LIZ CHIDESTER Singer/Actor/Musician (EMC) Firebrand Theatre Company Member (540) 875-8614 [email protected] www.lizchidester.com/acting Height: 5'7” Hair: Strawberry Blonde Range: Soprano/Belt Eyes: Blue FILM BEING HERE Geneen Director: Sydney O’Haire
THEATRE LIZZIE: THE MUSICAL Lizzie Firebrand Theatre; Dir. Victoria Bussert FREDERICK Sunny Chicago Children’s Theatre; Dir. Tommy Rapley BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY Vi Petty American Blues Theater; Dir. Lili-Anne Brown (Jeff Awards 2018: Best Mid-size Musical and Best Ensemble) BIG RIVER Miss Watson/Aunt Sally Theatre at the Center; Dir. Linda Fortunato HIGH FIDELITY (‘16 and ‘17) Laura Refuge Theatre Project; Dir. Chris Pazdernick (Jeff Award 2017: Best Musical) TABLE TOP TRAGEDIES Musician Cabinet of Curiosity Events; Dir. Frank Maugeri PUMPBOYS AND THE DINETTES Prudie and Rhetta* Theatre at the Center; Dir. Brian Russell RING OF FIRE June Carter Cash* Mercury Theater; Dir. Brian Russell NEW FACES: MUSICALS OF 1972 Featured Singer Porchlight Music Theatre; Dir. Michael Weber STUPID F**KING BIRD Mash* Sideshow Theatre Company; Dir. Jonathan L. Green *Understudy and Performed as Character
EDUCATION/TRAINING James Madison University; Harrisonburg, VA Bachelors in Music, Cum Laude 2010 in Music Theatre On-Camera: Stef Tovar; Route 66 Theatre Company Acting: Kevin Sherrill (Heightened Language), Kate Arecchi, Sally Story; James Madison University Voice: Dr. In Dal Choi, Brenda Witmer; James Madison University Dance: Jazz (2 Years), Musical Theatre Styles (1 year); James Madison University Music Improv: David Asher; iO Chicago
SPECIAL SKILLS: Instruments - Primary: Guitar, ‘Ukulele, Piano; Secondary: Autoharp, Dulcimer, Banjo, Mandolin; Music Directing/Composition: Frederick, Music Captain (CCT); Billy the Kid, Table Top Tragedies (Cabinet of Curiosity Events) Chess, The Diviners, Miss Nelson is Missing (JMU), Hobohemia (Odradek Theatre Co.); Original Albums: Progress Into Simplicity (2017), Otter Hill (2015), People Pumping Pedals (2014); Holland America Line and Carnival Cruise Line Lounge Singer 2010-2012, Teaching st Artist: Old Town School of Folk Music; 1 Degree Black Belt-Taekwondo, Driver's License, Passport, Lifeguard and CPR training; Alanis Morissette and Britney Spears Impersonation; Can Sing, Dance and Play an Instrument all at the same time!