Theatre
Resume examples

Performing Arts graduate with 1 year of experience in acting. Seeking to leverage educational background and experience to excel further in the performing arts industry.

• Studied and rehearsed roles from scripts to interpret and memorize lines.
• Background role on Amazon’s A Boy Named McCoy currently in pre-production for second season.
• Audition for features and book supporting roles during shooting breaks.
• Booked a Viagra commercial for the web.

Comanaged rehearsals for onstage comedy performance, ensuring actor preparation and collaboration. Partnered with senior director to establish and maintain production design.

• Created nightly schedules for use by acting and production teams.
• Collaborated with managing director to set onstage blocking and spacing expectations.
• Directed actors during rehearsals, providing feedback and suggestions for improvement or alteration as needed.
• Leveraged cross-functional collaboration with production crew to ensure maximum efficiency and preparation prior to first performance.

Coordinated and oversaw stage-produced fundraising event that raised $20K+ in 2-month timeframe. Utilized proactive strategic planning and delegation skills to ensure maximum efficiency.

• Developed onstage guidelines and production schedules.
• Facilitated phone banking and outreach efforts.
• Coordinated talent performances and onstage sets.
• Worked with stage managers to ensure maximum capability to host event audiences of up to 1K live participants.

Attended multiple stage rehearsals, memorized lines, and collaborated with professionals to realize performances for small theaters. Worked closely with directors and writers to ensure interpretation of characters, dialogues, and actions were suitable for the role.

• Prepared for and stood by each performance, ensured lead actors entered stage left, and arranged the green room to assist with the actor’s preparation.
• Demonstrated ability to play multiple small comedic and dramatic roles in theatres, commercial advertisements, and serials.
• Carried out a variety of dances, skits and songs, comedic routines, and voice impersonations to entertain diverse audiences.
• Introduced performers and performances to encourage and stimulate interest to facilitate the transition between acts and scenes.
• Auditioned for understudy, standby, and swing roles according to production needs and opportunities.

Applied numerous acting techniques and a variety of specialized skills to successfully carry out comedic and dramatic roles onstage. Studied and collaborated with actors and actresses to ensure performances were successful and followed the director’s leadership and directions.

• Served as a swing responsible for learning 12 – 14 singing and dancing tracks ahead of each production.
• Required to prepare for and play 2 - 3 acting roles at a moment’s notice for each daily or nightly performance.
• Took detailed notes from behind the stage to ensure last-minute performance changes would e delivered without error.
• Applied various memorization practices to ensure possible roles and characterizations were kept separate.
• Researched and studied performance reviews, critiques, public announcements, and social media and relayed summaries to appropriate staff.