“On a scale of one to ten, Haviland Stillwell is off the chain.”
An authentic Georgia peach, Haviland was born in Savannah and graduated from The Paideia School in Atlanta before moving to NYC and graduating with honors from NYU. Broadway audiences know her from the original revival casts of LES MISERABLES and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, and on TV in the recent Lifetime movie THE CLIENT LIST with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Cybill Shepard, EASTWICK, SIX DEGREES, BELOW THE BELTWAY, and THE BATTERY’S DOWN. Now based in Los Angeles, she regularly performs concerts there including LA hotspots Eleven, Upright Cabaret, and Show at Barre. She also performed with Rosie O’Donnell for r family cruises, hosted the broadwayworld.com show FLIRT, a webseries with Riese from autostraddle.com, and an abundant list of fun things happening that she can’t even talk about…YET. She is also a writer, teacher, activist, and advice giver, and you can read all about it on her website http://www.havilandstillwell.com and by following her on Twitter, @MissHaviland.
Little Bird, Little Haviland
“Though she be but little, she is fierce,” Haviland is a southern girl with an alluring, city-girl edge that is also charming and absolutely engaging. She is often compared to Scarlett O’Hara, as “a tight little ball of spunk, bad ass and class.” The difference is that you would never leave Haviland without giving a damn.
Her roots run through Georgia, where she grew up running between campaign parties (dad) and film sets (mom). She graduated from The Paideia School in Atlanta, Ithaca College, and then, New York University, with honors.
On Screen
Haviland started young, in films like Fried Green Tomatoes, Now and Then, and Wayward Son, with Harry Connick, Jr. Her television and film work includes ABC’s Eastwick and Six Degrees and the upcoming films,one for Lifetime, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Cybill Shepard, and Below the Beltway with Tate Donovan, which won the Audience Award when it premiered at the Newport Beach Film Festival.
On Broadway
She made her Broadway debut in the revival of Fiddler on the Roof (as Grandma Tzeitel and Hodel) and followed that with the revival of Les Miserables (as The Factory Girl and Fantine), plus numerous readings and premieres of new work with such composers and lyracists as Diane Warren, Maury Yeston, Charles Strouse, Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock, Ryan Scott Oliver, Steven Jamail and Ryann Ferguson, and Brian Feinstein.
On Line
You can connect to Haviland on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. You can also check out Autostraddle, where she is a contributor, as well as CaliforniaNOW, and BroadwayWorld.
Directing . Producing . Consulting
Haviland collaborates with artists and executives to create shows, give notes, and help shape whatever piece is at hand. She served as Associate Producer on the Off-Broadway production of John Cariani’s play, ALMOST, MAINE, works as an Associate Producer for Reset Films, and gives Master Classes at places such as New York University, The Paideia School and The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and private coachings for voice and acting.
In Concert
Her concerts have reached wide audiences from New York to Los Angeles. She performed with Rosie O’Donnell on the r family cruises, and she continues to sing all over L.A. and NYC, and willl visit other cities after her album release!
On Life
“I’m really into working,” says Haviland. “I live by example. Ultimately, isn’t the point to entertain by including everyone? The best thing to do is to get everyone in on it. And in this case, the ‘it’ is Haviland. Inclusion, advocacy, fierce sweetness and smarts. Those are my cornerstones. Wrap that up in an electric, best costume of the day, turn it on and let’s go.”