Theater.
