dancer. actor. singer. choreographer.

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About Me

Hi there! My name is Kristin Yancy.

I’ve been dancing since the second my Dad played Earth Wind & Fire into the womb, and telling stories for almost as long.

Now I get to tell stories for a living, as an actor/dancer/singer/creator based in Brooklyn, New York. 

I’m a lucky gal, and I’ve gotten to do some pretty cool things in my career. A few that have a special place in my heart:

  • playing some truly massive houses on the First National Tour of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child—and closing out our L.A. leg at the Hollywood Pantages as Hermione Granger (something ten-year-old me would be over the moon about!)

  • looking out for superheroes in an amazing musical spoof for the pilot episode of Marvel’s Hawkeye

  • wearing Bob Mackie originals in the Broadway company of The Cher Show

  • making my Principal Broadway debut as an understudy for Arianna Debose’s Donna Summer in Summer, The Donna Summer Musical

  • an incredible production of West Side Story in the thrust, reimagined by Joseph Haj and Maija Garcia at the Guthrie Theater

  • listening to some really good secrets in a restored 1940’s underground nightclub in the Off-Broadway gem Queen of the Night.

…I’m also a human being!

I work hard and I focus hard. I have a big laugh and I love what I do and creativity makes me joyful.

I believe in the weird magic of a fresh journal, and a good pen, and a song that makes your hair stand up (and I have a lot of hair, like a lion, so that takes some work, but music is powerful).

I like a great outfit and a clever joke.

I think going to the movie theater alone is sacred.

And I’ve learned that the only way to survive the inevitable ups and downs of this biz is to never stop learning and never stop training. Some really special folks who have helped me with that:

  • Jamie Carroll, The Bridge for Actors, Brad Fleischer, Heidi Marshall Studio, The Barrow Group (for telling stories),

  • Joey Harrell @ BroadwayVox, Eddie Schnecker, Marianne Wells (for singing them),

  • Sidra Bell, Joffrey Ballet School, San Fransisco Conservatory of Dance, Movement Invention Project, my college mentor Cecil Slaughter, and my dear friend Mayte Natalio (for turning them into movement — and so, making them universal). 

My friends (and I hope we’ll be friends!) call me Yancy. It’s really great to meet you.