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As a zygote Kelsie was stuck in her mother's womb-bone.
It took some pullin’ and yankin’ but the good people wearing stiff scrubs got her out and only damaged her right
ear flap with their shiny medical tools. But who really needs two ear flaps anyway? Ear flaps are overrated. Kelsie has been
living a 1/2 earflap life ever since and it’s been good. She uses said earflap to make comedy.
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by: www.bcjphotography.com Make-up by: Neda Stevic
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Kelsie
in the News
Winner: 2008 Camera Eye Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a
Leading Role (Comedy)
“Huff will make you love one-person plays again.” – Time Out Chicago
“Kelsie Huff is hilarious.” – Chicago Reader
“She has an infectious joyousness
that makes you happy to be alive.” – New City Stage Chicago
"This is an actress who makes confident choices
and creates loud, defined characters that are both unbearable and hilarious." - Chicago Tribune
“She is very loud, all the time.” – Kelsie’s downstairs neighbor
Press on HUFFS:
“Huff owns this story. With a Sedaris-like attention
to detail and a playfulness that’s infectious, she continually serves up the type of unexpected turns that smack of
honest-to-God truth. Huff pulls you in with wide-eyed physicality and razor-sharp focus. True to her best comedic forbears,
she plays the absurd so pitch perfectly that when the climax arrives, it feels less like a major tonal shift than a revelation
of something we knew was always just offstage. Undoubtedly, this show (wo)man is headed for an even bigger stage. DON’T
MISS -Dan Granata; Time Out Chicago
"It's a darkly funny show that takes an unexpectedly
poignat turn. Her performance crackles with life and at its very best, gets into rare reaches of emotional ambiguity.
Huff leads us into laughing and crying territory, but not in the Joni Mitchell way. More in a Bart-Simpson's-world-gone-bad
kind of way." - Mark Collins, The Daily Camera
“A high energy Kelsie Huff takes us to her grandfather’s
funeral in small-town Illinois in HUFFS, a monologue well served by her unique perspective, vivid imagination, and willingness
to embarrass herself. The memories aren’t always sunny, but they deliver some hearty laughs along with the bitterness
and guilt.” HIGHLY RECOMMENDED -Jenn Goddu; Chicago Reader
Press on BRUISER:
"After last year's stellar "Huffs," Chicago's Kelsie Huff
returns with another standout performance. It starts with her stint in Girl Scouts, and ends at a church camp, where she
and her Broadway musical-loving pal are harassed by the beautiful kids. Among the many gems we encounter are Huff's impressions
of her Hostess-delivery-truck-driving Grandma, a visit to the roller rink, and the time she delivered payback to the (pretty)
mean girls. Huff, who I think is a big-time talent, mixes a friendly Midwestern manner with a darker, slap-your-face-funny
edge. They say the best comedy comes from painful places, and Huff is a fearless chronicler of the awkward and the excruciating,
turning it into comic gold." - Mark Collins, The Daily Camera
