ACTING SUMMARY
My professional acting career began in the Philippines in 1983 and has spanned performing on 3 continents, 17 years of which has been in French speaking Europe. The majority of my acting and directing has been "on the road" in an eclectic range of venues: theatres, schools, universities, retirement homes, youth camps, half-way houses, prisons, US military bases, forests, hospitals, psychiatric clinics and châteaux. And yes, most of my acting has been in French.
After over 25 years in the theatre industry, I have been seeking to diversify and have begun a journey into acting for film and television.
After over 25 years in the theatre industry, I have been seeking to diversify and have begun a journey into acting for film and television.
ACTING RESUME
Mercutio/Friar/Prince
Wicked Step-Mother Alonso Lady Russell/Mrs. Croft Gertrude Lady Catherine de Bourgh Various Roles Serene Rain Berthe Various Roles Nurse Sandwich Grace Gertrude Vera Madame Veil Lady Croom Mother Superior Andrina Jane Margaret Margaret Sarah Bernhardt Sarah Bernhardt Sarah Bernhardt Sarah Bernhardt Penny Penny Margit Sheila, Debra Eugenie Eugenie Eugenie Eugenie Eugenie Eugenie Mona Tammy Jean Nadia Dolly Dolly Athena Claire Princess Zolni Marcy Marcy Catherine Catherine Catherine Lady Diana Grey Lady Normandy Approx 580 roles Approx 180 roles Thinifer Mrs. Durant Chorus |
Romeo & Juliet Cinderella The Tempest Persuasion Hamlet Pride and Prejudice Pear Slices 2017 The Magic Bus Boeing, Boeing ShotzSF The Elephant Man What I Did Last Summer Fortinbras Psyche How to Defend Against The Creatures of the Night Arcadia Drinking Habits Convictions of Borcus The Yankee Clipper Sabella Gets A Friend Zabella The Prince and the Actress Betimes My Love l'Odeon The Divine Sarah Angels Hovering on the Ground Angels at War The Oberst Who Didn't Know Why Alone Plus Two Crossfire at the Bistro More Gordian Knots The 10th of November Underground Extended Battles The Mare's Nest The Flight The Sentinel Russian Roulette An Incredible Event Tropper Comes A'Cropper The Legate & the Legatees The Treasure The King From Truckee Brace For a Storm Buttermilk Sky The Hazards of War Savagery in Crimea The Lady of the Lamp The Siege of Parliament A Queen & Two Princes Short One-Act Plays for the Road* One Act-Plays performed in-House Fatipuffs & Thinifers Cactus Flower Camelot |
SF Shakespeare Festival, CA
African American Shakespeare, SF Livemore Shakespeare Festival, CA Livemore Shakespeare Festival, CA SF Shakespeare Festival, CA Sacramento Theatre Company Pear Theatre, Mountain View. CA Antenna Theater, San Francisco Ross Valley Players, Ross, CA ShotzSF, San Francisco Circle of Light Thtre, San Francisco Piedmont Oakland Repertory Actors' Ensemble, Berkeley Barnyard Theatre, Davis Generation Next, Sacramento Big Idea Theatre, Sacramento Chatauqua Playhouse, Sacramento Covenant Players, Europe Covenant Players, Europe Covenant Players, Europe Covenant Players, Europe Covenant Players, Europe Covenant Players, Europe Covenant Players, Europe Covenant Players, Europe Covenant Players, Europe Covenant Players, Europe Covenant Players, Europe Covenant Players, Europe Covenant Players, Europe Covenant Players, Europe Covenant Players, Europe Covenant Players, Europe Covenant Players, Europe Covenant Players, Europe Covenant Players, Europe Covenant Players, Europe Covenant Players, Europe Covenant Players, Europe Covenant Players, Europe Covenant Players, USA Covenant Players, USA Covenant Players, USA Covenant Players, USA Covenant Players, USA Covenant Players, USA Covenant Players, USA Covenant Players, USA Covenant Players, USA Covenant Players, USA Covenant Players, USA Covenant Players, Europe Manchester Umbrella Theatre, UK Repertory Philippines, Manila Repertory Philippines, Manila |
