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Denise Elia

Height: 5'2" Weight 105 lbs., Hair: brunette, Eyes: Dark brown

Voice: Coloratura Soprano (range = E below middle C to high C)

STAGE:    Role

Production

Company

Director

One woman show Nine Parts of Desire 6th Street Playhouse B. Craven, B. Shears
Laura Wingfield The Glass Menagerie Pacific Alliance Stage Co. H. Correa

Witch/Hecate, Malcolm, Porter

Macbeth

The Loading Zone

D. Lear

Suzy Hendrix (lead)

Wait Until Dark

Raven Theater

J. Gellura

Dawn (lead)

Lobby Hero

Actors Theatre

J. Craven

Helene (lead)

Sweet Charity

Santa Rosa Players

J. Rathjen

Caitlin O’Hare (supporting)

Over the River

Actors Theatre

S. Miller

Miss Poppenguhl (supporting)

Moonlight & Magnolias

Sonoma Rep

J. King

Gertie Cummings (supporting)

Oklahoma!

Santa Rosa Players

G. Abravaya

Various (lead)

Quickies New Works Festival

Actors Theatre

D. Lear, E. McCloud

The Woman (lead) On Being Woman: Dario Fo & Rame Teatro Italiano M. Gutierrez

Pegeen Ryan (supporting)

Mame

Santa Rosa Players

K. York

HotBox/Havana Dancer

Guys and Dolls

Santa Rosa Players

D. Stincelli

Dancer

Pippin

Hamilton Theatre Inc.

I. Brozic

Nora (supporting) Working Center for the Arts L. Kurdziel-Formato

Sprite & Mother (supporting)

For the Love of Don Perlimplin

IACE (Mexico City)

M. Horne

Pamela (lead)

L’Orchestre

IACE (Spain)

M. Horne

The Weaver (lead) The Emperor’s New Clothes Sonoma Rep TYA A. Whitey

Jackie (supporting)

Hot L Baltimore

Center for the Arts

G. Finnegan

Lead

Very Vaudeville

Hamilton Theatre Inc.

S. Reynolds

 

FILM:    Role

Production

Company

Director

Featured Extra

History Channel – Crucifixion series

Indigo Films

J. Taylor

Extra (non-speaking) Bottle Shock Shocking Bottle, Inc. R. Miller
Model CRAFT magazine – November issue CRAFT magazine S. Murphy
Featured extra (speaking) Not Fade Away Twin Brain Productions S. Boyer
Extra (non-speaking) Women’s Entertainment Network UFO Stories Indigo Films J. Taylor
Factory worker Petaluma Mon Amour Marian & Nazarian O. Marian

The Wife (lead)

Crimson (short film)

Academy of Art - SF

A. George

The Woman (lead)

On Being Woman: Dario Fo & Franca Rame documentary

Ricecooker Video Productions

M. Gutierrez

Sprite & Mother (supporting)

For the Love of Don Perlimplin (documentary)

IACE (Mexico City)

M. Horne

 

VOICE:     Role

Production

Company

Director

principle, poetry Shapeshifter (short) BAK Productions A. Kemezys

principle vocals - “Stones of the Earth”

Mimetoliths (documentary film)

BAK Productions

A. Kemezys

principle

Halloween Haunted Tours

King of Halloween

G. Lowe

 

       BACKGROUND:

 

             - BFA THEATRE & BA ITALIAN: Center for the Arts, S.U.N.Y. Buffalo; 1996-2000; Shakespeare,

              Commedia dell’Arte, Stanislavski, Strasberg Method, Mime, Mask, Voice, Dance, Stage Management

            - AMERICAN EAGLE STUDIOS: member 2006-present www.americaneaglestudios.com

            - IACE (International Artistic Cultural Exchange): represented USA in Spain & Mexico City; ‘97-‘98

            - TEATRO ITALIANO: founder of Italian Theatre Troupe; New York ‘99-‘00

            - GARDZIENICE: V. Staniewski Theatre of Poland workshop; New York, ‘99

            - CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION: taught Basic Acting; New York, Feb. ‘03

            - THEATRE ONTARIO & WHITBY COURTHOUSE THEATRE: AD/ASM, secretary; Canada, ‘01-‘03

            - HAMILTON THEATRE INC.: member; Canada, 2000-2001

            - DARKNICIAN: writer/performer/voice-over/build/paint/costuming/make-up/props/event planning; Oct. '03 - Apr. '05

            - KING OF HALLOWEEN: writer/performer/voice-over/build/paint/costuming/make-up/props/event planning; Apr. '05 - present

            - SANTA ROSA PLAYERS & ACTORS THEATRE: member, Santa Rosa, CA, 2004-present

            - VOICE with R. Riley & S. Anderson: classical/jazz/contemp/live/recorded; ’04-present

            - DANCE – jazz/modern/ballet/tap/ballroom/swing; choreographed “Dream Your Dream” - Sweet Charity

         - IRENE RYANS AWARD Nomination; American College Theatre Festival (ACTF), 1998

         - BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS & BEST NEWCOMER Nomination; Hamilton Theatre Inc., 2001

         - INTERESTS: Italian conversant/flautist/painter/travel/film/opera/video games/Sci-Fi/hockey fan

         - ACCENTS: any with practice, New York, Italian, Southern, Canadian, Mimic/Animation

 

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