Kalia Lay is a born and raised New Yorker* living in the greatest city in the world. She is an award-winning actress** and frequent thrifter. She is also a theatrically trained culture snob with two cats and a surprising amount of upper body strength. She can often be found at the movies. Or at a diner chugging black coffee. Or trapped underground in the subway***.

You can see her in Improvised Couples Therapy this August at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Actor / Writer / Comedienne / etc.

*Long Island. But close enough.

**Sounds braggy but it’s true.

***Kalia has forged an alliance with the Subway Rats and is currently employed by them as envoy to the human race.

Photo by Shirley Rodriguez

Recent Works

UPCOMING:

Improvised Couples Therapy

Edinburgh Fringe Festival

tickets

READ MY SUBSTACK

PAST (selected)

Nightmare On 9th Street (Writer/Performer) [World Premiere]

Second City NYC

Parlor Tricks (Ida) [World Premiere]

Fresh Fruit Festival

Montgomery (Megan) [World Premiere]

Bristol Valley Theater

The Effects of Gamma Rays On Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (Ruth)

Bridge Street Theater

ALSO SEEN ONSTAGE AT…

Theater for the New City

A.R.T. New York

Lincoln Center Summer for the City

wild project NYC

Theatre Now New York Sound Bites Festival

Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival

Fresh Ground Pepper NYC

Magnet Theater

The PIT

The Brooklyn Improv