Gilded Age Stars Celia Keenan-Bolger (Mrs. Bruce) & Claybourne Elder (John Adams) stop by Behind the Awards to do a deep dive on Season 3. Behind The Scenes of John Adams death, Mrs. Bruce’s mystery husband, a mole in the Russell House, Oscar and John Adams Love story, unrequited love and so much more!
Celia Keenan-Bolger
CELIA KEENAN-BOLGER returns to Second Stage Theater where she appeared in A Parellelogram, Bachelorette, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Little Fish. Other credits - Broadway: To Kill a Mockingbird, Glass Menagerie, The Cherry Orchard, Peter and The Starcatcher, Les Misérables, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
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BIO
CELIA KEENAN-BOLGER returns to Second Stage Theater where she appeared in A Parellelogram, Bachelorette, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Little Fish. Other credits - Broadway: To Kill a Mockingbird, Glass Menagerie, The Cherry Orchard, Peter and The Starcatcher, Les Misérables, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Off-Broadway: The Oldest Boy, Merrily We Roll Along, A Small Fire. Select Film/TV: “The Gilded Age,” “Bull,” “Louie,” “The Good Wife,” “Nurse Jackie,” “Good Behavior,”
“Elementary,” Diane, The Visit, Breakable You. Tony Award, Outer Critics Circle, three Drama Desk Award wins. Member of The Actors Center. NYCLU Michael Friedman Freedom Award recipient. UMichigan graduate. Training to be an end-of-life doula.
STAGE CREDITS
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Celia Keenan-Bolger
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Awards and Nominations
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Celia Keenan-Bolger, Mother Play
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Mother Play
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Mother Play
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Celia Keenan-Bolger, To Kill a Mockingbird
Celia Keenan-Bolger, To Kill a Mockingbird
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Celia Keenan-Bolger, To Kill a Mockingbird
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Celia Keenan-Bolger, To Kill a Mockingbird
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Celia Keenan-Bolger, The Glass Menagerie
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Celia Keenan-Bolger, The Glass Menagerie
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Celia Keenan-Bolger, The Glass Menagerie
Celia Keenan-Bolger, The Glass Menagerie
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Celia Keenan-Bolger, Peter and the Starcatcher
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Peter and the Starcatcher
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Peter and the Starcatcher
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Peter and the Starcatcher
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Les Miserables
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Celia Keenan-Bolger, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Celia Keenan-Bolger, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Celia Keenan-Bolger has appeared on Broadway in 7 shows.
Celia Keenan-Bolger has not appeared in the West End.
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Mother Play, Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Mother Play, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Mother Play, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for To Kill a Mockingbird, Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for To Kill a Mockingbird, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for To Kill a Mockingbird, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for To Kill a Mockingbird, Best Featured Actress in a Play (BroadwayWorld Awards) for The Glass Menagerie, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Glass Menagerie, Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater (Theatre World Awards) for The Glass Menagerie, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for The Glass Menagerie, Best Featured Actress in a Play (BroadwayWorld Awards) for Peter and the Starcatcher, Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Peter and the Starcatcher , Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Peter and the Starcatcher , Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Peter and the Starcatcher, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Les Miserables, Performance (Theatre World Awards) for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Celia Keenan-Bolger has received numerous accolades throughout her Broadway career. She won the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play for To Kill a Mockingbird. Her performances have also been recognized by the Drama Desk Awards, where she won Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play for Mother Play, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for To Kill a Mockingbird, and Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for The Glass Menagerie. The Outer Critics Circle Awards honored her with Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for To Kill a Mockingbird. BroadwayWorld Awards recognized her work with Best Featured Actress in a Play for both The Glass Menagerie and Peter and the Starcatcher. The Theatre World Awards presented her with the Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater for The Glass Menagerie and a Performance award for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Podcasts
#2 - Celia Keenan-Bolger, Taking Care of One Another... and Ourselves
In honor of the Tony Awards this Sunday, June 8th, please enjoy this encore release of our chat (the second one EVER!) with 2019 Tony Award Winner, Celia Keenan-Bolger, honored this year with the 2025 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award, as she opens up about her motherhood experience; how bringing Scout Finch to life eight times a week has been as fulfilling as it has been depleting, and how she navigates that, all while raising her son with the same call to action that her parents instilled in her.
#18 - Celia Keenan-Bolger: Takes on a Mother of a Role
Celia discusses working with Jessica Lang and Jim Parsons and having a role created for her in Paula Vogel’s Mother Play. Celia takes us on a journey of her career including The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bell, To Kill a Mockingbird, and The Gilded Age.
Ep7 - Celia Keenan-Bolger - The Self-Reliant Part
Celia Keenan-Bolger (Mother Play, The Gilded Age, To Kill a Mockingbird) learned as a young girl that self-sufficiency and a responsibility towards the larger good was what made her belong in a family that valued service above all else.
Ep 141- The Vineyard Theatre Gala Ft. Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Luke MacFarlane, Lea DeLaria, & More!
If you listen to our show, you know we love the Vineyard! We come to you from the red carpet where we speak to Tony Winner, Emmy Nominee, Star of "Modern Family" Jesse Tyler Ferguson! He gives marriage advice, talks theatre, and flying in from the SAG awards!
Celia Keenan-Bolger (Tony Award Winner To Kill a Mockingbird) on Vulnerability
In this College Deep Dive, Charlie and Celia discuss: Finding what kind of environments you thrive in. What it is like playing younger. Merging creative self to the personal self. How the practice of vulnerability is the practice of presence.
S1 Ep8: Celia Keenan-Bolger & Gideon Glick
When To Kill a Mockingbird opened on Broadway, all eyes were on Celia Keenan-Bolger and Gideon Glick. Their immortal performances as Scout and Dill scored a Tony Award for Celia and a Tony nomination for Gideon.