| JOANNE LESSNER • AEA | ||
| THE LUEDTKE AGENCY • (212) 765-9564 Height: 5’2” • Weight: 110 lbs. • Hair: Dark Brown • Eyes: Hazel • Voice: Soprano/Belt |
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| BROADWAY & TOUR | ||
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| 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.
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