RAISSA KATONA BENNETT
AEA/AFTRA/SAG

Bernard Liebhaber Agency

 

Voice: Lyric Coloratura/Mix

212-631-7561 Phone

 

Height: 5’3”; Weight: 125 lbs.

212-631-7592 Fax

 

Eyes: Brown ; Hair: Auburn

BROADWAY/NATIONAL TOURS

Phantom of the Opera

Christine (u/s-played role)

Majestic Theatre

Phantom of the Opera

Christine Stand-by

LA Company, National Tours

Cats

Jennyanydots/Jellylorum/Griddlebone

First National Tour

Parade

Lizzie Phagan

First National Tour

Chess

Benefit Revival Concert

New Amsterdam Theatre

A Child's Christmas in Wales

Mother/Auntie Hannah

National Theatre of the Deaf

NEW YORK CITY

Goodbye, Lily Daw

Joe Jefferson Benjamin Blow

Brave New World: American Theatre Responds to 9/11

Amy Slocum

Mother

“And My Friend”- Finale Featured Vocalist

NY Musical Theatre Festival

Greenwich Street Theatre

Town Hall

 

The Fabulist

Featured Performer

York Theater

It’s About Time

Leading Lady

Broadway Theatre Institute

The Doctor’s Wife

Emma Bovary

ASCAP Music Theatre Workshop

Another Kind of Hero

The Baroness

NAMT Festival/Walnut St. Theatre

Gina’s Parole

Gina

Peek-A-Boo Festival

Waiting in the Wings

Christine (Phantom…)

Majestic Theatre

Easter Bonnet Pageant/Gypsy…Year

Featured Performer

St. James, Palace, Minskoff, Majestic

Second Shepherd’s Play

Angel/Mary

Maverick Theatre Company

REGIONAL

Cinderella

Queen

Arkansas Repertory Theatre, AR

Moth Variations

Anna Von Mildenburg

GEVA Theatre, NY

A Grand Night For Singing

Leading Lady

Downstairs Cabaret Theatre, NY

The Fantasticks

Luisa

Warrington Dinner Theatre, PA

Annie

Grace Farrell

Bucks County Playhouse, PA

Sweeney Todd

Johanna

Stage One Productions, NH

Pirates of Penzance

Mabel

Stage One Productions, NH

J.C. Superstar

Mary Magdalene

Stage One Productions, NH

Barnum

Jenny Lind

Stage One Productions, NH

Man of La Mancha

Antonia

Stage One Productions, NH

Evita

Peron’s Mistress

Boothbay Dinner Theatre, ME

Pippin

Catherine

Boothbay Dinner Theatre, ME

Company

April/Jenny

Boothbay Dinner Theatre, ME

Side by Side by Sondheim

Woman I

Boothbay Dinner Theatre, ME

TV/COMMERCIALS/RECORDINGS

Unsolved Mysteries

Mom-Principal-Message in a Bottle

NBC-TV

Gina’s Parole Feature

Gina

R News Entertainment Special

The Pipeline Gossip Show

Host- Norma Nomore

What I Was Dreaming Of, solo CD

Local Cable, Rochester, NY

List of commercials and industrials provided upon request

CONCERT/CABARET

LISTEN TO MY HEART – STORIES AND SONGS FROM THE JOURNEY –One Woman Cabaret Show

Soloist: Radio City Music Hall, Rainbow Room, Town Hall, Cal Ripken Ranch

Soloist: Rochester Philharmonic, Erie Philharmonic, Wallingford Symphony

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Bachelor of Music – Voice & Music Education - Hartt School of Music, West Hartford, CT

VOCAL COACHES: Kristen Blodgette, Jack Gaughan, Patrick Vaccariello, David Loud

DANCE: Jazz: Dance Space; Ballet: Joffrey School; Tap: Sally Ann Swarm

SPECIAL SKILLS: Vocal Teacher/Coach, Sight Singing, Piano, Flute/Piccolo, Recorders, Character Voices, Basic ASL, Italian Riflery, Horseback Riding, In-line Skating, Tennis, Squash, Volleyball, Karate, M.C., Pilates & Fitness Instructor, Workshop/Seminar Presenter, Reiki Master

 

This page last updated September 22, 2005.

 

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