LISA A. PORTER
A.E.A./S.A.G
Height: 5’7 lisaanneporter@yahoo.com
Eyes: Blue www.lisaanneporter.com
Hair: Blond
STAGE (selected roles)
N OF 1 Julia Bay Area Play. Fest./dir: Virginia Reed
LOVERS & EXECUTIONERS Julie Marin Theatre Co./dir: Josh Costello
THE LONG CHRISTMAS RIDE HOME Rebecca Magic Theatre/dir: Basil Twist
SPLITTING INFINITY(staged reading) Leigh GeVa Theatre/dir: Mark Cuddy
PRIVATE LIVES Louise Syracuse Stage/dir: Michael Edwards
S.L.A.W. Helena\Beatrice\Isabelle Shakespeare & Co./dir: Michael Hammond
MACBETH Banquo\L. Macduff\Hecate Boston Theatreworks/dir: Jason Slavick
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Petruchio Boston Theatreworks/dir: Lisa Wolpe
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO Suzanne Shakespeare\Santa Cruz/dir: Michael Butler
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Ursula Shakespeare\Santa Cruz/dir: Rick Seer
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Helena Calif. Shakespeare Fest./dir: Ken Kelleher
MEDEA Chorus\Medea* Calif. Shakespeare Fest./dir: Lisa Wolpe
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL Diana Calif. Shakespeare Fest./dir: Joe Vincent
PERICLES Bawd\Thaisa* Calif. Shakespeare Fest./dir: Roger DeLaurier
THE PHARMACIST’S DAUGHTER Becky Magic Theater/dir: Jonathan Moscone
THE BRIEF BUT EXEMPLARY LIFE
OF A LIVING GODDESS The Starlet Magic Theater/dir: Marcus Stern
INTO THE WOODS Lucinda Interact Theater Co./dir: John Rubinstein
A WILL OF ONE’S OWN Hermione L.A. Women’s Shakespeare/dir: Lisa Wolpe
RICHARD III Buckingham L.A. Women’s Shakespeare/dir: Maureen Shea
HAMLET Laertes L.A. Women’s Shakespeare/dir: Lisa Wolpe
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA Lucetta Shakespeare/L.A./dir: Deborah Nitzberg
EVEN AMONG THESE ROCKS Bunny Bay Area Play. Fest./dir: Roberta Levitow
ALOHA SAY THE PRETTY GIRLS Vivian Bay Area Play Fest./dir: Danny Scheie
THE HEIDI CHRONICLES Susan Sacramento Theater Co./dir: Denis Bigelow
THE TEMPEST Prospero S.F. Shakespeare/dir: Russell Blackwood
A TALE OF TWO CITIES Ensemble A.C.T./dir: Sabin Epstein
WEILL ON BROADWAY Ensemble A.C.T./dir: Johnathan Marks
THE THREE SISTERS Masha A.C.T. MFA/dir: Harold Surratt
TARTUFFE Elmire A.C.T.MFA/dir: Julian Lopez-Morillas
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY Miss LaCreevy/Mobbs A.C.T. MFA/dir: Sabin Epstein
TWO Anna Life on the Water/dir: Dan Goldblatt
THE SEAGULL Masha Phoenix Theater/dir: Linda Ayres Frederick
FILM
THE FRONT Lead Potential Urge Productions
TIRED Lead Douglaston Kass
TV
SPARK: The Puppet Show Featured KQED Public Television, SF, CA
TRAINING/EDUCATION
AMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATER, M.F.A., Advanced Training Program.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, B.A. in Theater and American Studies
SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY, Month-long Intensive, June 2001 and January 2002
ACTING: Stella Adler, Joe Chaiken, Sabin Epstein, Jack Fletcher, Bill Francisco, Jeremy Geidt, Larry Hecht, Margie Haber, Barry
Kraft, Bob Krakower, Anna Devere-Smith
VOICE/SPEECH: Christine Adaire, Brent Blair, Catherine Fitzmaurice, Andrea Haring, Deborah Hecht, Dudley Knight, Paula
Langton, Kristin Linklater, Antonio Ocampo Guzman, Virginia Ness-Rey, Juerg Roffler, Lynne Soffer, Deborah Sussel ,
Robert Taylor
SINGING: Barbara Damaschek, John Johnson, Kate Rowland
DIALECTS: Andrew Jack – British Isles, French, German, Irish, Italian, Regional American, Russian, Swedish
LANGUAGES: French
HONORS: Designated Linklater Voice Teacher Certification 2003; U/RTA Finalist, New York City
SPECIAL SKILLS: Voiceover, Dance (Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Club, Ballroom), Stage Combat, Fencing, Puppetry
* understudied role and performed for more than three performances