Cottone Bio

Kristina joined the Organic Theater family as a company member in 2008, and in 2011 she took on the additional role of Marketing Director. Previous productions with Organic include:  Theophilus North, The Naked King, All in the Timing, The Police, Bobby Gould In Hell, Tomfoolery and Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol. Kristina has trained at the Actor's Movement Studio in New York, as a senior assistant at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, with playwright Andras Visky in Cluj, Romania, and holds a BFA in acting from Northern Illinois University. She has performed with Discovery Movement Theatre, That Theatre Company, The +1s at I.O. Theater, Beast Women Productions, and starred in the Palms Springs Film Festival short "The Wolf."  Exploring many artistic endeavors, Kristina is also a painter, a writer, and a musician. She gigs around Chicago in her folk/ blues band, Honey & the 45s. She is fortunate to be surrounded by inspiring artists, and thrilled to continue this journey with Organic.