the long bio
Hi, I’m Soph! I’m an NYC-based MFA-trained actor, singer, dance-lover, clown, mask-maker, physical theatre artist, and multi-hyphenate performer. I have also lived in California, Munich, Montreal, and spent time in the American southwest. I love the backpacking in the high desert, yoga by the ocean, long distance biking, and running through NYC’s parks.
I have my MFA in Acting from UCI and my BA in Classical Voice and Drama from McGill University.
I am a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.
I am signed with MC Talent Management and DGRW.
I just wrapped up Amy Marie Seidel’s Machinal at Manhattan Theatre Club.
I’m in two NewFest 2025 films - Bugged (dir. Katie Schiller) and Riis: A Gay Odd-ussy (dir. Kendall Alex Payne).
I play Tanya in the queer rom-com What Are We? (dir. Eileen Hanley). We were a Cannes Indie semi-finalist, winner of Best Romance at LGBTQIA Toronto / LA, & featured at East Village Queer Film Festival.
Other on-screen moments: I Am No Longer Here (Netflix, dir. Fernando Frias de la Parra), Mean Girl Murders (HBO, dir. Bill Kerr), Bugged (NewFest 2025; dir. Katie Schiller), Portrait of Frances, Enclosed (Palm Springs 2020; dir. Katie Schiller), Heirloom (Hudsy; dir. Alec Simmons), Riis: A Gay Odd-ussy (NewFest 2025; dir. Kendall Alex Payne), Emily, Rachel and Joseph (dir. Joseph O’Malley).
On NYC’s stages, I’ve played Feste with The Acting Company, and I also work on new work with Tectonic Theatre Project, Prospect Musicals, The Neighborhood, The Village, The New York Neofuturists, F*cked Up Playfest, and Make/Shift Theatre Company. I’ve worked regionally at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, Santa Cruz Shakespeare, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Montreal Fringe, and PEI Fringe.
I make my own work. Most recently I’ve been developing a show called Two Twinks from New Jersey and the Search for a Meaningful Existence (see the Stuff I Make tab).
In the Press
Machinal - New York City Centre
“One of the strongest performances comes from Soph Metcalf […] they’ve got great range […] they also have a lovely singing voice and good sense of comedic timing…”
Bored and Confused - Matthew Hardy. 2025.