From Bangkok to New York, meet the Broadway performer everyone is talking about : Sy Chounchaisit.
Right Photography: Sy Chounchaisit starring in Goodspeed Musicals’ “Anything Goes“
Born in Thailand, Sy Chounchaisit is a professional performer and photographer based in New York City. Casted in the most prominent musicals as a performer and featured in magazines for her visual works, she is an accomplished artist living the dream.
Sy Chounchaisit grew up in Bangkok, where she started exploring various artistic expressions at a young age, from vocal, dance, to art classes. She was a busy child, and she showed early signs of talent and determination when she was only 4 years old. She knew back then that singing and dancing would be bound to who she is.
She decided to become a full time professional artist when she was in High School. It clicked when she performed in the musical “Into The Woods“ and realized she could combine all the skills she had perfected, ever since she was a child.
But because the high school system in Thailand limited Sy in her artistic ambition, she decided, as she turned 16, with the full support of her family, to pursue her venture in the United States, at the Northfield Mount Hermon School (Northfield, MA). There, she was exposed to instrumental groups, a-cappella groups, dance company, art classes, plays…It’s also at that time that her uncle, an avid musician, gave her her first mirrorless camera, to document her time studying abroad in the United States.
I would use my camera to help me make friends by taking portrait photography because my English wasn’t so good. Directing my friends to pose was a way to practice English without really anyone noticing me practicing English. I started taking photos of my friends in dance company and submitting it to the school newspaper because I saw the lack of representation of art on the paper. In college, I explored the concept of self-portrait but with a little bit of movement in my portrait photography and started running with it.
After her graduation from NMH, Sy Chounchaisit moved to New York to attend the prestigious American Musical and Dramatic Academy, earning her BFA in Musical Theatre. There, she was trained in all disciplines including singing, dancing, and acting. She was inspired and influenced by professors who are also working professionals, such as Chryssie Whitehead (Chicago, A Chorus Line, Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular), Dan Daily (The Wolf of Wall Street starring Leonard DiCaprio) and award winning actor Ray Virta (Therese Rquin starring Keira Knightley).
With her outstanding talent, her extended training and experience, it’s no surprise that Sy was remarked by professionals in the musical industry, and signed with Daniel Hoff Agency.
Now a busy professional, Sy became the performer that she envisioned when she was a child, starring with her idols.
Sy has come a long way since her high school musical in Massachusetts. She never stopped performing, learning, touring, working and travelling. She deserves the success and the recognition she’s been receiving over the years, from the top industry professionals, as she played in Goodspeed Musicals’ “Anything Goes“, in “Mamma Mia!“, and most recently in the virtual production “Sticks & Stones“, produced by none the less than Lady Gaga.
Casting directors couldn’t go wrong when they chose her to perform in the Legally Blonde National Tour, one of Sy’s favorites ! (and mine too)
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