GIRLPOWER: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

Midwestern born and raised, Emily attended The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, School for Film/TV. She has performed duties in all aspects of the entertainment industry from writing, producing and script editing, to performing and directing; but she has a special passion for being in the spotlight. An alumni of Project Girl Performance Collective, Emily has become a well spoken public figure for female empowerment and raising self-confidence in young women around the world. She pas performed her original work at The New Jersey State Theater, The Chicago State Theater, and even The White House. She has been seen on PBS, TED talks, and featured on German National News Network, ARD. She is also a singer/songwriter/musician who plays the acoustic guitar, ukulele, flute, and piccolo. Her original music has also been heard around the US at coffee shops, theaters, and concert halls as well as on radio stations in New York, Canada, and the UK that broadcast around the world. Emily enjoys performing, especially her original work, and using her music and voice to inspire anyone willing to listen. A few recent credits include Cause of Failure(FullStop Collective), L'Espirt de L'Escalier (Rising Phoenix Rep),Ten Years Later... (PGPC/Co-Op Theater East at Playwrights Horizons), It's Been Arranged (director, performer, writer with PGPC on a national tour with the United Nations Foundation, Girl Up). To find out more information and to hear some of Emily's music, go to www.OfficialEmilyRupp.com.

Dominique has been a member of MCC youth company ( a professional off-Broadway company hosted in NYU) since 2006 she is credited for "Uncensored" 07,08,09,10 (where she wrote and performed original monologues). She was "Nia" in "Freshplay" 07 and again in 09 as Clarisse in "Dear Diary." She performed in the "Estrogenius Festival" 07starring in "kid sister", months later she was in the "ID America Play Festival" 07 starring in "Prospect Park. She was in Columbia University's BTE festival "Hurry Love." and performed in two "Girl Power" shows, one of which was in the 2009 International Fringe Festival. She played "Gloria" in the Last days of Judas Iscariot at Pace University and performed in pace's production of the vagina monologues. She is a contest winning spoken word artist, and basketball.

Katherine is a 16-year-old who will be a senior at Red Bank Catholic High School in the fall. She loves acting and hopes to pursue a career in musical theatre in the future. She is so unbelievably excited to be a part of Project Girl Performance Collective for the first time!! Thanks to my family and friends for their constant support and love.

Amber, age 18, was born and raised in Queens, New York on February 4, 1992. At the age of three, she began dance classes at Genesis Dance School. She has been in many dance recitals and has taken acting lessons. Amber has been auditioning since the age of ten. At the age of twelve, Amber was accepted to the Theatre Arts Center, a camp for musical theatre, where she learned how to sing and dance on stage. In 2008, she was apart of an off-off Broadway play called Documentary: A Suicide Narrative. In 2009, Amber was apart of Girl Power which was accepted into the New York City International Fringe Festival. Amber attends the Edge School of the Arts (ESOTA) where she is taken modern, tap, hip-hop and ballet. In 2008, Amber danced with the Elite Marching Band/Elite Dream Girls in Queens, where they performed at the Puerto Rican Day parade and parades around NYC. At school, Amber is a member of the National Honor Society, Campus Ministry (which is a club that does community service), Newspaper, and she is a creative board member for the school's Drama Club. Amber is currently working on a dance number for her school's first annual Talent Show.

Deanna simply loves to sing, dance, act and write songs. In June 2005, Deanna performed in her first theatre production at Gateway Playhouse in Evita. Since then, she has performed in more than 30 theatre productions! Deanna has performed a variety of roles from Paprika in Blues Clues Live! to Anne Frank in the Diary of Anne Frank. As a scholarship student at Deborah Gibson's Camp Electric Youth in Los Angeles, Deanna was inspired to write several original songs. She recently performed her song "Rainbow Out of Tears" before the Girlpower show at the Estrogenius Festival in New York City. Deanna is on the Dream Makers Performing Arts dance team , Lisa Maietta Rybacki , director ( dance captain Grease national tour ). She is a member of the National English Honor Society; and a 2010 Shakespeare Competitor at The English Speaking Union of New York.

Kristen is a Senior BFA Acting Major at Pace University. Kristen’s first independent film in which she played a principal was 3 Americas (America).  The script was a finalist at Sundance Screenwriters Lab and in the NY Latino Film Festival (2007). Past credits include: Class Trip (Gloria), Hoop Girls (Mercedes), The Onion (Amazon Princess). This is Kristen’s first time performing in the Fringe Festival and is extremely excited.

Born and raised in Manhattan. Strong student at a The Horace Mann School. After school activities include managing the Girls' Varsity Tennis Team, presiding as Vice President of the Rock Climbinng Club and writing for several periodicals. She is the youngest person signed with The Luedtke Agency. Alexa was recently filmed in the Haute & Bothered 2 (Webisode), where she modeled the winning runway dress and earned her first SAG credit.Modeled with MMG 2009-10. She paricipated in several runways shows,webisodes and modeling videos this year. Alexa enjoys volunteering at Mt. Sinai Childrens' Hospital where she prepares and sings for "Star Search". Has been regularly working with Bill Hopkins to hone her acting skills.