JOANNE LESSNER • AEA
THE LUEDTKE AGENCY • (212) 765-9564
Height: 5’2” • Weight: 110 lbs. • Hair: Dark Brown • Eyes: Hazel • Voice: Soprano/Belt
BROADWAY & TOUR
Cyrano: The Musical Featured Neil Simon Theatre
Falsettos Trina Weston Playhouse/N.E. Tour
OFF-BROADWAY & NY THEATER
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
Company Marta Harold Clurman Theatre
HMS Pinafore Josephine Blue Hill Troupe
The Mikado Yum-Yum Blue Hill Troupe
Ruddigore Mad Margaret Blue Hill Troupe
Iolanthe Phyllis Blue Hill Troupe
The Yeomen of the Guard Phoebe Blue Hill Troupe
The Magic Knight Elsa Light Opera of New York
Casino Paradise Cis The Ballroom
Romeo and Juliet Juliet West End Theatre
Love’s Labours Lost Moth Riverside Shakespeare Company
A Tale of Two Cities Lucie Manette Mint Theater
RECENT READINGS
Casanova Returns Signora Businello Artie Masella, Dir.
Ella Minnow Pea Houston LaGreer Joe Calarco, Dir.
Garbo and Me Mimi Pollak Josh Rosenblum, Dir.
REGIONAL THEATER (selected)
A Little Night Music Anne Skylight Opera Theatre
Pirates of Penzance Mabel Skylight Opera Theatre
The Grand Duke Julia Jellicoe Buxton Festival
Amadeus Constanze Wayside Theatre
Candide Paquette Weston Playhouse
Brigadoon Fiona Weston Playhouse
The Secret Garden Martha Weston Playhouse
Fiddler on the Roof Hodel Music Theater of Wichita
West Side Story Maria Wagon Wheel Playhouse
Kiss Me, Kate Lilli Vanessi Mt. Washington Valley Theater
RECORDINGS & CONCERT SOLOIST

DRG Records: Babes in Arms; Albany Records: Sundry Notes, Impetuosities
Soloist: The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center American Songbook,
New York Festival of Song, Harrisburg Symphony, Albany Symphony

TRAINING

Yale University: B.A. Music, summa cum laude
New England Conservatory: Graduate Studies in Vocal Performance
Voice: Jane Olian, Marni Nixon / Steve Blier, Jack Lee, Rob Kapilow
Acting: Charles Kakatsakis

SPECIAL SKILLS

Proficient Italian, French and German; Gilbert and Sullivan specialist; various UK and US dialects;
rapid-fire patter; piano; conducting; crossover.

Mad Margaret in Ruddigore, Blue Hill Troupe
Photo: Kate Weiman
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