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| PRODUCTION | CHARACTER | THEATRE | |
| All Day Suckers | Rosie/Nancy/Perdita/Marge | FringeNYC (Dir: Jessica Bauman) | |
| The Body Shop | 17682 | WorkShop Theater (Dir: Ahvi Spindell) | |
| Nesting | Anna | walkerspace (Token Collective) | |
| All Day Suckers | Rosie/Nancy/Perdita/Slocum/Marge | SoHo Playhouse (s.r.) (Dir: Jessica Bauman) | |
| All Day Suckers | Rosie/Nancy/Perdita/Slocum/Marge | WorkShop Theater (s.r.) (Dir: Eleanor Holdridge) | |
| Embers | Dede | The Chelsea Playhouse (Dir: Helena Webb) | |
| Sarah In America | Marianne | USA Productions (w/Tovah Feldshuh) | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | Moth | Cherry Lane Theatre (Kaleidoscope) | |
| Salome | Herodias | HERE (Lincoln Center Directors Lab) | |
| Laura v. The People | Dr. Cook-Weinstein | Ohio Theatre (adobe) (Dir: Robert Davenport) | |
| Cha Cha Cha | Sheila | Native Aliens Theater Collective | |
| Memorial Days | Carol (lead) | New Directions | |
| Antigone | Ismene | Expanded Arts (Dir: Macey Levin) | |
| As you Like It | Audrey | Frog & Peach (Dir: Ted Zurkowski) | |
| Richard III | Murderer 1/Prince Edward | The Shakespeare Project (Dir: Scott Cargle) | |
| Night Travel | Catherine | Theatrix (short play festival finalist) | |
| Ice Age | Cavewoman | Theatrix (Dir: Helena Webb) | |
| The Richardson Exhibit | Clara/Lillian/Gerry/Porn Star | Theatrix (Dir: Helena Webb) | |
| Treetrunk & Limbless | Web | Theatre Studio (Dir: Mike Jaeger) | |
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| Fifty Words | Jan | Aglet Theatre Co. (s.r.) (Dir: Macey Levin) | |
| The Art of Dining | Elizabeth Barrow Colt | Aglet Theatre Co. (s.r.) (Dir: Tom Gruenewald) | |
| Wit | Susie Monahan, R.N. | Mill Mountain Theatre, VA (Dir: Jere Hodgin) | |
| The Guys | Joan | Benefit performances for firefighters (Dir: Tommy Kail) Henlopen Theater, DE (Dir: Nadine George) |
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| Embers | Dede | Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Dir: Helena Webb) | |
| Jack | Speaker 1 | Berkshire Theatre Festival, MA | |
| Life Under Water | Jinx | Berkshire Theatre Festival, MA | |
| Children's Theatre Ensemble | Multiple roles | Berkshire Theatre Festival, MA | |
| Veronica's Position | Mallory | Shadowland Theatre, NY (Dir: Bill Lelbach) | |
| Album | Trish | Millbrook Playhouse, PA | |
| Miscast | Vicki | Main Street Arts, NY | |
| Acting Apprentice | Williamstown Theatre Festival, MA | ||
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| Celebriosity | TV Anchor | M30A Films (short video) (Dir: Hugo Perez) | |
| True Confessions of a Sushi Addict |
Stressed Out Feminist | NYU - Student Academy Award | |
| Cool Shoes | Comforting Nurse | Tanya Wexler Productions | |
| Breakup Girl: Fear of Flying |
Co-Pilot | The Oxygen Network/animated short | |
| Jane | Audrey | Caldwell Productions | |
| Hot Seat | Jodi (lead) | A Thing from Brooklyn (Dir: Darien Sills-Evans) |
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| Village Idiots | Reporter | Sixth Man Films | |
| Helen Looking | Kim | Yale University Pictures | |
| Voice Over | on-air promos (300+) | The Oxygen Network | |
| Voice Over | on-air promo | "Dateline" (NBC-TV) | |
| Voice Over | corporate sales tape | MTV Networks | |
| Narrator | promotional video | National Museum of Women & The Arts | |
| Stuart Dillon's: The Voice Over | Featured Student | Breslow Corporation (instructional DVD) | |
| Internet World, Comdex, CES | Ericsson Trade Shows (NYC & Las Vegas) | ||
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| Yale University: BA with Distinction in Theatre Studies & Women's Studies | |||
| Acting: | Michael Howard, John Gould Rubin | ||
| On Camera: | Joan See, Caryn West | ||
| Workshops: | Olympia Dukakis, Patsy Rodenburg, LAByrinth Master Class & Intensive Ensemble | ||
| Voice Over: | Stuart Dillon | ||
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| Les Liaisons Dangereuses | Mme. De Volanges | ||
| The Goddess Speaks of Rivers or Mourning the Nile | (original two-person performance piece) | ||
| Sister Mary Ignatius | Sister Mary | ||
| Richard III | Lady Anne | (Dir: Adam Stein & Erik Passoja) | |
| Romeo and Juliet | Nurse | ||
| The Marriage of Bette & Boo | Joan | ||
| A Matter of Dispute | Carissa | (Dir: Anya Epstein) | |
| Baby With The Bathwater | Woman in Park/Principal | (Dir: Jessica Bauman) | |
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| ACCENTS | New Yawk, Yiddisheh, English (RP), American Southern | ||
| SPORTS | Amateur Triathlete (swim/bike/run), Yoga, Kickboxing, Rollerblading, Tennis, Volleyball, Skiing, Soccer, Softball | ||