Carla Pantoja Sherri Young Lisa Tromovich Mary Ann Rodgers Steve Muterspaugh Michael Stevenson Troy Johnson/Robyn Braverman Chris Hardman Christian Haines Christian Haines Allison Bergman John McMullen Michael Cohen Steven Schmidt Melanie Smith Benjamin T. Ismael Diane Bartlett Kevin Gourlay Bart Cowser Joanna Saunders Joanna Saunders Debbie Allen Joanna Saunders Debbie Allen Debbie Allen Serena Hutchinson Serena Hutchinson Jay La Rue Bobbi Johnson-Tanner Mark Johnson-Tanner Mark Johnson-Tanner Mark Johnson-Tanner Mark Johnson-Tanner Mark Johnson-Tanner Mark Johnson-Tanner Mark Johnson-Tanner Mark Johnson-Tanner Brett Hutchinson Karen Christie Roland Middlekoop Charles Tanner Mark Johnson-Tanner Mark Johnson-Tanner Bob Blough Bob Blough Wes Whatley Wes Whatley Wes Whatley Bob & Sue Blough Sue Blough Various in-house directors Various in-house directors Polly Howell Zenieda Amador Zeneida Amador |
*T.I.E. – Theatre In Education (Teaching Artist work in schools and universities, workshops, communications workshops for half-way houses, hospitals, shelters, prisons, youth camps, retirement homes, psychiatric clinics, seminars for US Army pre-deployment and other larger events.)
ACTING/FILM AND COMMERCIAL
FEATURED:
Barbara, "Over the Handlebars", Director: Christian Lanza
EXTRA:
FILM: THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY, Director: Peter Weir
COMMERCIAL: 7-UP, Advertising Company: McCann Erickson, Philippines
Barbara, "Over the Handlebars", Director: Christian Lanza
EXTRA:
FILM: THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY, Director: Peter Weir
COMMERCIAL: 7-UP, Advertising Company: McCann Erickson, Philippines
VOICE OVER:
Narration for Safe Kids International Animated Video (see link on Clips and Reels page)
ACTING/WEB SERIES:
Marcia, "Caddie Tales", Director: Mati Encarnacion
STAGED READINGS
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HORUS
23 RENOIRS, 12 PICASSOS....AND DOMENICA DEMETER ARGO IN THE NEXT ROOM...THE VIBRATOR PLAY THE MEMORANDUM AS YOU LIKE IT TITUS ANDRONICUS |
Maggie Caine
Domenica Hera Alana Mrs. Daldry Talaura Duke Ferdinand, Old Duke Marcus Andronicus |
SF Olympians 2017
Playwrights Center, San Francisco SF Olympians Festival 2016 SF Olympians Festival 2015 Piedmont Oakland Repertory Actors' Ensemble, Berkeley Subterranean Shakespeare, Berkeley Subterranean Shakespeare, Berkeley |
Sara Judge
Don Hardwick Dale Albright Jeremy Cole John McMullen Michael Cohen Maria Calderazzo James Nelson |
Training:
Post Graduate Diploma in Acting – Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts*, London, UK
(*Member of National Conference of Drama Training, UK; Mountview President: Dame Judy Dench)
Bachelor of Arts Honours in Drama – Manchester University, Manchester, UK
Master Acting Classes - Lauren English, San Francisco Playhouse, SF
Improv Classes - Diane Rachel, Berkeley Repertory School of Acting
Linklater Voice Coaching - Rebecca Dumaine Miller, Designated Linklater Voice Teacher, San Francisco
Commedia dell'Arte and Physical comedy Workshops - Michael Truman Cavanaugh, Everybody Laughs, Oakland
Film Acting - Celik Kalayar, Film Acting Bay Area (FABA)
Acting for TV, Film, Commercials - JoAnn Smolen, Treehouse Entertainment Group, LA
Ben Davies, Actor, Los Angeles
Mark Daugherty, Actor, Los Angeles
2-Day Acting Intensive (observer) - Tom Todoroff, NYC (held in San Francisco)
