Kailey Potter (she/her) is a South Carolina-based actor and artist with a love for heightened text and art that tackles big questions. She's passionate about finding the ways "old" plays resonate with modern audiences and stories that use history to speak to current times. Kailey also enjoys juggling multi-character show tracks, actor-musician work, and quick-raise, ensemble-directed processes.
 
As a Lecturer of Theatre at Clemson University, Kailey teaches courses on acting, Shakespeare, and stage combat. She's also worked as a teaching artist with Shakespeare & Company, the American Shakespeare Center, and The Warehouse Theatre, with a focus on building accessible connections between Shakespeare's text and the theatrical performance to K-12 and adult students. 

In addition to acting, Kailey works as a fight choreographer, producer, and director. She's a big fan of historical signage of all kinds.

CURRENTLY:
Lady Macbeth/Malcolm/Lady Macduff/Second Witch/Seyton in a three-actor Macbeth
with The Warehouse Theatre Educational Tour, currently touring all around SC
 
Director of Arden of Faversham
with Clemson University

RECENTLY:
Melita Maschmann in Here There Are Blueberries
with The Warehouse Theatre, September 18th - October 11th
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Tybalt/Balthazar (plus some mandolin playing) in Romeo and Juliet
with Advice To The Players in Sandwich, NH. July - August 2026