Teresa Gilhooly

Teresa was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents and grandparents always encouraged her love of acting. Teresa's love for theater started when she saw her first class play at the age of 6. Teresa & her little sister, Jacqueline, auditioned for the musical, "Carousel", in Manhattan when they were 9 and 8 years old respectively and were cast as the sisters, Lily & Daisy Snow. Teresa continued to act in junior high and high school as well as being a member of the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. She went on to study at Boston University (BU) in Boston, Massachusetts. While at BU Teresa was an actor, director, writer, producer, projection designer, and Treasurer & President in Athena's Players, Stage Troupe, Children's Theater and On Broadway. She also co-founded Actors for Life Theater Company with her friends in New York, NY during the summer while she was home from College. Actors for Life had a special free performance for children with serious illnesses of their production of the musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown", in which Teresa played the role of Lucy. After graduating from BU, Teresa returned to New York and started to pursue acting professionally. She acted in the improvisational Off-Broadway very Italian play, "Tony 'N' Tina's Wedding" and the world premiere of the very Irish play, "The Third Policeman" at La MaMa. She wanted to continue her training after college, so she attended Labyrinth Theater Company's Master Class where she developed the skills needed to create her own work and began writing a new musical.