Performance Resume

 

Ceili Handly

Actor, Cosplayer, Dancer, Singer

Age Range: 9 to 14 years

Experience:

    * Actor

    * Cosplayer

    * Ballet / Tap

    * Irish Dance

    * Jazz

    * Martial Arts

    * Singer

    * Accents:  Russian, Standard British (RP), Cockney

Ceili Handly is an eleven-year-old warrior princess.  She's been dancing onstage since the age of three, and was a finalist at the Hartford Bushnell's Celebration of Music at the age of five.  Ceili is proud to be one half of the YouTube channel Take 2 Productions  In 2023, she performed as a Gargoyle in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.  In June 2023, she performed as a Bee / Animal Ensemble in Winnie the Pooh.  In October 2023, she performed as Rapunzel in “Mother Knows Best” in a Halloween Villain Cabaret. In December 2024, Ceili preformed "Once Upon A December" at Bay Path University's post-Winterfest reception.  In July 2025, Ceili will be performing in the stage production of "Matilda" alongside her mother, Jessica Barone.

 

PERFORMING ARTS EXPERIENCE

* Big Kid / Ensemble, “Matilda,” Ellington Community Theater, 2025

* Outstanding Arts Award, (Performing & Visual Arts) CT Association of Schools, 2025

* "Once Upon A December" Winterfest reception, Bay Path University, 2024

* Third Place Group Cosplay, Terrificon, Uncasville Connecticut, 2024

* Second Place Kids Cosplay, Springfield MA Comic Con, 2024

* Best Kid Cosplay, 1st Place, Springfield MA Comic Con, 2023

* Rapunzel, “Mother Knows Best,” Halloween Villain Cabaret, Opera House Players,

   2023

* Bee / Animal Chorus, Winnie the Pooh, Enfield CT Public Schools Theater Arts Camp, 2023

* Gargoyle, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Opera House Players, 2023

* Jazz, Riley's School of Dance, 2023-present

* Irish Dance, Riley's School of Dance,  2020-present

* Finalist, Celebration of Music, 2019

* Ballet / Tap, Riley's School of Dance, 2017-2019