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| Ht. 5’ 11” | Hair: Light Brown |
| Wt. 185 | Eyes: Green |
| FILM | ||
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| Cake | Supporting | USC Film |
| Ninja Burglar | Supporting | Columbia Film |
| My Turn | Lead | USC Film |
| Finding the One | Supporting | Dir. Blake Landis |
| Tenderness | Featured | Lionsgate – Dir. John Polson |
| Internet / New Media | ||
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| Gladys P. Gnuly, Ep. 1 & 2 | Lead | Flying Wagon Productions |
| The Queerburgs, Ep. 5 | Supporting | Dir. Mike Hennessey |
| A Donde Vamos A Parar? | Featured | Marco Antonio Solis |
| Selected Theater |
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| CarnEvil | Skip (Supporting) | Sacred Fools Theater – LA, Dir. Janet Roston |
| Hyperbole: Origins | A. Puffin (Lead, Puppeteer) | Rogue Artists Ensemble – LA, Dir. Sean Cawelti |
| Intrigue at Ah-Pah | Scar Tissue (Lead) | The Dell’Arte Company – Dir. Michael Fields |
| Something Else – Indeed! | Gladys P. Gnuly (Lead) | Dell”Arte International – Dir. Ronlin Foreman |
| As You Like It (workshop) | Hymen | The Women’s Project– NYC, Dir. Rebecca Patterson |
| Red Beads | Puppeteer | Mabou Mines – NYC, Dir. Lee Breuer & Basil Twist |
| The Red & Black Masque | Black Spirit | Theater for the New City – NYC, Dir. Crystal Fields |
| Carol’s Christmas | Bertha Crotchit (Lead) | The Underground Theater – LA, Dir. Steven Helgoth |
| The Misadventures of Sir Edward the Brave | Monstradaumus / Gimbo (Lead) | Dell’Arte – Dir. Emily Windler |
| To The Teeth | Guppy (Lead) | The Creek Theatre – NYC, Dir. Rebecca A. Trent |
| Marat/Sade | Sister | The Access Theatre – NYC, Dir. Michael Kimmel |
| Tamponville | Marge (Lead) | NY Artists Unlimited – NYC, Dir. Hans Friedrichs |
| Ordinary Heroes | Karin (Lead) | Regional Tour – Dir. Amy Feinberg |
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| Conflicts upon request. |
| Training |
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| Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre, Blue Lake, CA – Professional Training Program | |
| Acting & Movement: | Joan Schirle, Micheal Fields, Ronlin Foreman |
| Clown: | Ronlin Foreman |
| Improv: | James R. Peck |
| Commedia Dell’Arte & Mask: | Michael Fields, Donald Forrest, Bruce Marrs, Stephanie Thompson |
| Acrobatics: | Joe Krienke |
| Mask-making: | Bruce Marrs |
| Viewpoints: | Joan Schirle |
| Smith College, Northampton, MA – B.A. in Theatre (Directing/Acting) | |
| Additional training: |
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| On-Camera Technique: | Jeffery Brooks |
| Acting & Movement: | Paul Zimet, Tina Shepard, John Hellweg |
| Shakespeare: | Austin Pendleton, Lisa Wolpe, Rebecca Patterson |
| Voice: | Thomas Parisi, Jack Eppler |
Skills: Piano (17+ years), some guitar, beatboxing, read/write music, singing in tight harmonies, dialects, character voices, intermediate juggling, drag, basic tumbling, improv, masks & commedia dell’arte, puppetry, clown, golf, softball and baseball.