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  • LITTLE WOMEN | Guthrie Theatre
    Understudy Jo/Louisa, Meg
    Directed by Jackson Gay

    AN OCEAN AWAY (World Premiere) | Theatre Novi Most
    Stubborn Wife, Costume Designer, Teenager, Girl
    Directed by Lisa Channer & Vladimir Rovinsky

    FUN HOME | Theatre Latté Da
    Understudy Adult Alison
    Directed by Addie Gorlin Han

    THE WINTER’S TALE | Twisted Canon
    Perdita, Time, Emilia
    Directed by Ben Lohrberg

    HELEN | Ten Thousand Things
    Messenger, Chorus, Understudy Helen
    Directed by Marcela Lorca, Music by JD Steele

    I AM BETTY (Premiere and Remount) | History Theatre
    Wally, Ensemble
    Directed by Maija García

    TOIL AND TROUBLE (regional premiere) | Yellow Tree Theatre
    Beth
    Dir. Brandon Raghu

    A CHRISTMAS CAROL | Guthrie Theater
    Understudy Belle (performed), Fred’s Wife, Fan
    Directed by Joseph Haj

    A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | Theatre in the Round
    Lysander, Peter Quince
    Directed by Willie E. Jones III

    AQUELARRES (premiere) | The Birth Play Project
    Alba
    Directed by Madeline Wall

    LOVE’S LABOR’S LOST | Minneapolis Shakespeare in the Parks
    Princess of France
    Directed by Hannah Steblay

  • TROILUS AND CRESSIDA | Guthrie Dowling Studio
    Pandarus
    Directed by Michelle O’Neill

    STUPID F*CKING BIRD | UMN/Guthrie BFA Program
    Nina
    Directed by Bruce Roach

    APPROPRIATE | UMN/Guthrie BFA
    Toni Lafayette
    Directed by H Adam Harris

    MACBETH | Globe Education Program , London
    Macbeth (shared)
    Directed by Michael Brown

    ANTIGONE | UMN/Guthrie BFA Program
    Chorus Leader
    Directed by Ben Lohrberg

    MEASURE FOR MEASURE | UMN/Guthrie BFA Program
    Provost
    Directed by Michelle O’Neill

    THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME | Interlochen Arts Academy
    Madame, Featured Dancer
    Directed by Bill Church

    VIOLET | Interlochen Arts Academy
    Radio Singer, Ensemble
    Directed by Laura Mittelstaedt

  • A TALE OF TWO CITIES (workshop) | Guthrie Theatre
    Adapted by Jeffery Hatcher
    Directed by Joseph Haj

    AN OCEAN AWAY (workshop & staged reading) | Theatre Novi Most
    Written by Andrei Kureichik
    Directed by Vladimir Rovinsky

    SORTED (workshop) | The Playwright’s Center
    Written by Whitney Rowland
    Directed by Laura Leffler

    THE WHITE PLAGUE (workshop & staged reading) | Theatre Novi Most
    Written by Andrei Kureichik
    Directed by Vladimir Rovinksy

    SHE’S COME UNDONE (workshop) | Theatre Latté Da
    Composed by Michael Holland
    Music Directed by Jason Hansen

    ALIEN OF EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY (workshop & staged reading) | The Playwright’s Center
    Written by Chloé Hung
    Directed by Eric Ting

    LATE LEARNING (workshop) | The Playwright’s Center
    Written by Marj O'Neill-Butler
    Directed by Shalee Cole Mauleón

    THE IRREPRESSIBLE MAGIC OF THE TROPICS (workshop) | The Playwright’s Center
    Written by Julián Mesri

    THE EIGHTH FLOOR (workshop & reading) | The History Theatre
    Composed by Denise Prosek
    Directed by Kelli Foster Warder

  • GUTHRIE 60TH ANNIVERSARY GALA
    Cabaret Soloist
    Accompanied by Wesley Frye

    SONDHEIM SOIREE (self-produced)
    One-Woman Show
    Accompanied by Wesley Frye

    VERITIES (premiere)
    Cabaret Singer
    Written and Directed by Anthony Stanton
    Accompanied by David Lohman

  • Projects Liv hopes to add to their resume soon:

    DREAM ROLES
    Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady
    Emma in Emma
    Cassius in Julius Caesar
    Dot in Sunday in the Park With George
    Jo March in Little Women
    Emma in People, Places, and Things
    Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing
    Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing
    Achilles in Troilus and Cressida
    Kate in Seminar

    DREAM SHOWS (to direct or act in!)
    Sweeney Todd
    Fun Home
    Twelfth Night
    Matilda
    Waitress
    Macbeth
    Antigone

    DREAM PROJECTS
    New work! Always!
    Queering Shakespeare, Greeks, and other classic texts
    Biopic projects
    Experimenting with new music compositions
    Creative cabarets
    Reworking Golden Age musicals
    Working with students/young performers
    Puppets
    Site-specific work



Recent Reviews

  • “Liv Kemp was memorable as a teenager struggling to meld her Ukrainian and Jewish ancestry into a self-identity.”

    -Talkin’ Broadway, An Ocean Away

  • A person with short brown hair laughing, wearing a white garment with a stethoscope and a blue medical mask hanging from their neck, indoors with curtains in the background.

    “Kemp is especially moving as a messenger who despairs over the horrific number of lives lost on both sides for what was the mere illusion of a noble cause.”

    - Talkin’ Broadway, Helen

  • A young woman with short brown hair is illuminated by the screen of a MacBook laptop in a dark room, showing a surprised or focused expression.

    “Olivia Kemp is deliciously evil, just completely going for it with no reservations.”

    -Cherry and Spoon, Toil and Trouble

  • A woman sitting on a box in a bedroom decorated with pink and purple neon lights, holding a cigarette and laughing. The room has an unmade bed, some hanging clothes, vintage posters, and swords on the wall.

    “Olivia Kemp plays Beth as someone who knows what they want and how to get it, masterfully playing off the men’s desire for her to manipulate them into doing what she wants.”

    -Stages of MN, Toil and Trouble

  • “Kudos to Olivia Kemp as [Marjorie's] convincing love interest.”

    - Pioneer Press, I Am Betty

  • Group of women on stage holding signs advocating for women's rights and equality, with colorful posters and a theatrical setting.

    “A stellar ensemble cast [who] all have strong, gorgeous singing voices and excellent acting skills.”

    -Play Off The Page, I Am Betty

  • A woman in a sparkly dress and long gloves singing into a microphone, performing on stage in black and white.

    “With the most stunning vocals I’ve heard in some time, Olivia Kemp kills it with her rendition of 'New York, New York.’”

    - Fringe Audience Review, Verities