| JOANNE LESSNER • AEA | ||
| Height: 5’2” • Weight: 115 lbs. • Hair: Dark Brown • Eyes: Hazel • Voice: Soprano/Belt | ||
| BROADWAY | ||
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| Cyrano: The Musical | Featured | Neil Simon Theatre |
| New york theater | ||
| A Little Night Music | Charlotte | Blue Hill Troupe (Dir. Don Brenner) |
| Bush is Bad | Female Lead | The Triad |
| The Old Majestic | Nora Kelly | New York City Opera Vox |
| Sweeney Todd | Mrs. Lovett | Teatro LaTea |
| Einstein’s Dreams | Marta/Mileva | Symphony Space |
| That’s Life! | Woman 1 | Jewish Rep/Theatre East |
| Not Now, Darling |
Miss Tipdale | ACC (Dir. Roy Steinberg) |
| Company | Marta | Harold Clurman Theatre |
| HMS Pinafore | Josephine | Blue Hill Troupe |
| The Mikado | Yum-Yum | Blue Hill Troupe |
| Ruddigore | Mad Margaret | Blue Hill Troupe |
| Casino Paradise | Cis | The Ballroom (w. André DeShields) |
| The Magic Knight | Elsa | Light Opera of New York |
| Romeo and Juliet | Juliet | West End Theatre (w. Marni Nixon) |
| Love’s Labours Lost | Moth | Riverside Shakespeare Company |
| A Tale of Two Cities | Lucie Manette | Mint Theater |
| REGIONAL | ||
| Mamma Mia! | Rosie | Weston Playhouse |
| Falsettos | Trina | Weston Playhouse |
| Iolanthe | Phyllis | Harrisburg Symphony (w. Joshua Malina) |
| Pirates of Penzance | Mabel | Skylight Opera Theatre |
| Candide | Paquette | Weston Playhouse |
| Brigadoon | Fiona | Weston Playhouse (w. David Burtka) |
| Fiddler on the Roof | Hodel | Music Theater of Wichita |
| Amadeus | Constanze | Wayside Theatre |
| The Secret Garden | Martha | Weston Playhouse |
| West Side Story | Maria | Wagon Wheel Theatre |
| WORKSHOPS • RECORDINGS • CONCERTS Workshops: Casanova Returns (Dir. Artie Masella); Ella Minnow Pea (Dir. Joe Calarco) Recordings: DRG Records: Babes in Arms; Albany Records: Sundry Notes, Impetuosities Concerts: The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center American Songbook, New York Festival of Song, Harrisburg Symphony, Albany Symphony, Musicals in Concert |
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| TRAINING Yale University: B.A. Music, summa cum laude New England Conservatory: Graduate Studies in Vocal Performance Voice: David Jones, Jane Olian, Marni Nixon / Steve Blier, Jack Lee, Rob Kapilow Acting: Charles Kakatsakis |
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| SPECIAL SKILLS Proficient Italian, French and German; Gilbert and Sullivan specialist; UK and US dialects; rapid-fire patter; piano; conducting; crossover. |
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