Fran Tapia
Birth Place: Santiago de Chile
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BIO
Fran Tapia (she/her) DC-based Chilean actor, singer, dancer, songwriter and educator. A 2025 DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Fellow, she is a four-time Helen Hayes Award winner: Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical for Professor Woland´s Black Magic Rock Show, Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Musical for On Your Feet! En Español, and Outstanding Ensemble awards for Troublemaker and Head Over Heels. She was also recognized with the BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards three years in a row (2025 Winner Broadway World Washington DC Award as Best Cabaret / Concert / Solo Performance for Unreleased - Fran Tapia; 2024 Winner Broadway World Washington DC Award as Best Performer in a Musical for Eva Perón in Mummy in the Closet - Evita´s Return; 2023 Winner Broadway World Washington DC Award as Best Supporting Performer in a Musical for On Your Feet, En Español). Fran has become a distinctive presence in the DC theatre community through her dynamic, multidisciplinary work as both performer and creator. In 2025, she premiered Unreleased, her first solo concert featuring original music, at Spooky Action Theater. Recent DC credits include Head Over Heels (Constellation Theatre Company), Botiquín de Boleros and Mummy in the Closet (GALA Hispanic Theatre), The Dragon and Professor Woland´s Black Magic Rock Show (Spooky Action Theater), and Folger Theatre´s Romeo and Juliet, as well as Reading Room Festival presentations of Hamlet and Cymbeline. Regional credits include In the Heights (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival) and Laughs in Spanish (1st Stage). Fran also performed a principal role on the U.S. Second National Tour of On Your Feet! and has appeared internationally in Chile, Hamburg, Marseille, Amsterdam, and Fortaleza. frantapia.com | @franciscatl
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THEATRE
Lear Kent D. Elizabeth Dinkova, SITW, VT
Merry Wives Mistress Ford D. Jaz Hall, SITW, VT
Cymbeline, The Reading Room Festival Cymbeline D. Nadia Guevara, Folger Theater, DC
The Dragon Lancelot, Cat, Sofia D. Elizabeth Dinkova, Spooky Action, DC
Llorona or the Weeping Woman Judge Nisset, reporter, Doctor D. Kelsey Mesa, Kennedy Center, DC
Hamlet, The Reading Room Festival Gertrude D. Laurie Woolerie, Folger Theater, DC
Ajax Tecmessa D. Robert McNamara, ATLAS, DC
Laughs in Spanish Estela D. Elena Velasco, 1st Stage, VA
Romeo and Juliet Lady Capulet D. Raymond O. Caldwell, Folger Theater, DC
MUSICAL THEATRE
Café Con Leche Rosa D. Joe Barros, Barn on Fire, Fire Island Pines, NY
Ybor City Luisa D. Maija Garcia, Davis PAC, DC
Columbia Heights Bolero Bar Verónica D. Valeria Cossu, GALA, DC
MISTRAL Palma Guillén Vidal & Segovia Sanhueza, GMTW NYU Tisch, NYC
Round 5 Teachers Lounge Roberta Alvarez Lansberg-Rodriguez & Conaway, GMTW NYU Tisch, NYC
Head Over Heels Gynecia D. Allison Arkell Stockman, Constellation Theatre, DC
Professor Woland's B.M. Rock Show Woland D. Elizabeth Dinkova, Spooky Action, DC
Café Con Leche Rosa D. Héctor Flores, New York Theatre Barn & NYU, NYC
Professor Woland's B.M. Rock Show Woland D. Elizabeth Dinkova, Kennedy Center REACH, DC
Mummy in the Closet - Evita’s Return Eva Perón D. Mariano Caligaris, C. Valeria Cossu, GALA, DC
Disney Encanto X CAMP Mirabel, Isabella, Luisa D. Tom Salomon, CAMP, Tysons, VA
On Your Feet Gloria Fajardo D. & C. Luis Salgado, Ogunquit Playhouse, ME
In The Heights Ens., Daniela u/s (performed), Camila u/s D. Valeria Cossu, PA Shakespeare Festival, PA
On Your Feet 2nd Broadway National Tour Gloria Fajardo D. & C. Luis Salgado, US
Troublemaker Soledad D. José Luis Arellano, GALA, DC
On Your Feet, In Spanish Gloria Fajardo, Gloria Estefan u/s D. & C. Luis Salgado, GALA, DC
Fantastagirl Dr. Hoffman (workshop) D. Nadia Guevara, Adventure Theatre, MD
News
by Stephi Wild - Jun 23, 2026
Shakespeare in the Woods announced a ten-person cast for its 2026 repertory season of LEAR and MERRY WIVES, featuring Off-Broadway and Helen Hayes Award-winning talent performing outdoors in Manchester, VT.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 5, 2026
New York Theatre Barn and the Fire Island Pines Arts Project will join forces for the 5th annual season of Barn on Fire. The summer residency on Fire Island will make space for the original musicals Trick! The Musical and Café con Leche.
