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Height: 5'4"           Hair: Brown with Highlights
Weight: 120          Eyes: Hazel 

   

                                                                                                                                                                                                         
THEATRE
Courted: Adam Vs. the Apple Incident    Judge Aphrodite                                    Alice Camarota                 AlphaNYC

Green Sound                                           Molly                                                      Cihangir Duman              Eager Risk Theater Co.                    

Taken                                                     
Jessie                                                    Susan Jackson                Workshop Theater Co.

Anthrax!                                                   Lynn                                                       Benno Haenel                 TheaterLab

Thirteen and a Half                                 Sariel                                                      Justin Johnson                Theater for the New City

Future Perfect                                         Nicole                                                     Frank Priore                     Chapel Players Theater

A Brooklyn Home                                   Courtney                                                Benno Haenel                   Theater for the New City

What's Your Opinion...                            Martha                                                   Matthew Singletary           FRINGE Festival

Eclipsed                                                  Hattie                                                     Adrienne Unae                 Cafe at Broadway

9/11/02                                                    Amy                                                       Larry Schwartz                 Strawberry One-Act Festival

A Question of Time                                Andrea (age 27)                                      Kate Powers                    Manhattan Rep. Spring New Works
                                                                                                                                                                            
 
Actors Studio Drama School

Gruesome Playground Injuries                  Kayleen                                                Susan Aston      

Deflowering Waldo                                    Sissy                                                     Jim Fagan

Ludlow Fair                                               Rachel                                                  Susan Aston

A Tantalizing                                             Dafne                                                   Susan Aston

Phoenix                                                     Sue                                                      Susan Aston

The Importance of Being Earnest             Cecily                                                   Susan Aston

Rabbit Hole                                               Becca                                                   Susan Aston

Summer and Smoke                                 Alma                                                     Susan Aston

Wait Until Dark                                         Susy                                                      Elizabeth Kemp

A Dreamer Examines His Pillow                Donna                                                 Elizabeth Kemp

Central Park West                                    Phyllis                                                   Elizabeth Kemp

Waiting for Lefty                                       Edna                                                     Elizabeth Kemp

Proof                                                        Claire                                                    Jacqueline Knapp

Dancing Blind                                           Johanna                                               Jean Lee

The Donahue Sisters                                Annie                                                   Jean Lee

   
FILM

Exploitation and the Directors...              Susan                                                    Bill Zebub

Fountain of Youth                                    
Zoe                                                        Jacob Kessler

Take Me Literally                                    Jessica                                                   Peter Kokalis

Matthew                                                 Nurse Deborah                                       Jesse Muller

Strings of Love                                       Rose                                                      Delia Uraga

Inspired                                                  Lila                                                         Sabrina Chan

Love Sucks                                            Natalie                                                    Mari Eimas-Dietrich 
 
Interception                                           Marion                                                     Pranav Kulkarni

Love and Stress                                    Annette                                                    Jaeyoon Lee    

The Perfect Life                                     Dina                                                        Nikita Sphilberg

Degage (Go Away)                                Ballerina                                                 Rya Gershcovich

Soap                                                      Marla                                                      Jim Uhls


Commercial

Amazon "Give"                                      Cass, lead                                               Nick Gordon


University of Utah

All in the Timing                                         Various                                                Phil Smith

Taking Steps                                             Kitty                                                      Ron Frederickson

The Heidi Chronicles                                 Becky, Diane                                       Peder Melhuse

Rose Wagner Theatre

The Hereafter                                           Lea                                                        Mark Fossen 

     

 Awards
TAPNYC Season 32 Monologue Challenge Winner 
TAPNYC Season 32 Director's Choice Award Winner                    
2014 Best Performance for "Perfect Life Inc."     Knickerbocker Film Festival        Albany, New York

Education and Training

MFA/Acting                                                        Actors Studio Drama School, Pace University (NY)

Acting: Susan Aston; Elizabeth Kemp; Jacqueline Knapp, Louis Colainni

Movement: Michael Billingsley, David Frank

Voice: Louis Colaianni; Corinna May


BA Theatre Studies                                         University of Utah

Dialects: Sarah Shippobotham

Dance

Ballroom: Danielle Quisenberry                 Alvin Ailey

Horton Technique: Elizabeth Roxas          Alvin Ailey

West African: Vado Diomande                   Alvin Ailey

Special Skills

Violin (Intermediate), Horseback Riding, Baseball, Creative Writing, IPA Training, Accents (French, Greek, Russian, Irish, British)

Voice: Soprano-Alto range

Languages: French (Intermediate); American Sign Language (Beginner), Cat (Fluent)


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