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DELIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS with Theater 2020
Kelly is so happy to reunite with beloved friends through one of Brooklyn's premiere professional theatre companies, Theater 2020, this winter! This is her second year performing in their one-night-only Christmas special, DeLight Before Christmas, based on the classic fable The Night Before Christmas. It's bound to be a joyful day filled with sweet, festive fun!
WHEN: December 5th, 2026WHERE: Brooklyn Public Library Stage
VOIX D'ÉTÉ CHORALE
Kelly was thrilled to return home to perform in Voix D'été Chorale's Summer 2026 Concert! She sang alongside lifelong friends, former classmates and teachers, fellow artists, and professional colleagues. Sharing the stage with so many familiar faces—including her best friend—made this concert especially meaningful. It was such a full-circle moment celebrating music, community, and the people who first nurtured her love of performing! Videos HERE!!!
BROADWAY TUESDAYS with The Janice Jam
Kelly was so honored to join The Janice Jam at The Paramount NYC for Broadway Tuesdays this month! The event is a biweekly fundraiser for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The Broadway community, industry professionals, fans, and guests all joined us for some incredible live performances—check out the article here. It was a joyful, heartfelt evening raising money for Metastatic Breast Cancer research—see videos here!
MODERN at The Green Room 42
Kelly was so stoked to be return to The Green Room 42 in Modern: The Songs of Selda & Derek! Selda & Derek have been mentors throughout Kelly's artistic journey, and they also write some incredible music. This was a night full of songs from their musical Modern—a beautiful piece about two young Amish teens embarking on their Rumspringa, and navigating their changing desires along the way.
reviews
BRIGHT STAR (Alice Murphy) - The GhostLight Theatre
* "Kelly Collins...is a formidable talent with a voice that can make you sob or knock down a brick wall, and she got to use her full range, emotional and vocal, in the lead role of Alice Murphy." - Andrew Glisson
ONCE (Réza, Ex-Girlfriend) - The GhostLight Theatre
* "It's such an intimate, celebratory environment...the sheer amount of musicality we saw on that stage [was] just magical." - Jonathan Clough
* "Kelly Collins stars as Reza in Once. It's such a dynamic, multifaceted group of people...Music connects us, and when we come together for a project, like theatre, it leaves a lasting impact on everyone involved." - Spencer Ryan Diedrick, Director
LITTLE WOMEN (Jo March) - The GhostLight Theatre* "'Little Women: the Musical' was truly excellent. The lead actress from New York IS a gifted performer and singer....We left thoroughly entertained and uplifted by the performance." - Robert Barrett
CABARET (Texas, Sally u/s, Dance Captain) - The GhostLight Theatre* "The club’s Kit Kat Dancers roar through several tightly choreographed, bawdy numbers, including the raucous and incendiary, 'Money.'" - Gordon Bolar, WMUK