Autumn Hurlbert

Autumn Marie Hurlbert (born 6 March 1980)[1] is an American actress, singer, and dancer. Hurlbert is best known as the runner-up on the reality competition series Legally Blonde: The Musical – The Search for Elle Woods. After taping the competition, Hurlbert served as a member of the Broadway cast in Legally Blonde: The Musical until its closing on Oct 19, 2008. She also understudied the parts of Elle and Margot on Broadway.[2] Ultimately, Hurlbert did headline as Elle Woods in an October 2012 version of the production, directed by Denis Jones in North Carolina.[3]

Autumn Hurlbert
Hurlbert at Joe's Pub in 2010
Born
Autumn Marie Hurlbert

Great Falls, Montana
EducationUniversity of Northern Colorado
OccupationActress, singer, dancer
Spouse(s)Tim Norman (2011–present)

Career

Hurlbert grew up in Mesa, Arizona and attended the University of Northern Colorado.[4]

Hurlbert's credits include the first national tour of the musical Little Women,[5] and numerous regional and touring credits, including: Belle in Beauty & the Beast, Eponine in Les Miserablés, and the Mistress in Evita.[6] In 2009, Hurlbert was awarded the FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award for Outstanding Actor for originating the role of Abby Lawrence in the comedy hit: A Contemporary American's Guide to a Successful Marriage, 1959.[7]

Hurlbert starred as Rachel Hughes in the 2010 award-winning film Sudden Death!, written and directed by Adam Hall as his Masters thesis.[8][9]

In November 2010, Hurlbert appeared with Phylicia Rashad in Marcus Gardley's new play every tongue confess, directed by Kenny Leon at the Arena Stage, Washington, DC.[10] Hurlbert received critical acclaim for originating the role of Benny Pride. Hilton Als of The New Yorker characterized her performance as "phenomenal".[11]

Hurlbert made her Off-Broadway debut in 2011, starring in the Outer Critics Circle Award-nominated musical Tomorrow Morning, at the York Theatre. Tomorrow Morning, with book, music and lyrics by Laurence Mark Wythe is a new musical about two couples. Tomorrow Morning has been produced in London, Chicago, Tokyo and Seoul and, in 2009, won Chicago's Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Musical.[12]

In 2012, Hurlbert starred as Sybil in Noël Coward's Private Lives at the Huntington Theater in Boston, directed by Maria Aitken.[13] This successful production was slated to return to the stage in 2014 at the Shakespeare Theatre Company, in Washington D.C.[14] Also in 2012, Hurlbert starred as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde: The Musical at the North Carolina Theatre.[15]

She teamed up again with Hall in 2013 as a scientist named Taylor in the web-series Research,[16] alongside Barry Bostwick and Doug Jones.[17]

Hurlbert played Samantha in the Off-Broadway musical Nobody Loves You at Second Stage Theatre in 2013.[18][19]

Hurlbert appeared in NBC's The Sound of Music Live! live TV special on December 5, 2013, as Dancer #11.[20]

In Spring 2014, Hurlbert reprised her role as Sybil in Private Lives, again under the direction of Maria Aiken. This production played at the Lansburg Theatre, of the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC.[21]

Hurlbert starred Off-Broadway in It's Only Kickball, Stupid, directed by Adam Fitzgerald in 2014.[22]

She began performances as Portia in the US National Tour of Something Rotten! starting on January 10, 2017.[23]

References
  1. "Autumn - Autumn Marie - ABOUT AUTUMN". Archived from the original on 2008-07-22. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
  2. "Bailey Hanks Wins MTV Competition And Will Be Next Elle Woods!". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  3. NC Theatre, Legally Blonde The Musical, October 9-14, 2012. Archived October 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Fuoco-Karasinski, Christina. "Coming home is something wonderful for Mesa native" eastvalleytribune.com, October 29, 2017
  5. "Broadway World". broadwayworld.com. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  6. "Legally Blonde the Musical Broadway". Legally Blonde The Musical. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  7. "FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award Winners Announced". Playbill.com. 2009-08-31. Archived from the original on 2012-01-26. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  8. Sudden Death! imdb.com
  9. Sudden Death! suddendeaththemovie.com, retrieved December 25, 2017
  10. Marks, Peter. "'Every tongue confess' at Arena Stage: A newborn play with room to grow" The Washington Post, November 19, 2010
  11. "America, America". The New Yorker. 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  12. "'Tomorrow Morning' Listing". York Theatre Company. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  13. Archived May 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  14. Hayley Levitt (2013-02-07). "Shakespeare Theatre Company Announces 2013-2014 Season". TheaterMania.com. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  15. "PHOTO CALL: Autumn Hurlbert, Constantine Rousouli, Kathy Fitzgerald Star in North Carolina Theatre's Legally Blonde". Playbill.com. 2012-10-09. Archived from the original on 2013-12-11. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  16. Research
  17. "Research Cast". Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  18. "Hot Tub Time! Reality TV Musical Comedy Nobody Loves You Opens Off-Broadway". Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  19. Isherwood, Charles. "Theater Review. Prime-Time Heartache" The New York Times, July 19, 2013
  20. "NBC Announces Full Cast for Carrie Underwood-Led THE SOUND OF MUSIC; Live Special Airs 12/5". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  21. Marks, Peter (2014-06-12). "'Private Lives': Old flames reignite in smart Lansburgh revival of Coward's comedy". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  22. "Caroline Prugh's It's Only Kickball, Stupid to Play at the Hartley House". TheaterMania.com. 2014-07-21. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  23. "Casting Complete for National Tour of Something Rotten!". playbill.com. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
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