Charles M. Tanner – director and founder of Covenant Players, Oxnard, CA
Guildhall School of School of Music and Drama, Manchester, UK – private singing tutorials
French Language - Alliance Francaise, Manila, Philippines and Geneva, Switzerland; Centre de Langues Franco-Anglais, Lisieux, Normandy, France; International Baccalaureate French Exam
(*Member of National Conference of Drama Training, UK; Mountview President: Dame Judy Dench)
Bachelor of Arts Honours in Drama – Manchester University, Manchester, UK
Master Acting Classes - Lauren English, San Francisco Playhouse, SF
Improv Classes - Diane Rachel, Berkeley Repertory School of Acting
Linklater Voice Coaching - Rebecca Dumaine Miller, Designated Linklater Voice Teacher, San Francisco
Commedia dell'Arte and Physical comedy Workshops - Michael Truman Cavanaugh, Everybody Laughs, Oakland
Film Acting - Celik Kalayar, Film Acting Bay Area (FABA)
Acting for TV, Film, Commercials - JoAnn Smolen, Treehouse Entertainment Group, LA
Ben Davies, Actor, Los Angeles
Mark Daugherty, Actor, Los Angeles
2-Day Acting Intensive (observer) - Tom Todoroff, NYC (held in San Francisco)
Charles M. Tanner – director and founder of Covenant Players, Oxnard, CA
Guildhall School of School of Music and Drama, Manchester, UK – private singing tutorials
French Language - Alliance Francaise, Manila, Philippines and Geneva, Switzerland; Centre de Langues Franco-Anglais, Lisieux, Normandy, France; International Baccalaureate French Exam
RELATED SEMINARS/CLASSES:
Barry Shapiro, Herman & Lipman Casting, New York
JoAnn Smolen, Treehouse Entertainment Group, Los Angeles
Aaron Marcus - Acting and Modeling Coach
Henry Ravelo, Discover Management/Six Degrees Management, New York
Nichole Porges - Bella Agency, Los Angeles
David Vando - Models Mart, New York
JoAnn Smolen, Treehouse Entertainment Group, Los Angeles
Aaron Marcus - Acting and Modeling Coach
Henry Ravelo, Discover Management/Six Degrees Management, New York
Nichole Porges - Bella Agency, Los Angeles
David Vando - Models Mart, New York
OTHER SKILLS
Fluent and performed mostly in French, having toured French-speaking Europe for 17 years.
Vocal, dialect and acting coach
Tagalog - halo halo type/Taglish
Dance - some jazz, minimal tap, some ballroom dancing, Hawaiian, Keilegh (Scottish reel)
Singing - Mezzo Soprano (Classical training)
Vocal, dialect and acting coach
Tagalog - halo halo type/Taglish
Dance - some jazz, minimal tap, some ballroom dancing, Hawaiian, Keilegh (Scottish reel)
Singing - Mezzo Soprano (Classical training)
LONGER TERM COMPANY ASSOCIATION
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival (June 2013 - present) - Teaching Artist/Actor
B Street Theatre, Sacramento (Sept 2010 – present) – School Tours Administrator and Teaching Artist
Covenant Players International, Oxnard (1988 – 2010) – Actress/Director/Road Manager/Acting and Directing Coach
Repertory Philippines, Manila, Philippines (1982-1983) - Actress
B Street Theatre, Sacramento (Sept 2010 – present) – School Tours Administrator and Teaching Artist
Covenant Players International, Oxnard (1988 – 2010) – Actress/Director/Road Manager/Acting and Directing Coach
Repertory Philippines, Manila, Philippines (1982-1983) - Actress
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CONTACT INFORMATION
a.whismore@gmail.com
(916) 765 0557
“I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another sense of what it is to be a human being.” – Oscar Wilde
(916) 765 0557
“I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another sense of what it is to be a human being.” – Oscar Wilde
