Sophia Manicone is a New York based actor, singer, and dancer originally from the Washington, DC Metro Area. She made her Broadway debut playing Iola Stover in the 2023 Tony Award winning revival of Jason Robert Brown’s PARADE, directed by Michael Arden, and starring Micaela Diamond and Ben Platt.

A theater lover for as long as she can remember, Sophia saw her first Broadway production at the age of 3 and she’s been acting, singing, and dancing ever since. For her 5th birthday, she begged her parents for a red velvet curtain to hang in the basement to use as the stage curtain for the shows she and her friends would put on for anyone willing to watch!

Sophia’s been appearing on professional stages since the age of 11 in RUTHLESS! THE MUSICAL. She went on to play a number of timeless roles, such as Scout in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, Amy in LITTLE WOMEN, Fern in CHARLOTTE’S WEB, Dorothy in THE WIZARD OF OZ, Anne in THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, Katherine in NEWSIES, Sister Mary Robert in SISTER ACT, Liesl VonTrapp in THE SOUND OF MUSIC.

Although she loves bringing the classics to life, some of her most challenging and rewarding work has been in bringing new works to life. In the world-premieres of both KALEIDOSCOPE and WITCH, surrounded by an incredibly talented all-female cast, Sophia witnessed first-hand the power of theater to open the audience’s eyes to social injustice and the plight of others. She was honored to make original cast recordings with the casts of KALEIDOSCOPE and WITCH and hopes that the cast recordings will make it easier for the important messages in these shows to reach communities beyond Washington, DC and New York. More recently, Sophia was featured in an industry reading of THE STORE UNDER THE PORTICO, written by Robert and Cristina Farruggia, directed by Paul Masse and starred as Jan/Karen in the off-Broadway production of WATCHER IN THE WOODS, written by Johanna Telander and Douglas Thompson, directed by Chase Kniffen at Urban Stages.

Sophia trains in voice, acting, jazz, ballet, and tap. She’s currently a BFA Musical Theater candidate at Pace University, Sands College of Performing Arts, in New York City.

When not training, in rehearsal, or on stage, Sophia enjoys time with her friends and family, thrifting, hiking, reading, travelling and going to see her theater friends in their shows!