All About Eva
A vocal advocate for the empowerment of women and girls globally, award-winning playwright, actor, and makeup artist Eva DeVirgilis is on a mission to help you own your power and stop saying “Sorry.”
With nearly a million views, her TEDxWomen talk on self-acceptance was named by HER magazine as one of their "Top inspirational TEDtalks to help you change your life."
Named as a 2023-2024 Pipeline Fellow DeVirgilis is currently creating her next theatrical piece under the mentorship of Pulitzer-Prize & Tony award-winning playwright, David Lindsay-Abaire (KIMBERLY AKIMBO- 2023 Tony Award for Best Musical, RABBIT HOLE, SHREK THE MUSICAL)
IN MY CHAIR, written and performed by DeVirgilis, garnered the 2019 RTTC Award for Best Original Work. To create the show DeVirgilis packed up her makeup chair and embarked on a journey around the world to gather eye-opening perspectives on self-esteem, body image, and often unrealistic 21st Century beauty standards. Along the way she collected countless inspiring stories from the women who sat in her chair.
Eva’s work has been featured on PBS, Upworthy and Beauty Launchpad. As an actress, you’ve seen her on Law & Order: Criminal Intent and AMC’s, Turn: Washington’s Spies and you can currently catch her waxing comically in numerous commercials including Capital One, Audi, Mastercard.
In addition, DeVirgilis loves to teach leaders to creatively communicate to their highest potential. As a Communication Consultant and Speaker Coach her client list is vast and diverse providing coaching & consulting to Fortune 500 companies, CEOs, Chief Medical Officers, Executives, politicians, authors, advertising agencies, religious leaders, Doctors, medical professionals and MBA programs.
She is a proud Military Spouse, and serves as the Command Ombudsman for the U. S Navy, Naval Reserve Forces Command. Eva is an active member of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Look Good Feel Better (LGFB), and Safe Harbor. She lives with her husband, U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Scott Wichmann (AKA Mister Showtime) and their hairless rescue pup, Uni.
Recent Awards and Honors
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Current 2023-2024 Cadence Theatre Pipeline Fellowship Recipient; with Tony & Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright and screenwriter, David Lindsay-Abaire.
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2022 Artist in Residence, Harpeth Hall, Nashville Tennessee.
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2020-2021 Virginia Commission for the Arts represented artist and grant
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2018-2019 Playwright in Residence Virginia Repertory Theatre
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2019 RTCC Award for ‘Best Original Work’ In My Chair
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2018 Artistic Residency Recipient Tofte Lake Center, Ely, Minnesota
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2018 Lark Theatre, Playspace Grant, New York, New York