MarniPenning.com

NEXT UP: March 7-April 1, 2006
SIX YEARS for the Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville, KY
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MARNI PENNING

212-802-8557

                 AEA/AFTRA/SAG

 

theladyhamlet@hotmail.com

Height: 5’3”

Weight: 105

Eyes: Green

Hair: Dark Brown

Voice: Soprano

 


NEW YORK THEATRE

BURY THE DEAD

Morgan/Joan/Reporter

American Theatre of Actors

DEATH SONG/TEETOTUM

Artemis/Captain Cory

The Lady Cavaliers (at Theatre for the New City)

THREE-WAYS

Lisa

Altered Stages

TRUEMYTH

Robotic Kid             (Advocate Ten Best of 2001)

Blue Heron Arts Center

The White Devil

Isabella

Director’s Company

The PLAYERS

Katherine/Harper

Director’s Company

MONO A MONO II

Drinking Buddy/Taken for Granted

Vertical Players Repertory

REGIONAL THEATRE

GASLIGHT (ANGEL STREET)

Mrs. Manningham

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS

Adriana

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

Hermia

Maryland Stage Company (at CenterStage)

THE MINEOLA TWINS

Myra/Myrna      (Best Actress Nomination, CEA)

Human Race Theatre Co. (OH)

HAMLET

Hamlet           (Best Actress Nomination, CEA)

Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival*

LOVERS & EXECUTIONERS

Julie/Frederic    (Best Actress Award, CEA)

Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival

TAMING OF THE SHREW

Kate                       *Founding company member

Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

Beatrice                8 seasons, 35 productions

Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival

AS YOU LIKE IT

Rosalind

Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival

STEEL MAGNOLIAS

Shelby

Wayside Theatre (VA)

MACBETH

Lady Macbeth

Shenandoah Shakespeare (VA-3 seasons)

SYLVIA'S REAL GOOD ADVICE (musical)

Rita/Hilda

Horizons Theatre (DC)

FILM/TELEVISION

 

MONA LISA SMILE (w/Julia Roberts)

Art History Student

dir: Mike Newell

 

 

RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS

Stand-in for Drew Barrymore

dir: Penny Marshall

 

 

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE

Martha Stewart Looter

NBC

 

 

ONE LAST SHOW

Fiona Valentine (lead)

DFA, dir: Don Leedham

 

 

THE CHECKER

Susan (lead)

NYU, dir: Tommaso Pagliai

 

 

UNINVITED

Joanna (lead)

Myriad Arts, dir: Jonathan Betzler

 

 

JUST REWARD

Leslie (lead)

Myriad Arts, dir: Jonathan Betzler

 

 

PLATO TOLD HIM

Mom

Myriad Arts, dir: Jonathan Betzler

 

 

 “CHECK IT OUT” (series)

Co-Host

Fairfax, VA Cable

 

COMMERCIALS/VOICEOVER                                      Reel and VO demo availableConflicts available upon request

 

TRAINING

 

 

BA, Theatre and Graphic Design, James Madison University

 

 

On Camera:

Peter Miner, Bob Lambert, Ted Sluberski

 

Stage Combat:

k. Jenny Jones, Drew Fracher, Doug Mumaw

 

 

Voiceover:

Marla Kirban, Pat Fraley (animation)

 

Shakespeare:

Ralph Cohen, Miles Anderson (Royal Shakespeare Company)

 

 

Voice:

Speech: Rocco Dal Vera, Lucinda Holshue

 

Corporeal Mime:

Christopher Eaves

 

 

 

Singing: Katy Pfaffl

 

Auditioning:

Marci Phillips

 

 

SPECIAL SKILLS

 

 

Stage Combat:  Rapier & dagger, cutlass, quarterstaff, unarmed

 

 

Dialects:  Standard British, Cockney, Southern, New York, Irish, Scottish, Spanish, French (also speak)

 

 

Waltzing  •  Baby Cries  •  Cartoon voices  •  Loud convincing laughter  •  Able to sing & move well  •  Yoga  •  Crochet
Driver’s license
(stick shift)  •  Graphic design  •  Roller skating  •  Photography  •  Earprompter/Teleprompter  •  Will dye hair

 

 

 

 

 

Career includes 49 productions of 23 of Shakespeare’s plays.