Magda Kress
Biography
Magda Kress is a Brooklyn-based queer non-binary bassist, currently on the first national tour of Pretty Woman: the Musical. She can frequently be found playing one or two basses in musical theatre productions and cabaret bands all over NYC. She especially loves collaborating with theatre-makers and performing new, experimental, and immersive works. Recent favorites include Folk Wandering (Pipeline Theatre Company), Deathbed Edition (Ars Nova/ANTfest), The Cave: a Folk Opera (Daughters Collective), and The Tattooed Lady (workshop at New Dramatists). She regularly plays with Blake Allen's recurring An Evening with... Series at Green Room 42.
Professional Experience
- Off Broadway
- Regional
- Concerts/Cabaret
- Tours
Regions
- NYC/Tri-State Area
Interested in touring?
- Yes
Hireable as
- Pit Musician (Other)
- Music Contractor/Coordinator
My Primary Instrument
- Bass (upright/electric/fretless)
My Instruments
- Bass - electric
- Bass - upright
Software
- Finale
- Logic
Affiliations
- THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS (AFM)
Pronouns
- She/They