TAYLOR WARD

Taylor Ward is an actor, singer, dancer, director, and improviser based in Southern California. Originally from North Carolina, Taylor graduated in 2021 with a BFA in Musical Theatre from Indiana University, and has been working professionally in theatre and theme parks ever since.

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Taylor began his career in California as an actor and improviser in Knott's Berry Farm's Summer Nights event. He has worked consistently in live entertainment since then, appearing in regional theatre productions including 42nd Street (Ensemble/Bert u/s) and Tootsie (Swing) for Moonlight Stage in Vista, and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Puck) and Puffs (J. Finch) for the Cabrillo Playhouse in San Clemente.

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Some of Taylor's regular performance work includes singing in Mixed Company's Holiday Handbell Carolers, performing at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa and at Knott's Berry Farm. He also works at LEGOLAND California, most recently as a singer for RWS Global in "The LEGOLAND Jam," a dancer in "The LEGO World Parade," and an actor in "Once Upon a Brick."​​​

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Offstage, Taylor produced and directed The Hunchback of Notre Dame, an independent project through Indiana University. Other directing credits include Bright Star for the University Players, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap for Center Grove Theatre, Sing Down the Moon for the Agape Performing Arts Company, and the short films "Update" "Delivery," and "Magic Dance," which Taylor also wrote and produced.

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Taylor also has over eight years of improv experience, training through high school and college with ComedySportz. He spent two years performing with HoosOnFirst, an Indiana University comedy group, and interned for a summer at CSz Indianapolis.