Beth Ann Leone (Hopkins) is an Actor, Singer, Director, Foley Artist and Country Mouse who fell in love with New York City 23 years ago.
After feeling embraced by the Carroll Gardens community of Brooklyn, she decided to co-found a theater company there entitled, SMITH STREET STAGE with her now husband Jonathan Hopkins. Twelve years, 20+ production and hundreds of performances later, she has been blessed to work on Queens, Fools, Warriors and Lovers and she wouldn't have it any other way.
When honing her own directorial style, she enjoys the movement of theater, using View Points, Suzuki, Modern Dance, acrobatics, fabrics and a variety of other physical techniques.
She longs for a future when live theater is well funded, when Artists have the time and space to create thoughtful pieces of work, and when the Parks Department will let her hang sails from the trees.
She received her BFA from the University of Connecticut.
After feeling embraced by the Carroll Gardens community of Brooklyn, she decided to co-found a theater company there entitled, SMITH STREET STAGE with her now husband Jonathan Hopkins. Twelve years, 20+ production and hundreds of performances later, she has been blessed to work on Queens, Fools, Warriors and Lovers and she wouldn't have it any other way.
When honing her own directorial style, she enjoys the movement of theater, using View Points, Suzuki, Modern Dance, acrobatics, fabrics and a variety of other physical techniques.
She longs for a future when live theater is well funded, when Artists have the time and space to create thoughtful pieces of work, and when the Parks Department will let her hang sails from the trees.
She received her BFA from the University of Connecticut.
Recent Film Projects Include: HAMLET IN THE GOLDEN VALE (winner, BEST FEATURE, Manhattan Film Festival), partnered with National Theater of London on VR experience; HAMLET REHEARSED, currently in post production.
Theater Projects Include: UNITY 1918 (world premiere, dir. K.J. Sanchez), A BRIGHT ROOM CALLED DAY (dir. Scott Ebersold), FEATHERLESS ANGELS (dir. David Esjbornson), CYCATRIX ADAPTITUDE (dir. Kirk Wood Bromley). Extensive Shakespeare Credits with Smith Street Stage, Connecticut Rep, Actors Shakespeare Co. & Shakespeare in the Square. Co-Founder & Artistic Director of Smith Street Stage (2010-Present).
Immersive/Installation: EVENT OF A THREAD (Park Avenue Armory, Created/Directed by Anne Bogart & Ann Hamilton), EXPERIMENT AMERICA (Institute of Contemporary Art, dir. Mikhael Tara Garver).
Theater Projects Include: UNITY 1918 (world premiere, dir. K.J. Sanchez), A BRIGHT ROOM CALLED DAY (dir. Scott Ebersold), FEATHERLESS ANGELS (dir. David Esjbornson), CYCATRIX ADAPTITUDE (dir. Kirk Wood Bromley). Extensive Shakespeare Credits with Smith Street Stage, Connecticut Rep, Actors Shakespeare Co. & Shakespeare in the Square. Co-Founder & Artistic Director of Smith Street Stage (2010-Present).
Immersive/Installation: EVENT OF A THREAD (Park Avenue Armory, Created/Directed by Anne Bogart & Ann Hamilton), EXPERIMENT AMERICA (Institute of Contemporary Art, dir. Mikhael Tara Garver).
