* Accents include British, French, German, Italian, Chinese, Indian, Russian/Slavic, and regional North American accents, such as southern, midwestern, urban, Boston, and Maine.
* Can perform all ages, from baby/toddler to teenager/young adult to mature/elderly.
* Able to improvise characters for animation/children's projects and to explore gibberish in dialog.
Member's Performance Skills:
Bicycling-general, Body Surfing, Boogie Boarding, Bowling, Canoeing, Card Playing - Euchre, Card Playing - Bridge, Card Playing - Hearts, Card Playing - Rummy, Card Playing - Spades, Card Playing - Poker, Card Playing - Texas Hold 'em, Cry-on-Cue, Cycling, Dance - ballroom, Dance -swing, Dance - tap, Diving, Driving - stick shift-standard, Equestrian - English, Equestrian - general, Equestrian - Western, Flute, Frisbee - general, Hiking, Improvisation, Mountain Biking, Scuba Diving, Singer - Alto, Singer - Bari-Tenor, Singer - Mezzo Soprano, Snorkeling, Swimming - general ability, Swimming - back stroke, Teleprompter, Voices-characters, Weight Lifting, Wind Instrument
Recent noteworthy acting experience (use the format on the Before Applying page):
FILM|TV
*Wallie's Gals—Lead (Maneki); Dir. Mary Ferrara, MA and RI
*Flight—Lead (Barb); Dir. Natalie Peracchio, Newton, MA
*The Dangerfields Class of '64—Supporting (Miss Novachek); Dir. Reno Venturi, New Haven, CT
*Froth & Bubble—Supporting (Deb); Dir. Cory Santilli, Cranston, RI
*The Boswell Incident—Supporting (Concerned Citizen); Dir. Wes Palmer, E. Wakefield, NH
*SELLA'S Kitchen—Supporting (Nancy); Dir. Ralph Celestin, Boston, MA
*Randy's Canvas—Supporting (Gallery Owner); Dir. Sean Michael Beyer, Providence, RI
*Assassin Behind the Glass—Supporting (Detective); Dir. Patrick Jerome, Boston, MA
*A Time to Tell—Supporting (Detective); Dir. Patrick Jerome, Boston, MA
*Oasis Music Video—Supporting (Mother); Dir. Charles Frank, Zandrak, Conway, MA
*Mavericks—Supporting (Mother); Dir. Austin Ludwig, Wellesley, MA
*Double Exposure—Lead (Jacqueline Jones); Dir. Jesse Stansfield, Needham, MA; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_-lyNcUF-Q
*Sinners—Supporting (Concerned Woman); Dir. Derek Dubois, Filament Pictures, Providence, RI, 2014; https://vimeo.com/96322648
*Seduction Theory—Featured (Female Patient 2); Dir. Steven Ascher, West City Films, Lexington, MA; http://www.westcityfilms.com/seductiontheory.html
*The Listing—Supporting (Witch); Dir. Sam Coale, Coaloptix Entertainment, Westport, MA
*Meat, Prey, Love—Principal (Ellen Courbet); Dir. Cara Fano, Cambridge, MA; http://vimeo.com/66074832
*Cancer Dance—Lead (Mother); Dir. Ariana Ratner, Boston, MA
*In My Mind—Supporting (Mother); Dir. Dimas Bardales, Jomar Motion Pictures, Peabody, MA; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN1aS09o1MY
*Fat Cops—Featured | VO Talent; Dir. Matthew McLaughlin; ImprovBoston, Cambridge, MA; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulq0R6vnw2k
*TV Dinner—Lead (Mother, 30 lbs lost since role); Dir. Zach Kuperstein; Otoro Films, Wellesley, MA; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPBPyST2d5g
INDUSTRIAL | COMMERCIAL
*Rhode Island Blood Center—Frazzled Mom; Inventive Marketing Communications, Warwick, RI
*Navisite Cloud Support—HR Manager; Grain Digital, Andover, MA; http://bit.ly/2aVmeky
*Addiction Awareness Video for MGH Clay Center—Mother of Addict; Stone Communications, Belmont, MA; http://bit.ly/1M3YLF0
*Improvised Patient Assessment Training Videos for Simmons School of Social Work—Patient Overwhelmed at Discharge and Manic Bipolar Mom; 2U, Cambridge, MA
*Staples.com "Super Bowl" Campaign—Movie Ticket Collector; Newfangled Studios, Somerville, MA; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOvEG-yafZk
*Yale New Haven Health Branding Campaign—Coworker; Flat Iron Works, New Haven, CT; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCrB9kw_VB0
*Caregiver Appreciation Video—MCL/ACL Reconstruction Patient; LaunchPad Media, Newton, MA; http://vimeo.com/113500521
*Campus Safety Video—Fleeing/Hiding Admin; Yale University, New Haven, CT
*YMCA Promo Video for Southern New England Trunkline Trail—Mountain Biker; Six One Seven Studios, Franklin, MA
*Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Bipolar Depression Training Film—Annette; Not Sold Separately Productions, Lowell, MA
*Hannaford Employee Training Modules—Grocery Shopper; Strongpaw Productions, West Falmouth, ME
