Alexandra Merritt Mathews
Email
[email protected]
Phone Number
716.907.0444
Hair Color
Brown
Eye Color
Hazel/Brown
Height
5'10"
Voice
Soprano Belt A4-D6
Languages
French, Macedonian, Serbo-Croation
Year Graduated
2018
Degree
MFA
Websites
alexandramerrittmathews.com
Skills
Languages: Fluent in French, Moderately Fluent in Macedonian and Serbo-Croatian; Dialects: German (Berlin), Classical American, RP, Cockney, Estuary, Irish, French, Russian, Syrian; Voice: Musical Theatre, Gospel, Jazz, Classical, Opera, and Balkan Folk, Reads Music; Dance: Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Balkan Folk, Ballroom, and Basic Tap; Other: Improvisation, Trombone, Stage Combat, Golf, NY Driver’s License, Valid US Passport.
Theater Experience
Character: Karen
Director: Peter J. Kuo
Playhouse:The New School for Drama
Show:No Baby
Character: Ilse/Mrs. Gabor
Director: Nicky Maggio
Playhouse:The New School for Drama
Show:Spring's Awakening
Character: The Maid
Director: Andres Lopez-Alicea
Playhouse:The New School for Drama
Show:Blood Wedding
Character: Fraulein Schneider
Director: Kevin Newbury
Playhouse:The New School for Drama
Show:Cabaret
Character: Olivia
Director: Alexandru Mihail
Playhouse:The New School for Drama
Show:Twelfth Night
Character: Valentine/Various
Director: Peter J. Kuo
Playhouse:The New School for Drama
Show:The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Character: Anna
Director: Evan Garrett
Playhouse:Cloud City
Show:The Baltimore Waltz
Character: Sylvia Plath
Director: R.E. Shoemaker
Playhouse:Underscore Theatre, Chicago
Show:Plath/Hughes (Premiere)
Character: Professor Carroway
Director: India Marie Paul
Playhouse:The New School for Drama
Show:The Love Course
Character: Clitus/Messenger
Director: Casey Biggs
Playhouse:The New School for Drama
Show:Julius Caesar
Character: Tina
Director: Billy Bungeroth
Playhouse:University of Chicago
Show:This is How it Goes (Premiere)
Character: The Drowsy Chaperone
Director: Ava Woychuk-Mlinac
Playhouse:University of Chicago
Show:The Drowsy Chaperone
Character: Stanislavski #4
Director: Devon de Mayo
Playhouse:University of Chicago
Show:An Actor Prepares (Premiere)
Character: Sheila Bryant
Director: Marianne Whiting
Playhouse:The Rivera Theatre, Buffalo
Show:A Chorus Line
Film Experience
Character: Supporting
Director: Kyle Mecca
Playhouse:BeWILdered Media Productions
Show:Dwelling
Character: Lead
Director: Nicky Maggio
Playhouse:Jonathan Souza, Producer
Show:Mind Over Body
Training
THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DRAMA, MFA in Acting
Acting - Ron Leibman, Kathryn Rossetter, Peter Jay Fernandez, Kathleen Chalfant, Karen Ludwig, Cotter Smith, David Chambers, Scott Whitehurst, Kevin Newbury, William Cusick
Voice - Judy Blazer (Current Teacher), Leslie Stifelman (Musical Theatre), Chris Roselli (Vocal Performance), Patricia Fletcher (Dialects), Susan Cameron (Neutral American Speech), Alba Quezada (Linklater)
Movement - Teva Bjerken and Cynthia Reynolds (Alexander Technique), Ragnar Freidank (Michael Chekhov), Erica Fae (Grotowski), Melissa Rae Mahon (Dance), Shelley Wyant (Mask), Thomas Schall (Stage Combat), Jean Taylor (Clown)
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, BA in Comparative Literature; Theatre and Performance Studies, minor
Acting - Audrey Francis, David New
Improvisation - Susan Messing, Julie Nichols, Tim Mason, Billy Bungeroth
Movement - Julia Rhoads
Additional training (Chicago): Black Box Acting Studio, B1: Darci Nalepa; iO (ImprovOlympic), Level 1: Griffen Eckstein