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Range: D3 to D6  

Regional Theatre

By Jeeves, dir. Stevie ZimmermanStiffy Byng1st Stage
Les Misérables, dir. Joe LocarroCosetteMusic Theatre of Wichita
All Shook Up, dir. Roger CastellanoEnsembleMusic Theatre of Wichita
Big River, dir. Mark MadamaEnsembleMusic Theatre of Wichita
My Fair Lady, dir. Wayne BryanServant & ensembleMusic Theatre of Wichita
The Coward and the Glory (Reading)Mary BickleyCharter Theatre
KT for Prez!KT's MomCharter Theatre New Plays for Young Audiences
BCA Ten (with Matt Bogart)PerformerAmericans for the Arts
Bus Stop Opera NYCPhyllisCarnegie Mellon University
Street SceneMae & JennyCarnegie Mellon University
NineGiuliettaCarnegie Mellon University
Overtures Showcase, dir. Eric SchaefferSoloist & ensembleThe Kennedy Center
Broadway Review, dir. Carolann PageSoloist & ensembleNorth American Cultural Laboratory

TV

Nightmare Next Door (Ep. 1)Starring reenactment roleInvestigation Discovery/Sirens Media
Witness: The Kidnapping of Patty HearstAngela AtwoodMSNBC/Sirens Media
Hard to Be Me (Pilot)Speaking party guestdir. by Erik Cieslewicz

Film

The FellowsHip: Rise of the GamersCommune Youth #1Opening Act Productions
ForecastOld WomanBrenMark Entertainment
From One to AnotherJamieCarnegie Mellon University
FBI Training FilmBus PassengerRocket Media Group

TV Commercials

BGE Home

Corporate Videos

Onetropolis, Wediquette, 4-Outdoor. CURRENTLY: SpeakinMotion.

Voiceover

A Brand New Way: Approva, Onetropolis, Appian; Federal Highway Administration.

Training

  • BFA from Carnegie Mellon University.
  • Acting with Tony McKay and Gregory Lehane; speech with Don Wadsworth; speech and voiceover with Natalie Baker Shirer; and movement with Kaf Warman at Carnegie Mellon.
  • Carnegie Mellon University Concert Choir.
  • 13 years of voice lessons: Susanne Marsee, Laura Knoop Very, Laurie Nelson, Lauretta Young.
  • 4 years of ballet, 6 years of jazz, 6 years of tap.
  • High school diploma and arts diploma from the Baltimore School for the Arts.

Master Classes

  • Signature Theatre's Overtures Musical Theatre program: Eric Schaeffer, Karma Camp, Ed Dixon, James Moore, Harriet Harris, Euan Morton, Emily Skinner, Donna Migliaccio, Parker Esse, Jeremy Benton, Sherri Edelen, Matt Bogart, Ricky Ian Gordon, Jason Snow, Joe Calarco, Dunja Vitolic, Jane Pesci-Townsend.
  • Carnegie Mellon: Christiane Noll, Graham Fenton, Dan Kamin.

Honors

  • Classical voice-Soprano winner in the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts' youngArts Awards & Musical Theatre Merit Award winner.

Special Skills

  • Accents: Italian, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Yiddish, Indian. Dialects: British, Cockney, Irish, New York, Southern.