About Ariel
Ariel Kraje
Ariel Kraje is a freelance performer, choreographer, and teaching artist in the DMV area.
Her previous performance credits include Synetic Theater: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck), The Madness of Poe (Ensemble), and Dracula (Wives u/s); Workhouse Arts Center: Urinetown (Robby the Stockfish/Dance Captain/Swing) [Helen Hayes Nominated, Best Ensemble], The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Wendy/Dance Captain), and The Drowsy Chaperone (Ensemble/Dance Captain).
Her previous choreography credits include: The Who’s Tommy (Workhouse Arts Center); 9 to 5: the Musical, The Boy Detective Fails, Mason Cabaret 2020-2022 (Mason Players); Cendrillon, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Die Fledermaus (Mason Opera); Cabaret (Walt Whitman High School); Sister Act (Alexandria City High School); Footloose (Robinson Secondary School); SpongeBob the Musical (Mount Vernon Community Children’s Theater); 1776 (Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest); Matilda (Academy Center of the Arts); and The Addams Family (Landon Middle School).
She is currently teaching with Message in Motion.
Ariel received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater, with a concentration in Musical Theater from George Mason University. She also participated in the Honors College as well as earned the School of Theater’s Excellence in Performance Award
Reviews
- Puck in Synetic Theater’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Washington Post, Broadway World, MD Theater Guide, DC Theater Arts, and Talkin’ Broadway.
- House/Ensemble in Synetic Theater’s The Madness of Poe: Washington Post.
- Dance Captain/Ensemble in Workhouse Art Center’s The Drowsy Chaperone: DC Theater Arts.
Awards
- Helen Hayes Nominated: Best Ensemble, Workhouse Arts Center’s Urinetown.
- George Mason University’s School of Theater: Excellence in Performance, Arts by George Scholarship.
- Cavalier Theater: The 2018 Jeffy Award, 2018 Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, and 2018 Scholarship.
- Forest Dance Academy: The 2015 Rising Star Award, and 2018 Sue Dail Outstanding Technical Achievement Award and Scholarship.
- Masterworx: The 2018 Scholarship.
