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Lori Russo
 

SAG/AFTRA/AEA

Height: 5'4"

Hair: Strawberry Blonde

Eyes: Blue/Green

 

 

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Film

"Sidewalk Motel"    Dawn   Rob Stone Dir. – Banner Street Films
"Summerspell"       Ruth     Lena Hanklin Dir. - Americom Productions

 

TV

"Chance"                                  Oakland Detective                                         Hulu

"Sex & The City"                      Day Player/ Wealthy Mother                        HBO

"Law & Order"                         Day Player / Club Guest                                NBC

"Roseanne"                              Featured dancer                                            Carsey - Warner

Theater
Skills

(Recent)

Mothers and Sons                     Katherine   (BroadwayWorld Best actress Award 2018)   Bill Zariello/ Sacramento Theatre Company

The Glass Menagerie                Amanda                                                         Scott Viets/ Sierra Repertory Theatre

Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike Masha                                                            Becky Saunders / Sierra Repertory Theatre

Good People                               Jean                                                                Stephanie Gularte / Capital Stage
Love, Isadora                                                 Isadora Duncan (Elly award, Best Actress)            Janis Stevens / California Stage

Elvis Lives Tour                           Ann-Margret                                                 Toni Lee /Onstage Touring LLC

(Off-Broadway)

Love, Isadora                              Isadora Duncan                                            Janis Stevens / Ensemble Studio Theater
The Seagull                
                        Arkandina                                                      Lisette Hazan / Abingdon Theater
Serendib ( Staged Workshop)                      Laila                                                                Carlos Armesto / Ensemble Studio Theater

Escape From Happiness           Elizabeth                                                        Carols Armesto /Gloria Maddox Theater (NY Premier)

(Off -Off Broadway)

Mother Wove The Morning      Carolynne                                                      Andrew Dawson/ 54 Shetler (NY Premier)

The Baby Monitor                      Darlene                                                          Marc-Anthony Thomas / Jewelbox Theater

Mrs. Dally Has A Lover              Mrs. Dally                                                       Janis Stevens / Pantheon Theater

Middle Of The Night (Staged Reading)  Mother                                                           Michael Cecchi / Blue Heron Theater

(Other Regional)

Superior Donuts                        Randy Osteen                                                Stephanie Gularte / Capital Stage

Revenger's Tragedy                   The Duchess                                                  Stuart Wood / Callboard Theater

Guys And Dolls                           Adalaide                                                         Dennis Jones / Sierra Repertory Theater

A Streetcar Named Desire        Stella                                                               Dennis Jones / Sierra Repertory Theater

A Comedy Of Errors                   Adrianna                                                        Jay E. Raphael / Sierra Repertory Theater

Lend Me A Tenor                        Maria                                                              Dennis Jones / Sierra  Repertory Theater

Growing Pains                             US /All female supporting characters                  Jeremiah Morris / Westwood Playhouse ( Westcoast Priemer)

Anything Goes                             Virtue                                                             Paul Blake / Santa Barbara Theater Festival

The Boyfriend                              Fay                                                                  Paul Blake / Santa Barbara Theater Festival

Suddenly Last Summer              Catherine                                                       John Blankenship / Edinburgh Theater Festival

Crimes of the Heart                    Babe                                                               John Blankenship / Edinburgh Theater Festival

Grease                                           Sandy                                                             Andy Tennant / Edinburgh Theater Festival

(Broadway National  Tours , National & Int'l Tours)

Meet Me In St Louis                    Esther/US to Debby Boone / Ensemble    Paul Blake / National Tour

42nd St.                                         Peggy Sawyer us/ Featured Ensemble      Jon Engstrom / National Tour

Elvis Lives                                      Ann-Margret                                                  Onstage Touring Co.

America The Beautiful                Featured S/D                                                  Walter Painter / Andy Williams Int'l Tour  

 

 

 

 

Training & Workshops

Choreography, Dance & Movement Teacher,Yoga, Archery, Bowling, Swimming, Horse Back Riding (general) ,Cycling, Meditation, Reiki Master Practitioner, Aromatherapy, Cooking. Weapons: Hand Guns

Dialects: British RP- Regional, Irish, Russian, Italian,

American Standard & Various regional.

Singing: Range-Alto /Mezzo

Styles: Pop, Standards, Musical Theater, Swing, Blues, Country

 

Associations:

AEA/SAG/AFTRA

International Association for Reiki Professionals (IARP)

 

** Have Valid and Current Visa

University of Southern California : B.F.A.
Acting:Margie Haber  -Film & TV Audition Technique LA, Robin Dale Meyers -Professional Acting for Film & TV, Improv based on Viola Spolin-LA , Aretha Sills -Viola Spolin Improv Technique, Terry Schreiber Professional Scene Study -NYC

Michael Cecchi NYC, Sal Romeo LA, Estelle Harmon LA.

Text Analysis: Michael Cecchi - NYC

Voice for the Actor: James Wilson, Dudley Knight LA,

Lynn Singer NYC.
Singing Technique: Classical, Broadway Tehnique-Sam Scheiber,Classical -Eileen Farrell, Lindi Lindstrom. Contemporary & Style-Jack Latimer,LA
Dance: Dupree Dance Academy Professional Scholarship.

Stanley Holden Dance Center/Private Scholarship.

Steps, Broadway Dance.

Styles: Jazz, Classical Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Contemporary, Modern.  VOCAL Range -MEZZO 

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