Acting CV
Union Affiliation
AFTRA (U.S.A.)
Personal
Hair: Light Brown
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 5′ 3″
Weight: 115
THEATRE – CREATION
Piecework: When We Were French — Commissioned one-person show co-created with director/dramaturg Koby Rogers Hall — (Burlington, VT, 2009)
Killing My Lobster — Featured writer and performer in more than a dozen original sketch comedy productions — Killing My Lobster Prods. (San Francisco, CA, 1999-2003)
THEATRE
Judevine (2008) — Grace, Edith, Lucy, Alice — Lost Nation Theater, Montpelier, VT (Kim Bent)
Tartuffe — Dorine — Lost Nation Theater, Montpelier, VT (Ethan Bowen)
Judevine (2007) — Grace, Edith, Lucy, Alice — Lost Nation Theater, Montpelier, VT (Kim Bent)
Colorado — Tracey — SFSU Greenhouse, San Francisco, CA (Tracy Ward)
FILM & TELEVISION (representative)
Windy Acres (TV Comedy Series) — April LeMay — Vermont Public Television (Jay Craven)
The Last Place You Look! (Short Film) — Crystal — Bad Bunny Productions (Matt Sienkiewicz)
One Thousand Years (Feature Film) — Emma — Gabriel Fleming Films (Gabriel Fleming)
Party Stories (Short Film) — Nance — Killing My Lobster Productions (Marc Vogl)
RADIO & VOICEOVER (representative)
Queen City Radio Hour (Radio Variety Show) — Featured Performer — Vermont Public Radio (Jay Craven)
False Starts (National Radio Spot) — Lead — Yahoo!/Black Rocket Advertising (Warren Cockrel)
Quest for the Code (CD-rom Game) — Narrator — Starbright Foundation (Bridget Erdmann)
Matchbox Crosstown Heroes (CD-rom Game) — Lead — THQ (Bridget Erdmann)
Unnatural Acts (Web Serial) — Featured Performer — SONY (Erin Bradley)
Education & Training
- MFA in Writing & Literature, Bennington Writing Seminars, Bennington, Vermont, 2009.
- Acting, movement, and diction: Campo Santo Institute, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2003.
- Fulbright Scholar for study of political comedy and performance in Santiago, Chile, 1998.
- Bachelor of Arts, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1997.
Related Experience
- Co-Writer/Director/Producer of THE VOICES PROJECT, an original touring stage production based on the stories of Vermont teens, 2003-2005.
- Teacher of acting and writing workshops and summer camps for children and teens.
- Writing and performing member of KILLING MY LOBSTER, an award-winning professional company producing original comedic stage shows and short films in San Francisco, 1998-2003.
- Founding member and president of HEL Sketch Comedy Troupe, Vassar College, 1993-1997.
Skills
- Fluent in Spanish. Conversant in French. Quick-study with dialects.
- Stand-up, improv, and sketch comedy; cooking; ice-skating; cross-country skiing; lacrosse; tennis; bird calls and live sound effects; prat-falls. Vocal range: mezzo-soprano.
Please contact me at positive_abbytude [at] yahoo.com for voice samples or to set up an audition or reading!
