ABOUT ME
I'm from a lovely small town in rural Ohio. After graduating high school, I did the most logical thing I could think to do and became a business major at a liberal arts college - every actor's dream. I made friends with the theatre crowd, auditioned for a play, and changed my major to theatre shortly after that.
After undergrad, I moved to the marvelous city of Chicago where I was introduced to some of the most creative, beautiful, innovative and strange performance styles I have ever seen or been a part of. There I trained at Victory Gardens, Black Box Acting Studio, and The Second City Conservatory.
I left the Windy City in 2016 to get my MFA in Acting at Pennsylvania State University. Post-graduation I ventured to New York City to audition and produce short films. But when the pandemic hit I quickly realized I was missing my community and the classroom. I went on to serve as the Fine Arts Coordinator and Director of Theatre at Somerset Community College for two wonderful years.
Now based in Austin, TX, I’m continuing to work at the intersection of performance and education — building spaces for curiosity, collaboration, and a little bit of magic (on stage and off).
"Nobody ever asks me for my opinion so I really appreciate this. And Julie's okay."
-- My great Aunt Beth
"She's loud!"
-- My mother
"Unless you have at least an hour, don't get her started on Cheers."
-- Myself giving you important advice
Acting and Directing Résumé
Julia Chereson
EDUCATION / TRAINING
Pennsylvania State University
Second City Training Center
Black Box Acting Studio, Meisner
Victory Gardens Theatre
University of Mount Union
M.F.A. Acting
Conservatory
Meisner Technique
Stage Performance
B.A. Theatre, Acting
State College, PA
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Alliance, OH
THEATRE
The Trip to Bountiful
Home I’m Darling
Every Brilliant Thing
Waiting for the Host
Clybourne Park
Constellations
Argonautika
Rotterdam
Barbecue
Sex Work
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Dating Incorporated
Taking Steps [staged reading]
Blue Window [showcase]
A Body of Water
The Spitfire Grill
How I Learned to Drive
Absent Friends
ROLE
Thelma
Fran
Narrator
Sara
Bev / Kathy
Marianne
Aphrodite, Various
Alice
White Adlean
Madame J, Jen
Mother
Jean, Laura, Paige
Elizabeth
Libby
Avis
Effy
Lil’Bit
Marge
DIRECTOR
Ryan Schabach
Will Gibson Douglas
Sommer Schoch
Rick Lombardo
Steve H. Broadnax III
Austin Ayer
Steven Snyder
Austin Ayer
Steve H. Broadnax III
Robert Hoffman
Jonald Jude Reyes
Ricky Glore
Steven Fedoruk
Robert Cornelius
Doug Hendel
Doug Hendel
Rudy Roggenkamp
Rudy Roggenkamp
FILM
Pasties
Room for Two
Urbanite Cowboy
Super Models with Tasers
Ale Obsession
You Don’t Say!
Eleven: Eleven
Mirror Tale
ROLE TYPE
DIRECTOR
LEAD
SUPPORTING
LEAD
LEAD
SUPPORTING
LEAD
LEAD
SUPPORTING
Julia Chereson
James Russin
Rob Engel
Chris Deir
Jonald Jude Reyes
Robert Alaniz
David Olsen
Ryan Buckley
IMPROV
Coached Ensemble
Second City Conservatory
Theatre Momentum, University ‘Of’
Theatre Momentum, Before and After
Second City Training Center
Second City Training Center
Apollo Theater Studio Chicago / Henri Dugas IV
Apollo Theater Studio Chicago / Tony Rielage
DIRECTING
Hand To God
Native Gardens
Waiting by Monroe Oxley
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Steel Magnolias
Waiting for the Host
Christmas Carol: a Fairy Tale
Pasties
MFA/URTA Auditions
Heights by Amy Fox
Antigone by Jean Anouilh
Director, Southwestern University 2024
Co-Director, The Stage Austin 2024
Director, FronteraFest 2024
Assistant Director, Flashback Theater Company
Director, Somerset Community College
Director, Somerset Community College
Director, Somerset Community College
Director, Web-Series
Director, Coach for Mario Mazzetti
Director, University of Mount Union
Assistant Director, University of Mount Union
EVERY BRILLIANT THING
BY DUNCAN MACMILLAN with JONNY DONAHOE
You can read my interview with Flashback Theater Co. here:
