Kortney Adams is a native of St. Louis, and has been working as an actor, director and teaching artist in Boston since 2002. Regional credits include A Human Being Died that Night (Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre), Becky’s New Car (Lyric Stage Co. of Boston), Two Gentlemen of Verona (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), Pippi Longstocking and Aladdin (Wheelock Family Theatre), Voyeurs de Venus (Company One), Doubt (Gloucester Stage Co.), After Mrs. Rochester (IRNE for Best Supporting Actress, Wellesley Summer Theatre), Young Nerds of Color, Harriet Jacobs, and the world premiere of From Orchids to Octopi (Underground Railway Theater), and the role of Barbara Demarco in the long-running hit Shear Madness. Recent films include The Makeover, R.I.P.D., The Proposal and On Broadway. Adams is the Education Manager for Central Square Theater and the Managing Director of Theatre Espresso, which uses Theatre in Education to introduce young people to issues of social justice and the law.