Diane Phelan is an actor, director, award winning producer and activist based in New York City. She most recently starred as Cinderella in the revival of Into the Woods on Broadway, a role she reprised on the recent limited engagement national tour. Other Broadway: School of Rock, The King & I. Select favorites: Here Lies Love (The Public), Maria in West Side Story (Paris Châtelet), Julie Jordan in Carousel (Baayork Lee’s NAAP), Mabel in Pirates of Penzance (CTRep). Film: Sherri in “Marry Harry” on Amazon Prime.
Notably, she is also the first Asian American woman to play the role of Maria Von Trapp in The Sound of Music in a professional American theatre company. Executive producer for an all-Asian,Telly Award-winning benefit production of A Gentleman's Guide … Murder raising $25k for STOP AAPI HATE on Broadway on Demand, in which she also played the role of Sibella.
Diane is a founding member of the #RacismIsaVirus campaign and #UnapologeticallyAsian, both aimed to activate and empower Asian Americans and redefine what it means to be American right now. Both orgs have been featured in the NYTimes, Reuters, Asia Journal and Next Shark.
For more visit IG @dianicaphelan.