SALLY BECK WIPPMAN
Acting
As an actor, I’ve been described as:
Dynamic ✶ Sensual ✶ Mischievous ✶ Playful ✶ Sparkly ✶ Sunshiney ✶ Generous of spirit
I thrive on connection with others. As a long-time student of various Meisner techniques, I’ve found that for me acting is (simply/profoundly) living truthfully in imaginary circumstances, while casting and receiving that invisible thread heart-to-heart, moment-to-moment. Life experience and my multi-hyphenate practice informs my craft in positive ways that allow me to connect more fully.
Selected Credits
Theatre
Virginie in Virginie (Tom Corradini Productions, Italy); Sarah in Deliverance (New Diorama Scratch); Creator/Ensemble in Sentir(si) (Daniel Theobald Theatre, Italy); Celia, Dance Captain in As You Like It (Harper Theatre, Chicago); Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Triton Theatre, Chicago); Laura Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie (CenterStage, Chicago); Lisa in Collected Stories (Harper Theatre, Chicago); Ratty in The Wind in the Willows (Theatre Hikes, Chicago); Lead Usherette in Rocky Horror (Underscore Theatre, Chicago) Jenny Diver in Threepenny Opera, Q/Iris/Others in Metamorphoses (Edison Theatre, St. Louis)
Dance
Irish Dancer/Creator & Modern Dancer in Rise and Impromptu (The American School in Switzerland); Irish/Commercial Dancer in Peleboy Music Video (Tony Baldi Productions, Los Angeles); Irish Dancer for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Bulls, ABC News, Gaelic Storm, Eileen Ivers, and more (Trinity II Irish Dance Company)
Singing
Soundtrack recording artist on Devs (FX on Hulu, Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow); Singer with Flotsam Orchestra (Hootananny Brixton, London); Singer for charity event Amplify the Children (Underscore Theatre, Chicago)
Goals & Inspirations
Current goals include: performing in a big-hearted musical, horse riding in a film or TV show (yes, I ride horses, too!), acting in a gritty new kitchen sink drama.
Inspirations: One of my biggest acting inspirations is Imelda Staunton for her grounded, open, and larger-than-life presence. Recently I have also really enjoy Jack Black for his freedom, Shiloh Coke for her recent performance in Coven which was one of the most embodied, somatically-sound performances I’ve ever witnessed, and Pippa Haywood who has guest starred in every single cozy crime and never fails to deliver a robust performance!