Kirsten Chandler

Director

Kirsten has served at the helm as director/choreographer of many recent productions, including San Diego Musical Theatre’s South Pacific, Cabrillo Music Theatre’s Damn Yankees and You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Musical Theatre Guild’s Sugar, Triumph of Love, Chess, Little Women, and Bat Boy, CSUN’s Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, AMDA’s Spring Awakening, and 5 Star Theatricals’ upcoming Shrek. She spent many years on the other side of the footlights, starring in such productions as The Rocky Horror Show (revival), The Marvelous Wonderettes (original cast), Little Shop of Horrors, Sweet Charity, Scarlet Pimpernel, Ragtime, I Love You You’re Perfect Now Change, and Lulu. She provided the singing voice of Pocahontas for Disney for many years, and can currently be heard as Princess Daria in the animated feature Princess and the Pea. Kirsten is a proud member of the faculty at AMDA Los Angeles, an even prouder wife to Stan, and proudest mom to two amazing boys, Addie and Tucker.