Kamakshi Hart
Kamakshi Hart, M.A. (she/her) is a stage veteran of thirty-plus years in New York, L.A. and other places throughout the country. She resides in Topanga and has a long-time private practice as a transformation coach, equine & nature-assisted counselor and rites of passage guide. In addition to being a playwright/performer and Character Intensive Instructor for Soaring Solo Studios created by Jessica Lynn Johnson, Kamakshi is the director and developer of Kristy Beauvais’ ‘The Lion, The Witch & The Walk-In Closet’, which premiered at the Hollywood Fringe 2022 and went on to United Solo Festival on Theatre Row, NYC. Kamakshi’s first show, ‘Wild At Hart: A Tale of Trauma & Triumph’, premiered in Los Angeles at the Whitefire Theatre’s Solofest 2018, invited back in 2019, 2020 and awarded a Best of the Fest Encore performance by (pandemic) livestream in September 2020. Official selection of the Santa Monica Playhouse Binge Fringe Festival 2018 with an encore in 2019, featured by the 2019 Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival and celebrated at the Hollywood Fringe 2018 with an Encore Producer’s Award and the Larry Cornwall Award for Musical Excellence. Moving and miraculous, Kamakshi’s wide range of talent is showcased through her 25 characters and the songs that masterfully tell her personal tale of transformation. ‘Resilient AF: Rising To The Occasion’ premiered at the Inaugural Joshua Tree Solo Festival, followed by the Hollywood Fringe ‘22, Corazon Performing Arts in Topanga Canyon, the Hudson Theatre Hollywood and Women’s Voices / Namba Arts in Ventura.