ELISABETH S. RODGERS
AEA, SAG/AFTRA
Hair: Auburn
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5' 8 ½"
Voice: Mezzo Soprano
ROTATING REPERTORY American Shakespeare Center
Antony & Cleopatra (Jim Warren, Director) Cleopatra
The Winter's Tale (Kate Powers, Director) Hermione/Mopsa
Love's Labour's Lost (Jaq Bessell, Director) Rosaline
Romeo & Juliet (Jim Warren, Director) Lady Capulet
OFF BROADWAY
Chains (Jenn Thompson, Director) Maggie/Mrs. Massey Mint Theater Company
Women Without Men (Jenn Thompson, Director) Miss Connor Mint Theater Company
Gender Wars (Vincent Apollo, Director) Marilyn Samuel Beckett Theatre
The Richard Foreman Trilogy (Berman & Lewittes) Woman in Green Ontological at St. Mark's Theatre
White Water (Paul S. Berman & Deborah Lewittes, Directors) Producer The Performing Garage
REGIONAL
Guided Tour (Heidi Grumelot, Director) Lindsay Pettigrew Hibernian Hall
Jesus Hopped the A Train (Danielle Skraastad, Director) Mary Jane Hanrahan Stageworks/Hudson
All My Sons (Warren Kelley, Director) Sue Bayliss River Rep at Ivoryton
How the Other Half Loves (Evan Thompson, Director) Teresa Phillips River Rep at Ivoryton
The Pavilion (Brendon Fox, Director) Kari Merrimack Repertory Theatre
A Christmas Carol (Russ Vandenbroucke, Director) Mrs. Cratchit/Ensemble Virginia Stage Company
A Comedy of Errors (Gregory & James Wolfe, Directors) Adriana Saratoga Shakespeare Company
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Drew Fracher/Bill Finlay, Dir's.) Titania Tulsa Rep./Saratoga Shakespeare
Miracle on 34th Street (John Vreeke, Director) Doris Walker NY State Theatre Institute
Romeo and Juliet (Kathy Biesinger, Director) Lady Capulet Tulsa Repertory Theatre
Fields of Ambrosia (Musical, Greg Hurst, Director) Alice/Ensemble George Street Playhouse
Macbeth (Bonnie Monte, Director) First Witch Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey
The Lover (Ethan McSweeny, Director) Sarah Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey
TOUR
Sunday in the Park with George (Seth Reines, Director) Yvonne Mainstage/Circa 21 (US Tour)
OFF-OFF BROADWAY
Troilus & Cressida (Jason Marr, Director) Ulysses Hip to Hip Shakespeare Company
King Lear (Jason Marr, Director) Gloucester Hip to Hip Shakespeare Company
Pillars of Society (J.C. Compton, Director) Martha Century Center for the Performing Arts
When We Dead Awaken (J.C. Compton, Director) Irene Century Center for the Performing Arts
The Duchess of Malfi (Jim Pelegano, Director) Duchess Blue Heron Arts Center
Great Catherine (Owen Thompson, Director) Catherine the Great Protean Theatre Company
TELEVISION
Law & Order, SVU -"Head" (Juan Campanella, Director) Vanessa (Principal) NBC, NY
Knights of Prosperity (Mark Fresco, Director) Mother (Principal) ABC, NY
Another World Terry Wilson (Day Player) NBC Studios, NY
FILM
The Book of What Remains (Paul Pillitteri, Writer/Director) Lucy (Principal) La Luna della Sicilia Prod's, NY
Cater Waiter (Eric Lane, Writer/Director) Eve (Principal) Orange Thoughts Prod's, NY
SPECIAL SKILLS
Dialects: Standard British, Cockney, Irish, Scottish, German, Southern, Minnesota, Midwest, New England
Singing: a cappella close harmony - member of the Tigerlilies (all-female, 4 & 5 part ensemble at Princeton University) - 4 years
Legit - private voice lessons from the age of 14,
substitute soprano/alto for the Middle Collegiate Church Professional Choir - 4 years
Folk/Gospel - soprano/soloist with the Jerriese Johnson East Village Gospel Choir - 10 years
Stage Combat: unarmed & rapier
Swimming
Driver's license: automatic
Period dance: 17th & 19th Century styles
Teacher: English as a Second Language
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts - English Literature & Theatre - Princeton University
Diploma - Mountain Lakes High School, Mountain Lakes, NJ
Drama/ Voice Major - National Music Camp - Interlochen, MI (6 summers)
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TRAINING
New York London Princeton University Acting: Tim Phillips - Jeremy Bell - Alan MacVey -
Tim Phillips Studio Royal Shakespeare Company Dept of Theatre & Dance
Maggie Flanigan - Sheila Allen - Joan Macintosh
William Esper Studio, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Mark Samuels
2 year program
Clarke McCarthy -
Shakespeare, First Folio
Movement: Loyd Williamson - Maggie Love (Dance) -
Actor's Movement Studio, The Drama Studio, Ealing
2 year program
Voice & Speech: Myrna Reynolds (Singing) - Brian McEleney (Speech) -
Private Coach Dept. of Theatre & Dance
Mae Loughran (Speech) - Rita Gardner (Singing)
William Esper Studio
Stage Combat: Dan O'Driscoll - John Waller -
NY Renaissance Faire London Academy of
Music & Dramatic Art
