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Magda Kress

Magda Kress

  • She/They
  • Biography

    Magda Kress is a Brooklyn-based queer non-binary bassist. She recently completed the first national tour of Pretty Woman: the Musical. She can frequently be found playing one or two basses in musical theatre productions and concerts all over NYC. She especially loves collaborating with theatre-makers and performing new, experimental, and immersive works. Past favorites include Folk Wandering (Pipeline Theatre Company), Deathbed Edition (Ars Nova/ANTfest), Waterman (Thicket & Thistle), and The Tattooed Lady (workshop at New Dramatists). She regularly plays with Blake Allen's award-winning An Evening with... Series at Green Room 42.

    Professional Experience

    • Off Broadway
    • Regional
    • Concerts/Cabaret
    • TV/Film
    • Tours
    • Master’s Degree

    Regions

    • NYC/Tri-State Area

    Interested in touring?

    • Yes

    Maestra Expertise

    • Instrumentalist/Pit Musician
    • Music Contractor/Coordinator

    Primary Instruments

    • Bass - Double/Electric
    • Bass - Upright

    Software

    • Finale
    • Logic

    Affiliations

    • THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS (AFM)