Bobbi Kaye Kupfner

Bobbi Kaye Kupfner
(Curley’s Wife)

Bobbi Kaye is a theatre performer and creator originally from Montana. She holds an BA in Communications and Theatre from Montana State University-Billings, and an MFA in Theatre and Contemporary Performance from Naropa University in Boulder, CO. Since moving to Portland she has been an actor, an improviser, a musician, a director, a stage manager, and a designer for numerous companies including: Action/Adventure, Enlightened Theatrics, Portland Actors Ensemble, Experience Theatre Project, PassinArts, and many others.

Bobbi is also an improviser in residence at The Funhouse Lounge. She is an avid D&D player, including a character she’s created for the podcast, Dial M for Magic (https://www.dialmformagic.com). She is also a proud CatMom to the wonderfully fluffy monster Admiral Ackbar and the purr motor Princess Kneesaa.

Bobbi first came to Life In Arts Productions in the summer of 2017, taking on the role of Jean Fordham in the extremely popular staged reading of AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, which played to a sold-out crowd and rave reviews in August 2017. She has continued to be an instrumental figure in the ongoing development of the company, participating in other staged readings, being a crucial part of the Life In Arts Zoom Play Reading Group, and being apart of the core team as the company continues its journey forward.

“You don’t have to get a job that makes others feel comfortable about what they perceive as your success. You don’t have to explain what you plan to do with your life. You don’t have to justify your education by demonstrating its financial rewards. You don’t have to maintain an impeccable credit score. Anyone who expects you to do any of those things has no sense of history or economics or science or the arts. You have to pay your electric bill. You have to be kind. You have to give it all you’ve got. You have to find people who love you truly and love them back with the same truth. But that’s all.”

— Cheryl Strayed