Amber P. holds a B.S. in Interdisciplinary
Studies, with concentrations in Theatre, Dance and Human Services from
Fitchburg State College. While at Fitchburg State she achieved many
accolades including becoming the regional winner in the National
American College Theatre Festival’s Irene Ryan Award. This gave her the
opportunity to perform at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in
Washington, DC in 2002. That same year she was awarded the Fitchburg State College Leadership in the Arts Award.
Her
producing credits include a shared choreographer’s concert at the Dance
Complex in Cambridge, MA. Producer/Creator of the Phoenix Festival, a
theatre arts festival for families in Summer 2004, performed in various
locations in the Greater Boston area.
She has also written,
produced and performed 3 one woman shows that she has toured with
through Massachusetts. Her fourth show titled "Genesis of Honey: from
survivor to siren" will be coming out in 2009.
In her own words
Hey! All you wicked cool kids. Let’s break it down this way; I am the funky fresh Amber P. You can call me Amber, Amber P., call me anything but late for dinner.
I was born and raised in Boston to Caribbean parents. So after we Park our cars in Harvard Yard (pronounced Pa-k ah ka's in havid Yaaad) we get out and eat curry goat.
I have an older brother that I credit for many emotional and physical scarring (i.e. the one across my chin from cops and robbers, guess who had to be the robber).
In college I majored in the dining hall and a hot theatre guy, I got an A+ and D- respectively.
After graduating I used my degree to wipe up spills better than the leading brand of paper towel, traveling, courting my muse, learning, teaching and generally living a Bon Vivant post graduate life in mom’s basement.
FUN FACTS ABOUT AMBER P Name: Amber Patrice Knight
Nicknames: Amber P., P-Ster, Mike’s little sister, hey you… no you in the blue... on the left.
Birthday: 7-22-80 ~ now that you know I will expect gifts.
Pets: RIP both Velvet the rabbit, and Peco the beta fish. See you at the crossroads homie.
Hair color: Black in twist that will one day be Lovelocks (commonly known as dreadlocks but let’s make that change people)
Favorite TV shows: Arrested Development, Little Britain, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Sara Jane Adventures, The Office, The Office, Extras, Gavin and Stacy, The Wire, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica (I have not seen any of season 4 so no spoilers please)
Favorite Saying: Good times-Good times, Rock on, Rock the Kasbah, Rock on cool kid