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Conservatory of Performing Arts

Robyne Parrish

Robyne Parrish 2

AEA

 

917-703-3188

www.robyneparrish.com

 

Representation
Landslide Management, NYC
Talent Group, PA


Resume

Commercial Resume

 

  
Highlights

  • Member of Actors’ Equity 
  • M.A. degree in Psychology  
  • Founding member and artistic director of  Sonnet Repertory Theatre in New York 
  • Author of four novels for young adults, the fourth came out after Robyne started her M.F.A. 
  • Producing artistic director for four shows
  • Playwright, Young Colts, staged reading, Incite Productions Theatre Lab at the 79th street Theatre, NYC

Work while enrolled at Point Park University


Teaching

  • Intro to Acting
  • Freshman Acting

Stage Acting

  • Private Lives, Theatre Factory
  • Mouth to Mouth, Quantum, nominated for Best Supporting Actress in 2009 by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  • Midnight Radio,  Bricolage
  • La Ronde, The REP (Thesis role)
  • Workshop reading of Louder, Faster, City Theatre
  • Candide, Quantum
  • Noises off, Theatre Factory
  • Weird Romance, Theatre Factory
  • The Club, Off the Wall
  • Death of a Salesman, The REP
  • Sherlock Holmes: The Early Years, New York Music Festival, (show won a Theatre for the American Musical Award)
  • The Dinosaur Musical, Arden Theatre, Philadelphia, (show nominated for several Barrymore Awards)
  • Halloween Hullabaloo, staged reading, NYC
  • Brenda in Paris staged reading, NYC

Film Acting

  • If It Ain’t Broke, Break it with Steve Guttenburg, premiered at the Three Rivers Film Festival
  • Squid Man, Tammy, Storynaut Productions
  • What’s it Like in California, Janie, with Aaron Kleiber and Director Mitch Mekulsia
  • Micah, Live Productions, director Matt Bureck
  • Eleven commercials, print ads,  & voice overs including one national spot

Directing

  • The Mercy Seat, Off the Wall
  • Stop Kiss, Off the Wall
  • Always, Patsy Cline, Theatre Factory

Writing

  • The Beautiful Beast of Bergen Belson, reading at Bricolage (created as a class project)
  • The Damned, full length screen play, working towards production in spring 2011(class project)

Off-Broadway

Take Me Along

Belle

York Theatre, Michael Montel, Dir.

Welcome To Our City

Helen Neeley

Mint Theatre, Jonathan Bank, Dir.

Me And My Girl with George S. Irving

Lady Jaqueline

Musicals Tonight!

Oh Lady! Lady!

May Barber

Musicals Tonight!

Paris

Brenda

Musicals Tonight!

Regional Theatre/Tours (selected)

Death Of A Salesman

Jenny

Pittsburgh Rep, Robert Miller, Dir.

La Ronde

The Actress

Pittsburgh Rep, Robin Walsh, Dir.

Mouth To Mouth

Cornelia

Quantum Theatre, Ronald Allan-Lindblom, Dir.

Candide

Paquette

Quantum Theatre, Karla Boos, Dir.

The Dinosaur Musical – Reale WP

Carlotta Devries

The Arden, PA, Whit MacLaughlin, Dir.

Miss Witherspoon - Durang

Maryamma

Maine Public, Christopher Schario, Dir.

Rough Crossing - Stoppard

Natasha

Maine Public, Janet Mitchko, Dir.

B.U.S. 4/B.U.S. 5

Featured

Bricolage, Pittsburgh

Midnight Radio

Featured

Bricolage, Pittsburgh

Noises Off

Belinda/Flavia

Theatre Factory, PA

The Club

Bertie

Off The Wall Theatre, Washington PA

Weird Romance

Delphi/Nola

Theatre Factory, PA

Romeo and Juliet

Lady Capulet

UNCSA, Gerald Freedman, Dir.

Laura Ingalls Wilder The Musical

Caroline Ingalls (Ma)

Arts Power National Tour, Greg Gunning, Dir. 

Nunsense I & II

Sister Mary Leo

Act One Theatre, SC

A Time For Singing

Angharad

Guest Artist – UNCSA, Gerald Freedman, Dir.

Into The Woods

The Baker’s Wife

UNCSA, Gerald Freedman, Dir.

New York Theatre (selected)

Much Ado About Nothing

Beatrice

Sonnet Repertory Theatre, Inc.

Uncle Vanya

Yelena

Sonnet Repertory Theatre, Inc.

Ideal Husband

Mrs. Cheevley

Sonnet Repertory Theatre, Inc.

Tartuffe

Elmire

Sonnet Repertory Theatre, Inc.

Sherlock Holmes: The Early Years

Maise

New York Music Festival, Nona Loyd, Dir.

The Times – Ross/Keenan

Meryl Streep and Model

Cap 21 Reading Series and York Theatre

Trouble In Shameland

Company

New York International Fringe Festival

El Poder De Quatro

Lead

New York International Fringe Festival

Film/Television

What’s It Like In California (pre-production)

Janie (lead)

Mitch Mekulsia

Micah (pre-production)

Mother (lead)

Matt Burek, LIVE productions

Squid Man (pre-production)

Tammy (supporting)

Feature/Storynaut Productions

If It Ain’t Broke Break It with Richard Kind & Steve Guttenberg

Gina (lead)

Feature/Godse Thaker Productions

Keystone

Molly Pitcher

Amy Guterson, Dir.

Commercial/Print

View Resume

Education/Training

M.F.A. ACTING AND PEDAGOGY: CONSERVATORY OF PERFORMING ARTS, POINT PARK UNIVERSITY, PITTSBURGH, 2011

B.F.A. ACTING: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

LONDON ROYAL NATIONAL THEATRE SUMMER PROGRAM: PATSY RODENBURG, IAN MCKELLEN, TOBY JONES

NEW YORK STANISLAVSKI SCHOOL AT HARVARD WORKSHOP: FELIX IVANOV, ALEXANDRE MARINE

SINGING: VISTORIA CLARK, VP BOYLE (MTF), MICHAEL CASSARA, DAVID SABELLA-MILLS, KEVIN STITES

Original Cast Recordings

Eagle Song, Trouble in Shameland

Companies

Sonnet Repertory Theatre, Inc., Associate Executive Director and Founder; Pittsburgh Repertory Member

Special Skills

Legit Soprano, Mezzo Mix/High Belt/D flat-D Dialects; Move Very Well; Piano (basic); Sight Reading; Ear prompt