“I just want to thank Legacy for providing the Solo Class - directed by Julie Fitzpatrick. The structure and support Julie provided each of us over the 8 weeks was amazing. Each person was guided to write and deliver touching pieces. She challenged each of us to stretch and reach and then produce our pieces with pride and confidence. I thank her for this opportunity and treasure this time.” - Annie K, Acting and Solo Show Student.
“I want to thank you for the profoundly amazing experience of your class. As a total beginner to this craft it was a fantastic experience to watch you work. You are like a sculptor molding people with your hands, it was so 3D, you have a gift. I’m so happy I was able to be a part of that,” writes Donna, Acting Student.
“Julie you are beyond amazing and thank you for your encouragement and expertise along this journey. I know that I found the right teacher and mentor,” writes Student Kippie, Acting Student.
"Working with Julie, I have developed greater confidence and assuredness in myself. And, on top of that, she is simply a wonderful, empathetic, and kind human being!” - V, Acting Student.
"Julie's phenomenal coaching has been instrumental in my growth. She has empowered me to develop my confidence.- M, Acting Student."
Teaching,
Directing &
Other Hats
Pictured here is Julie’s Acting For Adults class. To register for Acting Class, Creating Your Own Solo Show or Wheel Life Theatre Troupe, please visit: https://www.legacytheatrect.org/classes
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Improv & Julie in Stony Creek
Julie directing the Christmas Pageant at church.
Acting Class
Julie directed High School Musical Jr at Our Lady of Mercy Prep in March 2024!
Accent Coaching
Julie is a coach at Madison Arts Barn & to private students in Irish, British, French & other accents.
Julie currently co-directs/teaches/acts with Legacy Theatre’s Wheel Life Theatre Troupe alongside actors who ambulate with crutches/wheelchairs/other ambulatory devices and their siblings and friends. Pictured here are members of the group & PR for their show Let’s Get Together!
Julie directed Storytelling Thru The Ages at Madison Arts Barn - an exciting intergenerational theater project and a “Quarenteen” Monologue workshop for teens expressing their pandemic experiences in a theatrical way.
And she taught Improv with some fantastic students at Baldwin Middle School as a part of their Acting Club. (pictured right)
Julie was an Enrichment Teacher and Variety Show Prep Coach for Calvin Leete in the Spring of 2022 soaking up every minute with those tiny and talented musicians, comedians, and dancers.
“The Calvin Leete Variety Show last night was excellent. I know that in great part is due to your knowledge of theater and time you invested. Having you work with the kids individually over a period of a number of weeks helped them perfect their presentations….a tremendous success,” writes an audience member.
Pre-Covid, Julie was an Acting Coach at Madison Arts Barn having worked with the young actors there on monologues, accents, presence, & theater basics on Into the Woods Jr., Little Mermaid Jr. and Quaranteen and Other Tales.
Julie mentors and coaches local singers and actors on their material. One singer named Mary writes, “We worked on many songs together and interpreted their meanings and what they meant to me personally as a singer. Julie also helped me to improve my acting by helping me loosen up and explore different movements while singing. I found this to be very useful for a more authentic performance! I had a great time working with Julie and learned and grew so much from what she taught me!”
Julie ran improv workshops at Madison Arts Barn in 2019 and led a Monologue Workshop there in July 2020.
Julie directed the in-verse play Rap-punzel by Whitney Ryan Garrity at Madison Arts Barn, which was converted into a radio play due to COVID-19. A Radio Play of their production is here below - listen and enjoy!
Julie was the Drama Director at St. Martin de Porres Academy in New Haven during the spring of 2020 directing The Big Bad Wolf vs. The Three Little Pigs with middle school actors. They read their work on Zoom in lieu of a live performance here, which Julie edited.
Technique
Julie’s acting technique and approach begins with the text: finding an authentic and personal connection to it and then fully inhabiting the physical life of the piece. Her work is rooted in the teachings of Konstantin Stanislavski, Michael Chekhov, Sanford Meisner and Joanna Merlin among others.
Other hats:
Julie is mom to Fitz & Gracen & married to Pete - the most important of the other hats.
Julie works at her family car dealership, Crest Lincoln of Woodbridge, with her husband and father.
Julie directs the Christmas Pageant at First Congregational Church in Guilford and was a Confirmation Mentor at First Church Guilford.