by Stephi Wild - May 19, 2026
The 42nd Helen Hayes Awards were presented at an event at The Anthem. The awards celebrated productions in the Washington, DC region in the 2025 calendar year.
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 23, 2026
The 2026 Helen Hayes Award nominations have been announced, recognizing outstanding achievement in Washington-area professional theatre. Arena Stage, Signature Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Round House Theatre, and dozens of regional companies are represented across performance, direction, design, and production categories. The awards highlight the breadth of theatre work presented throughout the D.C. metropolitan area.
by BWW Awards - Jan 12, 2026
Winners have been announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards! The 2025 Regional Awards honor regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.
by Andrew White - Sep 29, 2025
Spooky Action Theater has upped the ante for D.C. theatre-goers with a production of one of Russia’s most beloved cautionary tales—“The Dragon,” by Russian playwright Evgeny Schvarts.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 27, 2025
In celebration of Pride 2025, New York Theatre Barn released a video playlist of songs from queer musicals recorded by Theatre Barn Records. Learn more here!
by Hannah R. Wing - May 11, 2025
Constellation Theatre Company’s production of Head Over Heels, directed by Allison Arkell Stockman with musical direction by Walter “Bobby” McCoy, is a delightful musical filled with superb acting and energetic musical numbers.
by Roger Catlin - Mar 29, 2025
Professor Woland’s Black Magic Rock Show continues through April 13 at Spooky Action Theatre, operating at the Universalist National Memorial Church. Check here for the review.
by BWW Awards - Jan 16, 2025
Winners have been announced for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards! The 2024 Regional Awards honor regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 6, 2025
New York Theatre Barn will produce a reading of Maiga Vidal's original musical Café con Leche featuring Linedy Genao and more. Learn more about the programming and see how to attend.
by Stephi Wild - Oct 17, 2024
Step into the vibrant world of Miami's Wynwood arts district with a joyous and downright hilarious snapshot of Cuban and Colombian-American culture.
by Peter Rouleau - Oct 9, 2024
A modern spin on an evergreen tragedy, with mixed results. Read our critic's take.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 27, 2024
In honor of Hispanic Heritage month and as part of Theatre Barn Records, New York Theatre Barn will release a concept EP of the original musical Café Con Leche. The album features Linedy Genao. Learn more about the album and get a first listen.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 24, 2024
Jaime Lozano & The Familia release a new video for 'No Podemos Regresar' in collaboration with Concord Theatricals, showcasing a Spanish version of the song.
by Felicitas de la Fare - May 29, 2024
What did our critic think of FRANCISCA TAPIA STARS AS EVA PERÓN IN 'LA MOMIA EN EL CLOSET' at Teatro Gala, Washington DC?
by Felicitas de la Fare - May 20, 2024
Venezuelan/Costa Rican performer Oscar Antonio Rodriguez stars alongside a talented cast in 'Momia en el Closet' at GALA Theater in DC, showcasing his impressive range as a performer, capturing both the humor and seriousness of a story set against one of Argentina’s most tumultuous periods.
by Roger Catlin - May 14, 2024
After the former First Lady of Argentina died in 1952 at 33, after a life that inspired plays, books, movies, musicals and dance productions, she was such a charged figure everybody knew that simple burial would not do.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 15, 2023
Concord Theatricals Recordings has released Songs By An Immigrant Vol. 2, the highly anticipated sophomore album by Jaime Lozano & The Familia, on streaming and digital platforms worldwide.
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 7, 2023
Center Valley, PA, June 06, 2023-Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival launches its Main Stage summer season with the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights, previewing Wednesday and Thursday, June 14 and 15, opening Friday, June 16, and running through July 2nd at the Labuda Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of DeSales University.
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