About Taite
Taite Pierson is a witty, quick, and electric actor, dancer, and singer based in New York City. Her love of musical theater was fostered growing up singing around her family's piano in Los Angeles. She graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University where she minored in Drama and Dance and performed in both faculty and student-directed shows. After graduating, Taite spent a year living in Paris, where she tried her hand at acting in French and continued her dance training.
Since moving to New York, has enjoyed performing new work at the Tank with Tier 5 Theatre Company and Broadway Bods and site-specific Shakespeare productions with 11th Hour Players.
Taite is particularly excited about making classic musicals feel fresh and relevant, new plays, and comedy.
Theater
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Aunt Em/Oz Reporter | Tier 5/The Tank
A Midsummer Night's Dream | Titania/Hippolyta | 11th Hour Players
Ten Minute Play Festival | Jordan/She (Supporting/Lead) | Broadway Bods/The Tank
Twelfth Night | Mariah | Play Phase Productions
The Gods of the Mountain | Oorander | City Artist Corps
An Enemy of the People | Kate | Tufts Drama Dept.
Violet | Music Hall Singer | Tufts Drama Dept.
Web Series
Moments in Horror | Guest Star/Recurring | Twist to the Story Productions
Unknown Within | Guest Star | Dir. Elroy Martinez
Training
Tufts University: BA in Environmental Studies and Psychology. Minors in Drama and Dance.
Dance: (20+ years) Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Waacking, Contemporary, Modern, Hip Hop, Afro Haitian, Ukrainian Folk
Steps, Broadway Dance Center, PMT House of Dance, Centre de Danse du Marais, Haven Dance Sanctuary, Pasadena Civic Ballet, California Dance Institute
Acting: Ryan Scott Oliver (Actor Therapy); Erica Jensen (She Collective); Michael J. Bobbitt (Stage Source); Maurice Parent, Bridgette O’Leary, Noe Montez (Tufts)
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Voice: Kevin Michael Murphy (NYC Vocal Studio), Carol Mastrodomenico (Tufts)
Special Skills
Fluent French, Intermediate Italian, Waacking, intermediate piano (can read music), stage combat, basic tumbling, NY state driver's license