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Jessica Kadish (whoelsebutjess)

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Gender: F
Your vocation(s) (hold Control key to select multiple): Actor; Student
Bio: Jessica is a versatile performer who frequently transitions between film and theatre projects. She is both an actress and a scholar, and as such brings both acting and analytical skills to any script she tackles.

She is currently attending the University of Chicago to study Theatre/Performance Studies and English.
(Therefore, she is available for New England projects only in the summer.)

Her first film role came at the age of sixteen in the Jodom Pictures short "The Burn Book." One year later, she took on her first leading role in a feature, an independent film entitled "Absent Father" with the LA-based company PassionPlay Projections.


Jessica is a four-year alumna of the renowned Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center in Loch Sheldrake, NY, where she has received the "Outstanding Actress" award three times.

She is a dedicated and open-minded individual, always looking for groundbreaking creative projects.
I'm Looking For: (hold Control key to select multiple): Acting Gigs
Current Project (s) and What you're seeking (explain in more detail what "I'm Looking For"): Playing the role of Miss B. in New England Repertory Company's "Enter Laughing," running Sept. 6-21 in the Mansfield Music and Arts Society's Black Box Theater.

Will perform a 5-week mainstage run with University of Chicago's improv and sketch comedy troupe Off-Off Campus, October/November 2008.

Currently dramaturg for University Theater's upcoming production of "How I Learned to Drive," November 2008.
Approx. Years of Exp: 3
Rates (choose ALL potentially applicable): Time For Portfolio/Exposure/Experience; Deferred Pay; Upfront pay
Internships and Entry-level Positions: Interested in them
Available for Film Racing, 48 Hr Film Project, and similar live film-making races?: Yes
Website 1 - http://: imdb.com/name/nm2902331/
City: Shrewsbury
State: MA

Experience and Training

FILM: Film - Role - Company / Director
Absent Father - Abigail (lead) - Sparta Productions / Douglas Chang
The Burn Book - Claire (lead)- Jodom Pictures / Mike Amato
SIlent River - Jenna (lead) - SAIC / Becca Navarrete
Pink Funeral - Amber (supporting) - Les Tigres Productions / Julian Klepper
Torment of Your Soul - Camera Girl (featured) - Columbia College / Kevin Gosztola
Yellow Lights - Student (extra) - KTTK Productions / Kevin Tostado
TELEVISION: none yet.
VOICE OVER: Production - Role - Company/Director
Pragya English School
grant film Narrator Biz Video / Ned Miller
MUSIC: n/a
THEATER: Production - Role - Company/Director
Enter Laughing - Miss B (supporting) - NERC / Mike Kiernan
Sheveled and Combobulated - Ensemble - Off-Off Campus / Mitch Salm and Sam Nyhart
Memory Play - Child (lead) - The Renaissance Society / Carla Harryman
The Vagina Monologues - Ensemble - Amazing Things/Dorothy Brodesser
As it is in Heaven - Betsy (supporting) - Stagedoor Manor / Chris Tyer
Players’ Ensemble - Claire (Proof) - Stagedoor Manor/Chris Armbrister
The Children’s Hour - Karen Wright (lead) - Stagedoor Manor/Michael Raimondi
Players’ Ensemble - Emily Webb (Our Town) - Stagedoor Manor / Chris Armbrister
Beauty and the Beast - Belle (lead) - Southborough Players/Shayna Ross
A Christmas Carol - Featured dancer - Foothills Theatre Co. / Jack Neary
The Young and Fair - Frances Morritt (lead) - Stagedoor Manor / Joni Weisfeld
Black Comedy - Clea (supporting) - Shrewsbury High School/Jenn Webb
Fiddler on the Roof - Yente (supporting) - Shrewsbury High / Bonnie Narcisi
Beauty and The Beast - Flower vase (featured) - Shrewsbury High / Bonnie Narcisi
The Scheme of the Driftless Shifter - Marigold (supporting) - Shrewsbury High / Mark Goodney
Pippin - Field Marshall (featured) - Stagedoor Manor / Larry Nye
Footloose - Ensemble - Shrewsbury High / Bonnie Narcisi
Jekyll and Hyde - Ensemble - Shrewsbury High / Bonnie Narcisi
Comedy Showcase - Judi Miller (featured)- Performing Arts School of Worcester / Lisa Hughes
Last Laugh - Scarlet (featured) - Performing Arts School of Worcester / Lisa Hughes
LIVE EVENT: none yet.
PROMOTION: n/a
PRINT: n/a
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIALS: none yet.
AWARDS: Two-time winner of "Outstanding Leading Actress in a Drama" at Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center.

Winner of "Outstanding Featured Actress in a Drama" at Stagedoor Manor.

Winner of "Best Dramatic Actress" at Shrewsbury High School.
TRAINING/SCHOOLING: Theatre: Private acting coaching / Wren Ross.
Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center: classes include master acting (by audition only), filmmaking, TV acting, cold reading, comedy, scene study, tools of acting, Shakespeare, improvisation / Michael Raimondi, James Alexander Bond, Doug Quinn, Caroline Altman, others.
4-month improv and sketch comedy training / Off-Off Campus, University of Chicago.
Advanced Shakespeare in Performance / Dan Stearns, University of Chicago.
Ensemble Creation / Coya Paz.
Teen Acting at Performing Arts School of Worcester / Lisa Hughes.
Classical Shakespeare at Notre Dame Summer Institute / Virginia Byrne.
Theatre Arts at Shrewsbury High School / Jennifer Avedian.
Voice: Private voice lessons at Royal Academy for Music / Laurie Staring.
Shrewsbury High School choirs / Michael Lapomardo and Bonnie Narcisi.
SPECIAL SKILLS: Speaks Spanish proficiently (7 years of training).
Excellent athletic ability (highly skilled at basketball and soccer).
Good learner of dialects and accents.
Has driver's license (automatic).
Trained improviser and sketch comedy writer.
Works well with animals and children.

Appearance

Ethnic Appearance (may be different from Ethnicity): Caucasian
Age Appearance: 15-18; 18-22; 22-25
Hair: Brown
Hair Length: Long
Eyes: Brown
Height - Feet: 5
Inches: 7
Weight (lbs): 140
 

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