Meredith Akins

Meredith Akins has been a professional dancer, singer and actor for the last seventeen years. She has performed in the Broadway productions of Mamma Mia (Original Cast/Assistant Dance Captain) and Footloose. Other credits include Wicked (Chicago and Original Cast 2nd National Tour), Aida (Kansas City Starlight), Legally Blonde (North Shore Music Theatre), Footloose (Original Cast 1st National Tour), Fame (Original Cast European Tour), Actor's Fund performances of Hair, Chess and A Wonderful Life, No Boundaries (New York Music Theatre Festival) and 101 Dalmatians (Radio City Music Hall). Meredith is an advocate of the arts and she often works as a Teaching Artist throughout the country. She created the program, I Can Do That!, which uses theatre to facilitate youths development of setting goals and living with full self-expression. Meredith received her B.A. in Sociology from the University of Virginia and will attend City College of New York for her M.S. in Educational Theatre this fall. No risk, no reward!