THEATER

Yvette in MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN with Classical Theatre of Harlem, NYC. REVIEWS

Clown Helda in MADNESS AND JOY with Cirque Boom at the Chashama/Bam Outside Art Festival, BAM Park, NYC. SEE PHOTOS

Nurse and Lord Capulet in ROMEO AND JULIET with the Jean Cocteau Repertory, directed by Rod McLucas, NYC. REVIEWS (photo)

Clown Helda in CIRCUS OF VICES AND VIRTUES with Cirque Boom at the Brooklyn Lyceum, NYC. SEE CLOWN PAGE

Frau Bergman in SPRING AWAKENING, produced by The Prospect Theater Company, directed by Jackson Gay, at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, NYC. REVIEWS

Helga Steiner in ZIMMERMAN, directed by Eric Parness, at the Sanford Meisner Theater, NYC. REVIEWS

Miss Julie and Electra in the plays of same name and Chorus/Puppeteer in MEDEA, work done with MFA Directors under the auspices of Anne Bogart & Robert Woodruff at Columbia University; Dir. Gisela Cardenas.

Clown (Pembroke) in KING JOHN, an irreverent adaptation by Doppelgang Productions, Mazer Theater, NYC. PHOTO

Alastair in SWEET UGLY with estrotribe as part of the 2001 NY International Fringe Festival.

Lady Capulet in Moonwork’s production of ROMEO AND JULIET at The Connelly Theater, New York. REVIEWS

Emmi Straube in TAKING SIDES at Stamford Theatre Works, Stamford Connecticut. REVIEWS

Featured Performer/Ensemble in SURVIVAL NEW YORK with the Theater for the New City Street Theater Troupe. PHOTO

Natasha in CLEARCUT CATASTROPHE! with the Big Art Group at NY Int’l Fringe Festival—a takeoff of The Three Sisters and the Grey Gardens documentary. REVIEWS

Ringmaster/Singer in CIRQUE DE LAPONIE, producer Saga Clip Circus, Paris, France.

Helena in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at The BoarsHead Theater, Michigan. PHOTO

The Nurse in EQUUS at the Barn Theatre, Michigan. PHOTO

Follie Girl in the musical CRAZY FOR YOU at the Barn Theatre, Michigan.

Maid (understudy Nina and Masha) in THE SEAGULL at the Boarshead Theater, Michigan.

Woman #1 in PLAY by Beckett at the BoarsHead Second Stage.

Mme X in THE STRONGER by Strindberg at the BoarsHead Second Stage.

Silvia in THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA at Mt. Hope Outdoor Theatre, Pennsylvania.

Annabel O’Hoolighan, original comic/clown character in POE EVERMORE at Mt. Hope Productions, Pennsylvania — a company creation based on the life and times and works of Edgar Allan Poe. PHOTO

Holly Daze, Innkeeper in PENNSYLVANIA RENAISSANCE FAIRE — improvisational interactive comedy in historical setting. PHOTO

Marianne in PLAYING FOR TIME by Arthur Miller at Mary MacArthur Theater, New York City.

Lady Macbeth, Titania in SHAKESPEARE WOOS with The Touring Company, New Jersey — a collage of Shakespeare’s love scenes for educational tour.

Demeter in THE MYTH OF PERSEPHONE, Daughter/Firebeing in THE TRICKSTER TALES and Marina in THE GHOST NET with The Grumbling Gryphons Traveling Children’s Theater, U.S.A. — educational theater on environmental themes and cultural myths using music, masks, and audience interaction.

Elizabeth in THE CRUCIBLE at the Sodra Latin Theatre, Stockholm, Sweden.

Margery in the Southern contemporary comedy HOUNDED AND POSSESSED at the Wings Theatre Company, New York City.

Audrey Liston in WEEKENDS IN THE COUNTRY at the Ryan Repertory Company, New York City — an evening of one-acts based on short stories of the Edwardian era. PHOTO

Joan in TIME AND THE CONWAYS by J.B. Priestley at Lester Martin Theater, New York City.

Various characters in STORY THEATRE by Paul Sills at Mannie Greenfield Theater, New York City.

FILM & TV

Restaurant patron/Upper East-side shopper in SEX & THE CITY—HBO, Silvercup Studios, NYC

Beauty wanna-be in EXIT—short student film—Hunter College Film Projects

Annain THE SNUG WITCH PROJECT— short spoof—with Bond Street Theatre Productions

Claudine, the Mistressin LOVE TRIANGLE—short independent— by Ginnimae Productions, New York City

Lead role in HELL’S KITCHEN—short student film— by NYU Sight & Sound, New York City

COMMERCIALS/VOICEOVERS/PRINT

Basic variety—voiceover commercials and industrials in Paris and New York City, as well as print work. List upon request.

1996–1998:

ECOLE INTERNATIONALE DE THEATRE JACQUES LECOQ, Paris, France
– including the scenographical course LABORATORY OF STUDY OF MOVEMENT

1989–1991:

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS, New York City
– graduate of two-year professional acting training degree program

Apprenticeships

Sept. ’95–May ’96:

BOARSHEAD Michigan Public Theater, Lansing, Michigan
– mainstage acting work; performed & produced second stage shows; toured an ensemble-created historical show for young audiences; taught workshops; and worked as assistant stage manager as well as sound/light technician and set constructor.

June–August 1996:

BARN THEATRE, Augusta, Michigan
– mainstage performances and late-night-cabaret shows—as well as costume work and considerable sweatshop set construction.

Further Training

Clown:

Workshops w/André Riot-Sarcey, Alain Gautré, & Ami Hattab in Paris, France. Also David Shiner (NYC)

    Also In NYC

Film Technique:

Pat McCorkle, Dani Super (TVI Studios)

Classical Study:

Patsy Rodenberg and Rob Clare
Riverside Shakespeare Company; Deloss Brown Workshop

Improvisation:

Gary Austin Workshops, Freestyle Rep (TheatreSportsNY)

Movement:

Laura Fine Physical Acting Workshop

Stage Combat:

Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD) — Ralph H. Anderson, Michael G. Chin, David J. Brimmer

Speaks fluent English, Swedish; excellent French.

Dialects in English: various British, Irish, American Southern, Midwest, German, French, Swedish, etc.

Sing (mezzo); play piano & recorder.

Recognized actor/combatant by SAFD, 1995 – unarmed, rapier & dagger, broadsword.

Bullwhip skills; ballroom & latin dancing; some tap; some acrobatics. Stiltwalking.

Driver’s license; passport.

GRUMBLING GRYPHONS TRAVELING CHILDRENS THEATER
– educational workshops dealing with environmental themes as well as cultural and ancient myths; also theater creation through improvisation, music & rhythm; character & ensemble work to integrate the children into the show; ages 4–18.

BOARSHEAD THEATER
– workshops in improvisational theater games as an introduction to acting; movement & stage combat classes; as well as conflict resolution work through theater with junior-high-school drama festival.

VARIOUS WORKSHOPS
– in improvisation, character work, and movement & physical theater, such as clowning, buffoonery, and commedia. Commissioned by, e.g., Irondale Ensemble, NYC; Arch Center of Arts, CT.