Amelia Ampuero is Duke City Repertory Theatre’s Co-Founder, Artistic Director and a member of the resident acting company. An Albuquerque native, Amelia is delighted to be back in New Mexico bringing theatre to the wonderful audiences of this area. In addition to receiving her BFA in Acting from Texas State University, Amelia has also studied with the Royal Shakespeare Company in England and Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA. Amelia has had the privilege of working with the incredible artists at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, VA, first as a Barter Player, performing theatre for young audiences all over the southeast and next as a resident company member. Favorite roles at Barter include Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Sadako in A Thousand Cranes, Anne Shirley in Green Gables: The Musical, and Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Here in Albuquerque, Amelia has been seen performing on the stages of The National Hispanic Cultural Center (A Light in My Soul), The Cell Theatre (Somewhere Between the Sky and the Sea), Albuquerque Little Theatre (What the Butler Saw), Auxiliary Dog Theatre (The Mistakes Madeline Made, Proof), and VSA N4th (A Hole in the Wall). Amelia truly looks forward to serving the incredible audiences in this great city and state.

Kristi Wiley is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Duke City Repertory Theatre. Kristi recently graduated from the University of Alabama/Alabama Shakespeare Festival with an M.F.A. in Theatre Management. Before receiving her graduate degree, she taught theatre in a school for at-risk youth and worked in New York as a talent manager for Creative Talent. Kristi graduated from Texas State University with a B.F.A. in Acting. Other notable theatre moments in Kristi’s career include studying with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-Upon-Avon, serving as Associate Producer of The Seven Ages Theatre Company’s production of Trust by Steven Dietz, and spending a summer in Ohio with Trumpet in the Land, a professional summer stock theatre. Favorite roles include: Soul Girl in Jesus Christ Superstar, Olive in The Odd Couple: Female Version , Psychiatrist in Women and Wallace  and Sister Lee in Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?   A native of Fort Worth, Texas, and transient for years, Kristi is ecstatic to finally call the Southwest and Albuquerque home.

Frank Green is Duke City Repertory Theatre’s Associate Artistic Director and a member of the resident acting company. Originally from Washington, DC, Frank received his B.A. in Theatre Arts from West Virginia Wesleyan College. While at WVWC, Frank had the opportunity to play such roles as Wilson in Harvey, Sam in Master Harold and the Boys, Norris Honeywell in It Could Be Any One of Us, Juan in Short Eyes, and Stefano in The Tempest. Upon graduation, Frank began work with the Key Players (Catawba, NC) traveling to schools in North Carolina performing plays focusing on social etiquette for grades Pre-K through high school. Next, Frank was employed for two consecutive contracts with the Barter Players at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, VA performing theatre for young audiences. As a Barter Player, Frank experienced incredible growth as an actor playing roles such as King Henry in Henry V, Matthew Cuthbert in Anne of Green Gables, Fenris Ulf in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and Bagheera in The Jungle Book. Subsequently, Frank was invited to join the Barter Theatre Resident Acting Company where he spent four years playing such roles as Caliban in The Tempest, Dunois in Saint Joan, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Electra in Gypsy, Sgt. Stenning in Murderer and Jerry in Betrayal. Frank is dedicated and looking forward to serving a whole new set of audiences in New Mexico.