Theatrical and Performance Experience
The Game's Afoot! (or Holmes for the Holidays) | Daria Chase | Cabrillo Playhouse |
Other Desert Cities | Polly Wyeth | Westminster Community Theatre |
Oliver! the Musical | Mrs. Bedwin / emsemble | Laguna Playhouse |
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean | Juanita | Vista Broadway Theater |
Nana's Naughty Knickers | Nana | Vista Broadway Theater |
The Man From Earth | Edith | Cabrillo Playhouse |
Dead Man's Cellphone | Harriet Gottlieb | Stages OC |
Walter Cronkite is Dead | Patty Jenkins | Vista Broadway Theater |
The Mousetrap | Mrs. Boyle | Cabrillo Playhouse |
The Hollow | Gerda Cristow | Westminster Community Theatre |
Love Letters | Melissa Gardner | Charmed Life Productions |
Leading Ladies | Meg Snider | Westminster Community Theatre |
The Shadow Box | Maggie | Westminster Community Theatre |
Charlotte's Web, The Musical | Martha Arable | Laguna Playhouse |
Damn Yankees | Doris Miller | Saddleback Civic Light Opera |
The King and I | Wife / ensemble | Camino Real Playhouse |
Independence | Evelyn Briggs | Camino Real Playhouse |
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change | Woman #2 (lead) | Cabrillo Playhouse |
Footloose, the Musical | Principal Harriett Clark | Camino Real Playhouse |
Nine | Guido's Aunt / ensemble | Golden West College |
Luann, The Musical | Luann's Mom | Huntington Beach Playhouse |
Under Papa's Picture | Grace O'Connell | Huntington Beach Playhouse |
Best Little Whorehouse... | Reporter #1 / ensemble | Huntington Beach Playhouse |
The Children's Hour | Mrs. Lily Mortar | Golden West College |
The Grapes of Wrath | Elizabeth Sandry & Ensemble | Santa Ana College |
Rumors | Chris Gorman | Santa Ana College |
Desserts Theatre '03, '05, and '07 | Duets and Chorus | Capistrano Valley CRS |
Our Town | Mrs. Gibbs | Santa Ana College |
The Mothers of Intention | Praise Band | Capistrano Valley CRS |
Standup Comedy | Comedienne | Irvine Improv |
Celebration Choir | Alto | Capistrano Valley CRS |
The Lady's Not For Burning | Jennet Jourdemayne | Bloomington Theatre |
Charlie's Aunt | Ms. Brassett | Bloomington Theatre |
Dark of the Moon | Mrs. Allen | Bloomington Theatre |
The American Dream | Mommy | Bloomington Theatre |
Performance Classes
Professional Acting Intensive | Karen Hensel, Hal Landon, et al. | South Coast Repertory |
Fundamentals of Acting I, II | Sheryl Donchey | Santa Ana College |
Fundamentals of Acting I, II | Laurie Woolery | South Coast Repertory |
Improvisation I, II | Greg Atkins | South Coast Repertory |
Acting for Commercials | Ron Michaelson | OCCAW |
Beginning Stand-up Comedy | Brenna Kelly | Irvine Improv |
Musical Theatre I, II | Beth Hansen | Orange Coast College |
Educational Experience
Voice: | Chariya Bissonette (current), Beth Hansen; Judith Pearce Powell |
Movement: |
Ballroom dance, full social Bronze I (current), Arthur Murray Studios; Introduction to Jazz, DNA Dance Studio and Orange Coast College; Body Movement for the Actor, Golden West College; Musical Theatre Dance, Saddleback College |
Music Theory: | Diatonic and Chromatic Harmony, Sight Singing I and II, Orange Coast College |
Martial Arts: | Aikido Training, 6th kyu, Sensei Gentil Pennawaert |
Theatrical Writing
"Mirror Man", a children's play |
"The Journey" and "Crossroads," books for Desserts Theatre '05 and '07 |
Formal Education
B.S. Psychology |
Illinois State University
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Normal, IL
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