Lily Kaufmann

Actor | Educator | Goofy Gal

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MEET lily kaufmann,

(she/her) an effervescent performer who has appeared on Broadway, in National Tours and at Regional Theatres across the country. Most recently, you may have seen her performing on Broadway in the companies of TAMMY FAYE or SPAMALOT in 2024 - where she covered Tammy Faye and Lady of the Lake, respectively. For more info on her past theatrical credits, take a peek at the tab:

Lily is also an NYC-based educator & coach ~ with experience teaching theatrical classes & masterclasses of all kinds, specializing in Audition Coaching, Acting through Song, and Career Strategy. She's also an RYT 200-hr certified Yoga teacher, and believes deeply in the practice of mindfulness. For more info on education opportunities with Lily, head over to the tab:

For photos and footage of Lily's work, head to the Photo or Video Galleries.

When she's not teaching or performing, Lily can probably be found eating a dip trio, creating enemies out of friends at a board game night, or trying to convince someone to watch this season of Survivor.

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Elle Woods

"Specifically, our Elle, Lily Kaufmann, is kind of a tour de force comedian actress. She has an amazing voice. She's an awesome dancer - I think she grew up as a dancer first. But she has this ability to kind of transcend the material. She's got a Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett kind of sensibility about her where she's able to ground the comedy, but it's super zany and fun for the audience."

~ Nikki Snelson, Rough Draft Atlanta

"Lily Kaufmann gave her all to the role of Elle Woods. I appreciated seeing her progression from over-the-top sorority girl to more reserved and sure of herself in the end. Kaufmann did that well without it being forced (which is a delicate balance). Kaufmann also owned her belt. She could hit that note, go into a full dance sequence, and then hit the next flawless note."

~ Caroline Powell, Broadway World

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Lauren

"Other standouts of the evening include Lily Kaufmann, who provided perhaps the freshest, clearest, and most hilarious take of 'History of Wrong Guys' imaginable. She was consistently a crowd favorite throughout the night and always had us rooting for her."

~Shelley Dean, Broadway World

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Penny

"One of the greatest standouts of this production was Lily Kaufmann – who plays Tracy’s bumbling sidekick, Penny Pingleton. Kaufmann, a Kansas City native, is hilarious in the role – humanizing a character that, ultimately, has an impressive transformation herself."

~Matt Riedl, The Wichita Eagle