Amanda Jones:

Amanda Jones grew up in picturesque Estes Park, Colorado, 7500 feet above sea level. Since she could walk and talk, Amanda has been performing wherever she could, in front of whoever would see her. She danced in recitals, sang in talent shows, danced and sang in parking lots on the way in and out of the grocery store...She always knew she was most happy in the spotlight but it wasn’t until middle school that she discovered acting to be her favorite form of performance. She starred in her first play in eighth grade, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, and has been hooked on theatre ever since. In high school in Estes Park, she played Miriam Aarons in The Women, Flo in Picnic, and, her favorite role of all time (until she gets to be Evita), Annie in Annie Get Your Gun. However, even though Estes is a pretty town, from a very young age, Amanda knew she was meant for the bright lights. Amanda moved to Los Angeles with her family in late 2004 and finished high school at University High. While she was only there for the last four months of her high school career, she was the star of two productions, La Dama del Alba and the amazing Les Miserables, in the role of Fantine.

In September of 2005, Amanda started school at the prestigious theatre conservatory, The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Hollywood. There she was honored to be taught by renowned teachers including her very first acting teacher there, Judith Bohannon, who had, herself, studied with Uta Hagen, Jose Ferrer, and Michael Shurtleff. At the Academy, Amanda had classes in acting, movement and dance, IPA (international phonetic alphabet) and dialects, acting for the camera, stage combat, make-up, and fencing, among others. Brenda Beck was her amazing speech and dialects teacher. She, also, she had special guest teachers and directors, including Hope Alexander, Jules Aaron, and Michael Donovan. Other special guest lecturers for the Academy while Amanda attended were Lynn Redgrave, William H. Macy, Alfred Molina, and the wonderful Martin Landau (Amanda’s grandma’s high school boyfriend). At the Academy, Amanda was in The Dining Room directed by Jules Aaron, Uncommon Women and Others directed by Judith Bohannon, The House of Bernarda Alba directed by Laura James, and her graduation play, The Rivals, directed by Hope Alexander.

Outside of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Amanda had the wonderful opportunity of being in the premiere of STDivas, the hilarious musical comedy about STD’s. She has also made appearances in several sketches of the comedy troupe, Frog Island Flicks, including their television pilot, Loading Zone. Amanda performed in a sketch show at the Next Stage Theatre in Hollywood and is featured on Vidigreet.com in an online greeting card.

Daughters of Heaven is, without question, the most amazing project in which Amanda has ever taken part. This is the first production by BrittaniaJones Productions - the company Amanda Jones and her friend and partner, Brittania Nicol, have created to showcase their talents and the talents of other up-and-coming actors. Michelanne Forster’s Daughters of Heaven is a provocative and chilling play that requires intense psychological work. Amanda is excited and eager to play the challenging role of Pauline Parker in this, the real-life story of her mother’s murder that shocked a whole nation and she promises to do so with respect for both the real Pauline and the play.

Amanda would like to thank all of the sponsors, advertisers, and donors who are making Daughters of Heaven possible. Also, Judith Bohannon and Brenda Beck for their wonderful contributions and, especially, Brittania Nicol -“ you are a wonderful friend and, because of you, producing a play for ourselves went from a thought to a reality...thank you.” Lastly, she’d like to thank her loving and supportive friends and family - especially her amazing boyfriend, her brilliant and talented siblings, and her mom, who is the greatest mom in the history of the world.

“I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.” - Oscar Wilde

   Brittania Nicol: 

Brittania Nicol was born in Canton, Ohio to Philip and Theresa Nicol in 1985, however it was on the Beautiful Hilon Head Island where she and her older brother, Brent Nicol, were raised. She developed a love for the arts at a young age participating in local theatre singing and pouring her creativity into a passion for writing. She excelled in school, but lacked a drive toward pursuing an academic career. When she was fifteen, she found her path on an empty stage in London's West End. During a tour of the Prince Edward given by her aunt, a well- established British actress and her primary inspiration, she fell in love with the stage and the life that comes with it. Two years later, she moved to London to get the training she believed was necessary to embark on this journey. She attended The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts until it was sold to the ever-rising real estate market in the city.

Following the school's closing, she moved back to America to find another conservatory which produced solid, well-trained, passionate actors. After being accepted to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 2004, she moved to Los Angeles. There she studied acting, movement, vocal production, Acting for the Camera, Stage Combat, Speech, Make-up and a variety of other skills needed for the profession. She was fortunate to study with the best in the business, including Judith Bohannon, Brenda Beck, Terri Hayes, Micheal Donovan, Robert Gosset, and John Peck, among others. Her final performance at the Academy was a lead in the play The Three Sisters by Anton Chekov, directed by Tim Landfield. In May, 2007, she completed the academy's rigorous training and began to look for work in Los Angeles. After numerous auditions and fruitless attempts to make her self known to the acting community in Los Angeles, she, with the help of Amanda Jones, decided to make her own career by opening BrittaniaJones Productions.

Outside of school, Brittania appeared in several productions. Between 2001 and 2002, she worked with Seahawk Stage Productions playing the role of Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, several parts in The Laramie Project, and traveling to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland with a production of Big River, as an ensemble member. In 2005, she played a bird girl in Seussical the Musical and, also, the role of Jasmine in a brand new version of Aladdin the Musical written by Scott Morlock on Hilton Head Island. However, it all started at age five when she played herself in Creative Club House, a cable television show in South Carolina.

Now, she is excited to create the role of Juliet Hulme on the American stage in BrittaniaJones Production’s upcoming Daughters of Heaven. She would like to give a big hug and kiss to Amanda for joining her in the dream that two young actresses, fresh out of school, can actually make a mark on this town. She would also like to thank her Aunt Lesley for showing her the door to this wonderful profession, her family- “Mom, dad, Brent, thank you so much for helping as much as you have and for enduring the countless phone calls and questions.