Ariel Pinkerton

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Ariel Pinkerton

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Home
Contact
Acting
Lighting Design
Storytelling
Directing/Playwright
Makeup Design
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  • Home
  • Contact
  • Acting
  • Lighting Design
  • Storytelling
  • Directing/Playwright
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  • Contact
  • Acting
  • Lighting Design
  • Storytelling
  • Directing/Playwright
  • Makeup Design

About Me

Nimbus Theatre - Bohemian Flats

My Background

My Specialties

My Specialties

A late bloomer, I didn’t discover my passion for theater until college. Making up for lost time and drawn to all aspects of the trade, I did more than 15 productions in my 4 years at the University of Minnesota.
You can find me at lighting tech in the morning and rehearsal at night, while  still managing to pull a shift the same day at my worker-owned restaurant, the Hard Times Cafe.

Savage Umbrella- Leaves

My Specialties

My Specialties

My Specialties

Among my many skills a performer, I excel at all British Dialects, company devised work, classics, and heightened realism.


As a lighting designer I revel in stark imagery, absurdism, horror theater, physical theater, saturated color and extreme contrast.

Photo by Scott Pakudaitis

Awards

My Specialties

Awards

I have worked on, produced and/or co-produced many award winning shows in my career including Theater Unbound’s all female JULIUS CAESAR, Fortune’s Fool Theater’s THE SKRIKER, Mermaid Productions’ XENA AND GABRIELLE SMASH THE PATRIARCHY and most recently, Fortune’s Fool Theatre’s 2022 Minnesota Fringe Festival show 

THE HYSTERICAL WOMAN As

I have worked on, produced and/or co-produced many award winning shows in my career including Theater Unbound’s all female JULIUS CAESAR, Fortune’s Fool Theater’s THE SKRIKER, Mermaid Productions’ XENA AND GABRIELLE SMASH THE PATRIARCHY and most recently, Fortune’s Fool Theatre’s 2022 Minnesota Fringe Festival show 

THE HYSTERICAL WOMAN As well as the 2026 “Best out of town” at the Tuscon Fringe for THE DUMB WAITER

Driven, Determined and Dexterous

I am an actress, lighting designer, makeup artist, storyteller, and director.  
I am the Artistic Director of Mermaid Productions, Co-Artistic Director of Fortune’s Fool Theatre, and a company member of both Freshwater Theatre and Ghoulish Delights. 

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    Current Projects

    Witch Hunt

    This February I will perform in and be the Lighting Designer for Liz Duffy Adams’ WITCH HUNT, a sequel to The Crucible.

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