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Film/TV:
Puppet Seizure Lead Ind. Short for Festivals
The Book of Elm Street Lead Ind. Short for Festivals
Scheherazade Lead Ind. Short for Festivals
Law & Order: SVU Guest Star NBC
Pretty Lead Ind. Short for Festivals
The Graveyard Shift Lead Ind. Short for Festivals
Today’s Special (w. Aasif Mandvi) Featured Independent Film
Tackle Girl Lead Ind. Short for Festivals
The Sopranos Guest Co-Star HBO
One Night (w. Frankie Shaw) Lead Independent Film
Theater:
Penny and the Puppettes Owner/Creator/Performer Regional Theater Company
Ziggy Susie Atlantic Theater Stage II
Gustie Returns Laura EST Reading (Dir: Billy Hopkins)
Goddess Wheel Ensemble Equity Reading w. Galt MacDermot
Island Girls Tulip 2/Lyricist/Librettist Equity Reading
Featuring Loretta Sophie Occam Rep. Theatre Comp.
Annie Grace Broward Center for the P.A., Fla.
Blithe Spirit Elvira Broward Center for the P.A., Fla.
Smoke on the Mountain Denise Millbrook Playhouse, Pa.
Stranger to the Muse Emily Equity Reading
Stuart Little, The Musical Babette Actor’s Playhouse, Fla.
Education:
NYU Tisch School Of The Arts – BFA in drama
-Graduate of Cap 21 (Musical Theater Program)
-Graduate of Stonestreet Studio of Film & Television
Dillard Center For The Arts High School – Graduate w/focus in Theater
Acting (17 yrs), Voice (17 yrs), Speech (10 yrs)
Upright Citizens Brigade- 2 years Improv
Committed Impulse Acting Training- 4 years with Josh Pais
Grotowski Acting Training- 2 years with Erica Fae
Skills:
Guitar, Piano, Ukulele, Flute, Voice (Pop, Country, Rock),
Dialects: British RP/Cockney, Southern, Russian, Softball,
Swimming (Freestyle/Breast Stroke), Rollerblading, Whistle,
Drive (Stick/Automatic), Puppeteering, Ventriloquism