I’m Molly (she/her)! I’m a New York-based actor, originally from sunny San Diego, California. In 2021, I moved to New York City to pursue my BFA in Musical Theater at Pace University, where I will be graduating in May of 2025.
Music has always been the most important part of my life. Thanks to my mom’s musical background as a piano teacher and theater lover, Julie Andrews, Judy Garland & Andrea McCardle sang the soundtrack of my childhood. When I was three years old, I started intensive violin lessons (which I continued until I was sixteen), but I found my true passion when I was nine, performing in a production of The Sound of Music.
As a Queer, Disabled artist, I’m passionate about playing roles that align with my identities, and have developed a deep love for new works. I’ve played some really awesome Disabled roles: In 2024, I understudied the role of “Artemis” in the world premiere musical, Through the Sunken Lands, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Since then, I‘ve participated in various workshops, including playing “Lena” in The Other Side (working title) with music by Mark Sonnenblick/book by Keah Brown and Stacey Luftig, and 504: the Musical, with music/lyrics by Mason McDowell and Abbie Goldberg.
Using my artistry to challenge society’s perception of disability is very important to me, however, l’m just as passionate about playing humans whose stories do not mention disability. One of my favorite examples of this was playing “Amalia Balash” in a Queer reimagining of She Loves Me at Pace University. Some of my other dream roles are “Maria” in The Sound of Music, “Amelie” in Amelie, and “Jenna” in Waitress.
My main goals as an artist are: to bring bravery, empathy, and joy to every space I work in, and to be loudly and proudly Queer and Disabled so that the next theater-loving, Queer/Disabled kid sees me and thinks, “Maybe I can do that too!”