acting resume - Eleanor Reissa

ELEANOR REISSA
Actress-Singer
Height: 5’3”
Hair:Light Brown
Eyes: Green
AEA/SAG/AFTRA
Email: [email protected]
BROADWAY & TOURS
THOSE WERE THE DAYS
(Tony Nomination / Director)
CONVERSATIONS WITH
MY FATHER
LOST IN YONKERS
THE NATIONAL LAMPOON SHOW
ONE FLEW OVER THE
CUCKOO'S NEST
Edison Theatre & Tour
Director/Chor/Performer
Royale Theatre
U/S : Hannah,Gusta
National Tour
NYC & National Tour
National Tour
Gene Saks
Jerry Adler
Lee Sankowich
OFF-BROADWAY
(Partial List)
EAST TOWARDS HOME
Theatre for a New City, NYC
THE MATERIAL WORLD
Dixon Place, NYC
YENTL (title role)
Folksbiene Theatre
FUNKY CRAZY BOOGALOO BOY
Naked Angels, NYC
SONGS OF PARADISE
N.Y. Shakespeare Festival
THE RISE OF DAVID LEVINSKY
John Houseman Theatre
MIAMI (Workshop)
Playwrights' Horizons
BAR MITZVAH BOY (Jules Styne)
American Jewish Th.
SECRET SITS IN THE MIDDLE
Primary Stages
HORRORS OF DR. MOREAU
Jean Cocteau Theatre
Member of Circle Rep Lab
Artistic Director – Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre (1998-2003)
Dir. David Schecter
Dir. Stephen Brackett
Dir. Robert Kalfin
Dir. Ned Eisenberg
Dir. Avi Hoffman
Dir. Sue Lawless
Dir. Gerald Gutierrez
Dir. Robert Kalfin
Dir. Casey Childs
Dir. Joel Stone
REGIONAL THEATRE
(Partial List)
SOUL DOCTOR
EL GRANDE DE COCA - COLA
A SHAYNA MAIDEL
TINTYPES
HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDAH
LOOSE ENDS
ISN'T IT ROMANTIC
GODSPELL
THE GOLDEN LAND
Le Petit Theatre, N.O.
Alaska Repertory Theatre
Philadelphia Drama Guild
Actors' Th.of Louisville
Merrimack Theatre
Alaska Repertory Theatre
Birmingham Theatre
Cincinnati Playhouse
American Mus. Th.Fest
Dir. HollyAnne Ruggario
Dir. Walton Jones
Dir. Robert Kalfin
Dir. Larry Deckel
Dir. Michael Leeds
Dir. Robert Farley
Dir. SusanRosenstock
Dir. Darwin Knight
Dir. Jacques Levy
Librarian
CBS
Dir. Anthony Tarsitano
Dir. Sidney Lumet
Dir. Lol Creme
Dir. Bob Fosse
FILM / TELEVISION
UNFORGETTABLE
CALLING IT QUITS
A STRANGER AMONG US
WHITE CYC SHOW
ALL THAT JAZZ
Dorothy
Choreographer/Rebbe Woman
Comedy Channel
Nurse
IMPROV and STAND - UP
THE SECOND CITY
Workshops
Toronto
THE LOOSE CONNECTION
Writer &Performer
Westbank Cafe, N.Y.C.
SKILLS: Fluent Yiddish, German, French, Hebrew; Dialects (great ear), Guitar, Comedy Writing,
Improvising. Dancing, Baton Twirling, Juggling (balls & assorted fruit)