
Actor. Director. Dancer. Educator. Writer. Musician. Theatrical Intimacy & Violence Choreographer.
Bianca Thompson (she/they) is a queer and biracial theatre artist & educator.
She was raised in a sleepy town in Massachusetts before graduating from Skidmore College with a Bachelor of Science in Theatre (concentrations in Acting and Directing). They strive to make art that gives you butterflies, hugs your heart, boils your blood, and tugs at your tear ducts. Passionate about social justice, mental and sexual health advocacy, and creating brave, consent-based, trauma-informed spaces, Bianca’s work is grounded in promoting healing, empathy, and growth through the arts.
In recent news…
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March 2025
Bianca will be seen as Monroe in Fat Theatre Project and Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble’s production of Funny, Like an Abortion by Rachel Bublitz. Chicago professional acting debut!
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December 2024
Bianca joined the team of Pussy Sludge at Facility Theatre directed by Ava Calabrese-Grob as the Intimacy and Fight Choreographer opening in March 2025.
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September 2024
Queer Dance Freakout finished out their fall season with performances at Chicago Danztheatre!
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June 2024
Bianca performed in her first gig after recovering from an injury with Queer Dance Freakout at Midsommarfest in Andersonville. Queer Dance Freakout is also slated to perform in RhinoFest 2024 at Facility Theatre on June 28th at 10:30pm. See you there!
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May 2024
Bianca will play Praxagora in Young Krones’ workshop of their new play ASSEMBLYWOMXN, Maggie Rothberg’s new translation of Assemblywomen by Aristophanes. Showings will take place May 15-16 at Facility Theatre.
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January 2024
Bianca joined the team of The Lightning Thief: A Percy Jackson Musical as the Dance, Fight, and Intimacy Choreographer under the direction of Miranda Coble at MadKap Productions. Audition information can be found here.
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September 2023
Queer Dance Freakout was a featured guest artist during closing weekend of The Fly Honey Show at Thalia Hall! The QDF set featured Bianca’s choreography to “Pure/Honey” by Beyoncé.
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July 2023
Queer Dance Freakout had a blast making their Steppenwolf debut in the LookOut Series.
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June 2023
Queer Dance Freakout performed four shows throughout the month of May at Elastic Arts in Logan Square. Next up, they will perform July 1st at Steppenwolf as part of the LookOut Series. Tickets can be found here.
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April 2023
Bianca will perform with her dance company Queer Dance Freakout (GF Productions) at Sleeping Village as a part of Queer Art Party—a two-day event celebrating queer art in all forms!
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March 2023
Bianca began working with NAMI Chicago as a Role Player and NAMI Ambassador training CPD officers in de-escalation techniques when responding to mental health crises. Learn more about Crisis Intervention Team training here.
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March 2022
Bianca was accepted to Loyola University Chicago’s graduate dual degree program for an MSW/MA in Social Work/Women’s and Gender Studies beginning in Fall 2023.
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February 2023
Bianca is thrilled to re-join the company of A Drama in Rogers Park (formally Late April, East of Sheridan) with Young Krones as the Intimacy Director/Child Advocate for their site-specific iteration of the play to run April-May 2023 in a Rogers Park apartment.
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November 2022
Bianca served as the Intimacy Director/Child Advocate for the workshop production of Late April, East of Sheridan with Young Krones at Facility Theatre.
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October 2022
Bianca was hired as Teaching Artist at Mudlark Theater!
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September 2022
Bianca supported the graduate student short film “SALT” written and directed by Zhijie Cao as the Intimacy Coordinator.
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September 2022
Bianca moved back to Chicago, IL and was hired as a Teaching Artist at Writers Theatre!
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June 2022
Bianca appeared as USHER/GOD/UNDERSTANDING and served as the Intimacy Director and Child Advocate for Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins at Santa Fe Playhouse.
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May 2022
Just in time for Mother’s Day, Bianca and her mom performed as May’s featured poets at Hale Education’s monthly Poetry Night in Westwood, MA.
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April 2022
Bianca joined the production team of Chloe Xtina’s short film Ghost of You as the Intimacy Coordinator.
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March 2022
Bianca served as Co-Director and Stage Manager for the Nobles Theatre Collective’s Middle School play, Push and Pull—an original work devised by the ensemble.
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November 2021
Bianca served as the Fight Choreographer for the Nobles Theatre Collective’s Mainstage production of Chemical Imbalance: A Jekyll and Hyde Play by Lauren Wilson, running November 3-5.
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October 2021
Bianca joined the creative team of Skidmore College Theater’s Blackbox production of John Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower as the Intimacy & Fight Director.
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September 2021
Bianca joined the theatre department faculty at Noble & Greenough School teaching drama to 7th and 8th graders for the fall semester.
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August 2021
Bianca became Mental Health First Aid certified after completing training with the National Council for Mental Wellbeing.
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August 2021
Bianca joined the creative team of Gabi Carruba and Chloe Xtina’s short film DOWN BY THE WATER as the Intimacy Coordinator.
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July 2021
Bianca spent 5 weeks in Vermont working as a counselor at EVkids Summer Camp playing lots of volleyball, hiking mountains, and teaching theatre to low-income students from the Boston area.
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June 2021
Bianca released her 4-track debut EP “since we’re here” featuring songs written in quarantine about the pandemic over the last year.
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June 2021
Bianca released her first single “small things (clementine)” on all streaming platforms.