THEATER
* МЫ - US, Role—The American, Arlekin Players Theatre, dir. Igor Golyak
* Nuncrackers, Role—Reverend Mother, Belmont Dramatic Club
* Wrote, directed, & produced musical called "The Effects of Climate Change," ImprovBoston, Cambridge, MA; Performed role of Sarah in barbershop quartet of ex-girlfriends
* Worst Musical Never Made, musical developed through improv—Originated role of Abby; Turnstyle Theatre Project, Cambridge, MA
VOICEOVER
* Fidelity, Boston, MA—Financial services customer and wife/mother
* Neactor.com, Boston, MA—promos for Valentines Day and Perseid meteor shower
* MathWorks, Natick, MA, for events and software tutorials
* Cyberlore Studios, Northampton, MA, for prototype gibberish-based employee training game
COMMERCIAL PRINT
* MathWorks, Natick, MA; model for HR brochure and Social Mission Report
Training or acting classes (class name, teacher & where):
TRAINING
* 9-month Stanislavski Intensives, including showcases, Arlekin Players Theatre—Igor Golyak
* Acting for Film and Television Intensives (ongoing), Straeon Acting Studios (formerly Carter Thor East)—Jock MacDonald and Albert Chan
* Private coaching & Feature Film Actors Lab—Peter Kelley
* 9-month Chekhov and Meisner Intensives, Michael Chekhov Actors Studio Boston—Scott Fielding
* Advanced Acting for Commercials, Boston Casting—Ann Baker
* Monologue and On-Camera Audition Prep; Meisner Technique: Repetition Into Scenes and Playing Full Out, Boston—Lyralen Kaye
* Monologue Audition Prep, Boston Casting—Spiro Veloudos
*Advanced Auditioning for Film and TV—Kyle Crand
* Acting for Film, Boston Casting—M. Lynda Robinson
* Script and Character Breakdown, C.P. Casting, Boston—Bates Wilder
* Cold Read Workshop—Steve Blackwood
* Voiceover Workshop, Boston Casting—Sonny Dufault
* Character Blueprint, C.P. Casting, Boston—Josh Chenard
* On-Camera Auditioning, C.P. Casting, Boston—Carolyn Pickman
* ImprovBoston Levels 1-6, Cambridge, MA (long-form improv)
* Scene Work on Modern Realists, Boston Center for the Arts—Todd Olson
* Shakespearean Acting, Harvard Ext. School, Cambridge, MA—Jeremy Geidt (American Rep. Theater)
MASTER CLASSES
* Improv—Joe Bill, Marjorie Burren, Armando Diaz, Steve Gilbane, Keith Johnstone, Shaun Landry, Susan Messing, Amy Poehler
* Clowning—Leslie Pasternak
EDUCATION
* MBA (magna cum laude), Babson College, Babson Park, MA
* MS in Physics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
* BS in Physics/Astronomy and BA in English, University of Rochester, NY
Other non-acting related work, hobbies or charities (not skills) in which this actor is involved (1 or 2 word descriptions):
* Close-harmony singing
* Improv comedy
* Professional writer/editor comfortable improvising to develop script and characters
VOICE ARTISTS ONLY [you must have a professional demo to upload]: illustrative 1-word descriptions for this actor's voice (e.g. conversational, announcer, warm, etc.):
* Warm, engaging, natural speaking free of regional North American accents.
* Documentary, narration, high tech, scientific, medical/financial jargon informed by advanced degrees in physics and business!
* Accents include British, European, and regional North American accents, such as southern, midwestern, urban, and New England (Boston, Maine).
* Can perform all ages, from baby/toddler to teenager/young adult to mature/elderly.
* Able to improvise characters for animation/children's projects and to explore gibberish in dialog.
* Can record in home studio.
Assassin Behind the Glass seems so long ago, but the whole experience is fresh in my mind. How are you Therese, and your parents? I truly hape all has been well. Where are you living these days?. I'm so happy you reached out. If you are in Boston we should get together. Please let me know the latest and what or how we can make it happen. LOVE AND LIGHT
Gail Sullivan
Oct 3, 2016
New England
Janine D Robinson
Hello Detective! lol
Assassin Behind the Glass seems so long ago, but the whole experience is fresh in my mind. How are you Therese, and your parents? I truly hape all has been well. Where are you living these days?. I'm so happy you reached out. If you are in Boston we should get together. Please let me know the latest and what or how we can make it happen. LOVE AND LIGHT
Apr 21, 2022
New England
Janine D Robinson
You are an amazing actress!
Apr 21, 2022