Lilly Burchfield
“I have considered the lilies. I have considered how the grow.”
I am soft and feminine but strong and unrelenting in the winds of change surrounding me. Throughout my career I have had seasons of plenty and seasons where it seemed I would not perform again (Thank you global pandemic for that scare). Throughout it all I have found ways to pivot and continue to create and work. Throughout college I teamed up with so many friends and peers to create art while our program reworked it’s season to follow safety procedures. After I graduated college, I was not ready to make the big move, but I knew there was nothing for me in Birmingham, AL. I spent fall of 2022 living in Dublin, Ireland working alongside Pan Pan theatre and their associates. Upon my return to Birmingham I was cast in my first two professional projects within a week of each other: Peter Pan and the acting company of the MD Renaissance Festival. I accepted both offers and moved 700 miles 3 days after the closing of Peter Pan. I have been blessed enough to have worked on a number of projects since my arrival in DC. There have been slow times, though and they get scary, especially after quitting retail for the first time in 3 years. That change pushed me to return to my love of carpentry and stage managing that I discovered in college. I have worked alongside the carpenters and technicians at Keegan Theatre and Studio Theatre in DC. I have grown so much since my move and the environment I am in continues to strengthen and test me.
Lilly Burchfield completed her BFA in Musical Theatre in April 2022. In her time at Samford, she was cast in a Mainstage nearly every semester and worked on student-directed shows. She produced her own work as part of her capstone project. After graduating she spent autumn in Dublin, Ireland where she assisted Pan Pan Theatre and its associates with projects such as films and operas. She just performed her dream role as Peter Pan and can be seen performing seasonally at the Maryland Renaissance Festival. Throughout the year Lilly works across the DMV at theatres as a carpenter and bartender.
Performance Reel
Below is a compilation of projects Lilly has worked on during her time in undergrad and her senior voice final in front of all the voice faculty in her undergraduate program.
Works in reel: Little Women, Christmas Carol: The Musical, Peter and the Starcatcher, and 1776
Works in final: When He Sees Me, I Hate Men, and Turn Back, Oh Man!
