Meet Sophia |
Sophia Manicone is a New York based actor, singer, and dancer originally from the Washington, DC Metro Area. A theater lover for as long as she can remember, Sophia saw her first Broadway production at the age of 3 and she’s been acting, singing, and dancing ever since. For her 5th birthday, she begged her parents for a red velvet curtain to hang in the basement to use as the stage curtain for the shows she and her friends would put on for anyone willing to watch!
Sophia made her Broadway debut as Iola Stover in the 2023 Tony Award winning Broadway revival of PARADE, music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, directed by Michael Arden, and starring Micaela Diamond and Ben Platt. But she’s been appearing on professional stages since the age of 11 when she played Tina Denmark in RUTHLESS! THE MUSICAL. She went on to play a number of timeless roles, such as Scout in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, Amy in LITTLE WOMEN, Fern in CHARLOTTE’S WEB, Dorothy in THE WIZARD OF OZ, Katherine in NEWSIES, Sister Mary Robert in SISTER ACT, Liesl VonTrapp in THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
Although she loves bringing the classics to life, some of her most challenging and rewarding work has been in two world-premiere musicals - KALEIDOSCOPE and WITCH, with Creative Cauldron’s Bold New Works Initiative. Surrounded by an incredibly talented all-female cast in both shows, Sophia witnessed first-hand the power of theater to open the audience’s eyes to social injustice and the plight of others. Her work with the show’s creative team, Matt Conner and Stephen Gregory Smith, taught her how sharing stories can impact communities. She was honored to make original cast recordings with the casts of KALEIDOSCOPE and WITCH and hopes that the cast recordings will make it easier for the important messages in these shows to reach communities beyond Washington, DC.
Sophia trains in voice, acting, jazz, ballet, contemporary and tap. When not training, in rehearsal, or on stage, Sophia enjoys time with her friends and family, thrifting, hiking, reading, travel and going to see her theater friends in their shows!
Sophia made her Broadway debut as Iola Stover in the 2023 Tony Award winning Broadway revival of PARADE, music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, directed by Michael Arden, and starring Micaela Diamond and Ben Platt. But she’s been appearing on professional stages since the age of 11 when she played Tina Denmark in RUTHLESS! THE MUSICAL. She went on to play a number of timeless roles, such as Scout in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, Amy in LITTLE WOMEN, Fern in CHARLOTTE’S WEB, Dorothy in THE WIZARD OF OZ, Katherine in NEWSIES, Sister Mary Robert in SISTER ACT, Liesl VonTrapp in THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
Although she loves bringing the classics to life, some of her most challenging and rewarding work has been in two world-premiere musicals - KALEIDOSCOPE and WITCH, with Creative Cauldron’s Bold New Works Initiative. Surrounded by an incredibly talented all-female cast in both shows, Sophia witnessed first-hand the power of theater to open the audience’s eyes to social injustice and the plight of others. Her work with the show’s creative team, Matt Conner and Stephen Gregory Smith, taught her how sharing stories can impact communities. She was honored to make original cast recordings with the casts of KALEIDOSCOPE and WITCH and hopes that the cast recordings will make it easier for the important messages in these shows to reach communities beyond Washington, DC.
Sophia trains in voice, acting, jazz, ballet, contemporary and tap. When not training, in rehearsal, or on stage, Sophia enjoys time with her friends and family, thrifting, hiking, reading, travel and going to see her theater friends in their shows!