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| One-on-One |
Co-star |
Katy Garretson/UPN |
| CSI |
Co-star |
D. Cannon/CBS |
| Deadwood |
Co-star |
W. Hill/ HBO |
| Dragnet |
Guest star |
J. De Segonaz/ Universal |
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| FILM |
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| 27,000 Days |
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Naveen Singh |
| The Way Down |
Roz |
J. Francis/ Just One Film |
| Merchant of Venice |
Nerissa |
P. Wagar/ Wild Vision |
| Beautiful People |
Daisy |
J. Crow/ Projecterhead Prod. |
| Mad Twins |
Doctor |
L. Cohn/UCLA Grad. |
| D’une Lisa, L’autre |
Lisa |
C. Baque/ Baque Prod.- France |
| Cancellation Hearts |
Lady Macbeth |
A. Butler/ UCLA Grad. |
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| THEATRE (selected) |
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| Sheryl, Hamlet & Me |
solo performance |
B.Yalom/foolsFURY |
| All You Can Eat |
Camille deToqueville |
S.M. Haskell/foolsFURY |
| how blue the sky was |
Diane Robineau |
S.M.Haskell/Blue Monkey Works |
| [re] mains |
Ensemble Production |
T. McFarland/ REDCAT |
| The Chekhov Machine |
Anna Petrovna |
F. Fatulescu/ Open Fist |
| Roberto Zucco |
The Elegant Lady |
R. Milton/ Open Fist
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| The Deformed Transformed |
Puppeteer |
V. Lewis/ Mark Taper – Other Voices |
| And Still The Dogs |
Doina/ Discogirl |
D. Bonnell/ Ensemble Studio Theater |
| White House Dogs |
The First Lady |
M. Farber/ Trade City Prod. |
| Gag Me With A Dane |
One-Person Show |
D. Schweizer/ UCLA & EST- LA |
| Shakespeare’s Passions |
Kate, Desdemona |
E. Geer/ Theat. Botanicum & Geffen |
| School For Scandal |
Lady Sneerwell |
M. Langham/ UCLA Little Theater |
| The Three Sisters |
Masha |
A. Zaslove/ UCLA Little Theater |
| A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
Hermia |
R. Handlen/ St. Denis, France |
| La Novice et La Vertue |
The Devil’s Cat |
A. Campo/ La Chartreuse, France |
| Grease Paint/ Polo Necks |
Multiple Roles |
F. Guidi/ E.L.A.N., Wales |
| Alice |
Tweedle Dee |
D. Pons/ Bantam Theater, Spain |
| Soil in My Shoes |
Narrator |
W. Greer/ Bantam Theater, Spain |
| The Exchange |
Lechy Elbernon |
A. Campo/ Ange Mag., France |
| Electra |
Chrysothemis |
A. Campo/ Ange Mag., France |
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| EDUCATION |
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| UCLA – School of Theater, Film & Television, Los Angeles, CA – Master of Fine Arts, Acting |
| University of Paris, La Sorbonne, Paris, France – Master of Arts, Theater (highest honors) |
| Harvard University, Cambridge, MA – Bachelor of Arts, Social Studies (Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa) |
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| TRAINING |
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| Acting: |
S. Jens (Strasberg), M. Shapiro, M. Langham, H. Burns, JL. Valenzuela, T. Miller, T.Bentley-Fisher (Yat) |
| Acting (Camera): |
G. Cates, H. Stein, M. Haber |
| Movement: |
JL Rodrigue (Alexander), J.Heim (Dance), A. Santos (Capoiera), K.Weill (Suzuki) |
| Voice/Speech: |
P. Wagar, J. Moreland, P. Wittrock, M. Wilbur, R. Handlen (RSC), D.Krausnick, K. White |
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| IMPROV/ MOVEMENT/PHYSICAL COMEDY |
| L’Ecole Jacques LeCoq – Paris, France (2-year full-time physical theater training program) |
| Mask/Clown: |
A.Mnouchkine (Theatre du Soleil, Paris) J. Flannigan (Commotion Theat, London) |
| Improv: |
M.Dioume (Peter Brooke’s Company), B. Palermo (Groundlings), Augusto Boal |
| Viewpoints: |
SITI company members (A. Aizawa, J. Ed Araiza, L. Ingulsrud, B. O’Hanlon) M. Overlie |
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| SPECIAL SKILLS |
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| Language: |
Fluent in French, strong Spanish |
| Performance: |
Clown, Puppetry, Stilts, Basic Stage Combat, Fencing, Singing (Mezzo-Sop.) |
| Sports: |
Running, Horseback Riding, Yoga |
| Dialects: |
Standard American, Regional: Southern, British, French, Eastern European |
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| Note: Michelle has been a member of FURY Theater Company, the Classical Theater Lab, and Ensemble Studio Theater-LA. She also leads Blue Monkey Works, a Berkeley-based arts company. |
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