S E N I Z Y A R G I C I
651.247.8643 [email protected] Minneapolis, MN
ON STAGE (selections; 2000-present)
Family Dinner / Family Funeral Improvisor HUGE Improv Theater, MN / Michael Ritchie No Holds Bard: Improvised Shakespeare Improvisor HUGE Improv Theater, MN/Seniz Y. Lennes Pigmeat : Improvised Twilight Zone Improvisor HUGE Improv Theater, MN / Damian Johnson Postcards Improvisor HUGE Improv Theater, MN / Clifton Zawatsky The Eventé Improvisor HUGE Improv Theater, MN / Nels Lennes Close Quarters Improvisor HUGE Improv Theater, MN / Butch Roy OMG Before We Got Our Lady Bits Improvisor HUGE Improv Theater, MN / Emily Schmidt Hamlet Attendant Guthrie Theater, MN / Joe Dowling Julius Caesar Calphurnia Theater in the Round, MN / Lynn Musgrave The Fight –Chicago Avenue Project Koala Pillsbury House+Theater, MN / Aaron Gabriel Wondrous – Chicago Avenue Project Janis Pillsbury House+Theater, MN/ Chris Kidder The Case of the Twisted Ladder Sherlock Science Museum of MN / Tessa Bridal A Visit With Elizabeth Blackwell Elizabeth Blackwell Science Museum of MN / Tessa Bridal A River of Blood Terry Science Museum of MN / Tessa Bridal The Nature of Magic Alex the Amazing Science Museum of MN / Tessa Bridal The Bald Soprano Mrs. Martin The Arena Theater, UofMN / Pam Joyce As You Like It Phoebe Stoll Theater, UofMN / Wendy Knox On the Edge III Dancer Barbara Barker Dance, UofMN / Kari Margolis The Yellow Wallpaper Poet / Drummer Xperimental Theater, UofMN / Jen Blackmer The Dreamer Examines His Pillow Donna Xperimental Theater, UofMN / Nicola Barber The Hothouse Lobb Riverside Theater, WI / Terry Allen Inspecting Carol Agnes Emery Kjer Theater, WI / Will Denson For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls Ginny Kjer Theater, WI / Ingrid Nordstrom Romeo and Juliet Lady Montague Kjer Theater, WI / Bill Mellien Hopscotch Elsa Kjer Theater, WI / Jennifer Olsen Penguin Blues Sister Angelita Kjer Theater, WI / Jen Westlund Wasted Space Francis Bare Bones Theater, WI / Scott Schwantes BBTC Improv Team Company Member Bare Bones Theater, WI / Kurt Whitman
ON SCREEN / VOICE OVER / HOSTING / KEYNOTES
Found Footage Festival – Season 4 Office Bully (primary) Sketch / Joe Pickett, Nick Pruer It’s Your Turn – B96 Young Mom (primary) Commercial Another Casualty was the Moral of Howard Rapach Caroline Rapach (primary) Film / Bryce Beverlin, Kurt Welshinger Space Jam at HUGE Theater Host Weekly Improv Jam HOBY Keynote Speaker Youth Leadership Conference ECFE – Minneapolis Speaker Early Childhood Family Education - Parenting Voice Over: Nescafe, Office Max
DIRECTING / TEACHING Director of Teen Programs HUGE Improv Theater, MN January 2011-present Teaching Artist Various Organizations, NYC, MN 2004-present Actor, Director, Playwright Chicago Avenue Project – Pillsbury House+Theater, MN 2002-present Private Acting Coach / Classroom Instructor Academy for Film & TV, MN 2002-2005 Creator / Coach For Real This Time – Improv Troupe, MN 2000-2001 Director The Cmplt Wrks of Wllm Shkspr Abrdgd – UofMN 2001 Facilitator / Coach Various Improv / Play Workshops Upon Request 2001- present Creator / Director No Holds Bard: Improvised Shakespeare – HUGE 2013
TRAINING / ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Paul Sills – Improv Intensive Will Denson - On-camera training Terry Allen – Dialects, voice Hannah Kuhlmann – Improv forms Kari Margolis - Margolis Method, Viewpoints Pam Joyce - Anne Bogart, Pina Bausch Kurt Whitman – Improv (long/short form) Peter Moore - Shakespeare Gene Kulbeck - W. African Drumming Frank Maciel – Improv- Comedy Sportz Kent Stephens - Shakespeare, Shaw, Beckett
* Voice- Alto, jazz * Accents: upper-middle British, East Coast, Southern, Midwestern, French, Turkish, cockney, Robot- more upon request * Instrumental: Congas/bongos/djembe/dumbeck, guitar, recorder * Movement: Middle-Eastern folk, belly-dancing, swing, waltz… * Languages: Fluent in Turkish, conversational French * Various: beat-box, juggling, rollerblading, snowboarding, yoga, kid person