Amber James

Marketing Manager

FAVORITE SHAKESPEARE PLAY:

The Winter’s Tale

SHAKESPEARE CHARACTER THAT BEST DESCRIBES ME:

Celia from As You Like It

FAVORITE PLAY THAT ISN’T BY SHAKESPEARE:

The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

FAVORITE SHAKESPEARE QUOTE:

“I do love nothing in the world so well as you – is not that strange?” – Benedick from Much Ado About Nothing

FAVORITE ALL-TIME ASC MOMENT:

Sitting on a gallant stool during Taming of the Shrew and having Annabelle Rollison’s Kate stand next to me for an entire scene whispering sassy side-comments.

PRONOUNS:

She/Her

BIOGRAPHY:

Amber is an Arizonian who escaped the brown desert for greener pastures back in 2012 and never looked back. She received her BFA in Classical Acting from Southern Utah University and her MLitt and MFA from Mary Baldwin University. Before starting with ASC in October 2019, she spent over two years as a Sales Manager for PSAV (now known as Encore) working at high-profile hotel locations such as the Mandarin Oriental Washington DC, Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, and Hilton McLean Tysons Corner. She worked with the Utah Shakespeare Festival as an actor, teaching artist, and house manager for 3 years. She is also a professional non-equity actor with credits from all over Virginia, DC, Maryland, and Utah. Her hobbies include dog-spotting, collecting handmade pottery, and traveling with her husband.