Holly Twyford

Holly Twyford (narrator)

Actor/director Holly Twyford has performed in over eighty productions in and around Washington-area, including Arena Stage, Signature Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Studio Theatre, and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company to name a few. She recently appeared in Arena Stage’s Inherit the Wind. Nominated for multiple Helen Hayes awards, she is a four-time recipient. Ms. Twyford was honored with Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Emery Battis Award for Acting Excellence. She is proud to be a Lunt-Fontanne Fellow, a Studio Cabinet member, and a Ford’s Theatre Associate Artist. Her credits include commercials, voiceovers, educational and training films, TV and several independent films. Ms. Twyford is proud to be a resident of Washington, DC.

Folger Theatre: Dark Lady: A Musical Theater Work (Reading Room Festival 2026), All’s Well That Ends Well, As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Helen Hayes Award), Hamlet, Othello, Romeo and Juliet (Helen Hayes Award), Arcadia, Melissa Arctic, The Second Shepherd’s Play, Orestes: A Tragic Romp, Mary Stuart, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, King John; Over eighty productions at DC Area theater including: Shakespeare Theatre Company, Studio Theatre, Woolly Mammoth, Round House Theatre, and others. Awards & Affiliations: 5 Helen Hayes Awards, Emery Battis Award for Acting Excellence, Lunt-Fontanne Fellow, Studio Theatre Cabinet Member, Ford’s Associate Artist.