Emily Verla EMC (310)844-5393 [email protected]
Emily Verla EMC (310)844-5393 [email protected] www.emilyverla.com
Eyes: Green – Hair: Honey Brown -5’6”- 135lbs - Mezzo Soprano
OFF-BROADWAY Petie KM Theatre East (Urban Stages) / Martha Banta A Name For A Ghost To Mutter Lala Theatre East (Urban Stages) / Judson Jones As You Like It Audrey New York Classical Theatre / Stephen Burdman The Jungle Book Taa/Wolf/ Puppeteer Theatre East (Peter J Sharp) / Dina Epshteyn
NEW YORK THEATRE The Coward **1stPLACE WINNER ** Jill New York New Works Festival (The Duke) / Alex Keegan You Do Not Look Cici Columbia Stages (Signature Theatre)/ Jenny Beth Snyder Maybe I’m Not Reading This Map Correctly Gabby Dixon Place Main Stage / Clare Mahoney Miss Valentine* Lucy League of Professional Theatre Women / Tricia Brouk Devil and the Deep* Mutinous Crew Theatre East / Lisa Devine The Rain at Truman’s Funeral* Nancy The Writer’s Room / Carol Ann Brammer Hands Off Creature Performa 13 – Recess Art/ Molly Lowe Anatomy of Gray Tiny Stella Adler Studio / Joe Discher Iphigenia in Tauris Athena Stella Adler Studio/ Lily Whitsitt
REGIONAL THEATRE Crimes Of The Heart Babe Bristol Valley Theater/ Benjamin Viertel 1980 (Or Why I’m Voting for John Anderson)* Kathleen Premiere Stages / Jessi D. Hill The Tall Girls Jean Luna Stage / Jane Mandel Tar Beach Mary Claire Luna Stage / Cheryl Katz A Little Night Music Mrs. Anderssen Princeton Summer Theater / Adam Immerwhar 42nd Street Ensemble Musical Theatre West / Jon Engstrom Into the Woods Lucinda Twin Tiers Theatre Festival Oliver! Bet Civic Light Opera South Bay / Jon Engstrom FILM/ TV/ NEW MEDIA The Tonight Show Featured NBC Harry Legs Hannah’s Feminist Quarter Hour Harry Legs Hannah South America Prod. - podcast ** FINALIST AT AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL** Crains Manor Polly [supporting] Chevalier Grand Prod. - feature Terrible Shows I Wish I Were In Sam [series regular] The Sparrow and the Lion – web series Lost and Found Younger Sister [lead] NYU MFA - short Naked Elle [lead] NYU MFA – short
EDUCATION AND TRAINING NYU Tisch School of the Arts – The Stella Adler Studio of Acting : BFA Drama – minor in Religious Studies Classical Scene Study: Jimmy Tripp, Angela Vitale, Contemporary Scene Study: Don Williams, Alice Saltzman Technique: Ron Burrus, Paula Stevens, Movement: Steve Cook, Joan Evans, Jenna Necrason Voice & Speech: Pete McElligot, Alithea Philips, Kohli Calhoun, Character: Betsy Parrish, Improv: Noel Wilson Audition Technique: Stephanie Yankwitt, Peter Flynn, Andrea Burns Master Teachers: Mark Rylance (improvisation), Andrew Wade (Voice and Speech) Shakespeare Forum – Tyler Moss, Sybille Bruun / Carnegie Mellon University – Musical Theatre Summer Program Professional School for the Arts –Lisa Matsko Hamilton, Gerard Babb, Karen Morrow, Brent Wagner
SPECIAL SKILLS Move eyes independently, Roller-skating, Sailing, Cartwheel, Baby crying sound, Puppetry (shadow , found object), Basic Clarinet, Trained dancer: ballet, tap, salsa, Basic ASL, Carpentry, Welding, CA drivers license, Built a log cabin with hand tools in rural AK dialects: RP, Cockney, Southern (Alabama, Texas, Mississippi), assistant to a dialect coach - more available with notice Teaching Artist with The Story Pirates (NYC), and Act Too Studio (South Hadley, MA)
*denotes fully staged workshops