Abby Thompson

Abby Thompson is an actor, voiceover artist, and teaching artist, originally from Milwaukee, WI. She has performed and taught professionally with Chicago Children’s Theatre, Storycatchers Theatre, First Stage Children’s Theater, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, African American Children’s Theatre, Compass Creative Dramatics, and Collaboraction. She is currently a teaching artist for Afterschool Matters at Beidler Elementary School, where she has been teaching for the past four years. Abby recently assistant directed SPACE on Columbia College Chicago’s Mainstage with Brian Shaw. She holds a BA in Acting with a minor in Voiceover from Columbia. Abby has spoken on several arts advocacy panels, including the Education Pre-Conference for TCG. Abby has written, directed, performed, and has a passion for theater for social justice, mixed race theater, devised theater, immersive theater, and children’s theater. In her spare time, she is found travelling the world! (Bio as of 2020)