MEET KRISTIN BARROS
Kristen is a Brisbane-based actress, recently home from touring the UK as a performer specialising in child-led play. She got her first taste of performing at the age of 5 with the FAME Talent Agency and has been smitten ever since.
Kristen graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drama) from the Queensland University of Technology in 2013. She is currently training under the tutelage of Rebekah O'Sullivan at The Acting Space and Philip Holder at the Warehouse Workshop Studio.
Kristen has worked with companies such as Oscar Production Company, the Rocket Boy Ensemble, Wax Lyrical Productions, Understudy Productions and Sarah Dinsey Productions and in premier Queensland venues such as QPAC, La Boite's Roundhouse Theatre and the Brisbane Powerhouse. She has participated in workshops and intensives with Christen O’Leary, Emily Burton, US Casting Director Rick Millikan (The X Files, Bones, Sabrina the Teenage Witch) and RADA Elders Company Director / Associate Teacher Vivian Munn.
Some of her theatre credits include HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL (Kelsi Neilson), THE SOUND OF MUSIC (Ensemble), URINETOWN (Tiny Tom), GREASE (Jan), YOU'RE A GOOD MAN,
CHARLIE BROWN (Lucy Van Pelt), HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING (Smitty), BAT BOY the Musical (Ruthie Taylor), AUTOBAHN (Woman - Autobahn) and BUMPY ANGELS (Jean).
She is currently a host on both of the podcasts, MUSICALS TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I KNOW and ELVIS LIVES: A CONSPIRACY THEORY PODCAST.
She is delighted to be a part of the ROCKIT team and looks forward to another exciting year!