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Dawn Varava

(AEA)

dvarava@comcast.net

609.238.9871

Height: 5'5"     ​Eyes: Blue      Hair: Black      Voice Type: Alto (D3-G5)

THEATRE
 

 

THE SPITFIRE GRILL

 

 

 SAVANNAH SIPPING SOCIETY

 

 

GYPSY

 

 

RUMORS

 

ALWAYS, PATSY CLINE

 

INCORRUPTIBLE

 

 

GOOD PEOPLE

 

 

RUMORS

 

 

CRAZYFACE

 

 

GEMINI

 

 

CATHERINE AND PATRICK

 

ANGEL OF DEATH ROW

FRESH

 

JAILBIRDS
 

 

CABARET


 

 

Hannah; Effy (u/s)

 

 

Marlafaye Mosley

 

 

Mama Rose (u/s)

 

 

Cookie Cuzak

 

 

Louise Seger (u/s)

 

 

Peasant Woman; Agatha (u/s)

 

Dottie (u/s)​​​​​​

 

Connie Cuzak

 

 

Mother; Townsperson

 

Bunny Weinberger



 

Kathleen Hughes McGeever


​​​​​

Woman 3; Prosecutor 2; Esther

​​​​
​​​​
Betty​​​​​​​

 

Betty
​​​​

 

Fraulein Schneider​​​​​


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South Camden Theatre Company

(Dir. Randall McCann)

 

Arden Theatre

(Dir.  Terence Nolen)

 

Allens Lane Theatre

Dir. Noelle Butcher-Hanley)

Walnut Street Theatre

(Dir. D. Marcucci)

 

Arden Theatre

(Dir. Matt Decker)

 

Walnut Street Theatre  

(Dir. Bernard Havard)​

 

Steel River Playhouse

(Dir. Drucie McDaniel)

 

BrainSpunk Theatre

(Dir. Christopher King)

 

South Camden Theatre Company

(Dir. Ray Croce & Brad Reiter)

 

Philadelphia Dramatist Center

(Quinn D. Eli, Literary Manager)

 

Philadelphia Dramatist Center

​(Quinn D. Eli, Literary Manager)

Philadelphia Music Theatre Works

Ritz Theatre Production

Ritz Theatre

Eagle Theatre

(Dir. Caitlin Geisser)

 

QVC

 

the Kitchen

 

Aardvark Videoworks

 

Neighborhood Film Company

 

Curt Crane Productions

 

Villanova University Film School 

(Laura Marie Blackburn, Director)

Columbia University Film School

(Ben Kegan, Director)

 

Sam Katz Productions

(Andrew Ferrett, Director)

 

Lionsgate (2013)

NBC (2013)

 

 
 


 

ALGENIST POWER CREAM

 

VISION COALITION

 

DE COMMISSION for GAMBLING PROBLEMS

 

LANKENAU HOSPITAL

 

GEISINGER GOLD

 

THE WRONG NUMBER

 

THE PRIEST

 

 

PHILADELPHIA: THE GREAT EXPERIMENT

 

 

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK

DO NO HARM

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL/ FILM/ TELEVISION
 

Progressional Model

 

School Administrator (Principal)

 

 

Online Gambler (Principal)

 

50th Anniversary Guest

 

Picture Car

 

Helen

Mary Pat Nevel

 

 

Prtotestant

 

 

Inmate


​Gala Fundraiser Guest; Patient

 

 

 

DELTA PHI EPSILON TRAINING

 

CASE NETWORK TRAINING VIDEO & BROCHURE

 

THE MAFIA MURDERS

 

MEDICAL TRAINING VIDEO

 

CEO ANNUAL CONFERENCE

PHILADELPHIA FLOWER SHOW

 

TRADE SHOW/ INDUSTRIAL/ PRINT
 

 

 

Stone Street Cinema

 

 

Carol Rosenbaum Productions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Various (Lucky Nickel Players)

 

 

 

 

 

Bracket

 

 

Miles Technologies

 

 

 

 

Bill Schaffer Designs
(

(Best in Show Award)​

 

 

 

Principal (Grandmother)

 

 

 

 

Pincipal (Mary)

 

 

 

 

 

Principal (Aunt Connie)

 

 

 

 

Principal (Depressive Patient)

 

 

 

Supporting (Singing

 

Businesswoman)


 

 

Principal (Cockney Woman)

Skills
 

Languages:

Dialects:

Sports:

Instruments:

 

Other:

 

Basic French

European- German; Russian; British (R.P; Estuary; Cockney); American- Yiddish; New York; Southern (Refined; Twang), Boston
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Walking; Bicycling; Swimming; Billiards

Piano; clarinet; saxophone; guitar; bass guitar; percussion; mallets
 

Exceptional music reading and sight singing

Good ear for dialects
Pocket (Semi-Pro rating) & Three-Cushion Billiards

Firearm Proficient
NJ Auto & Motorcycle licenses
Valid Passport

Work with power, non-power tools and lawn equipment

Chef

Flare nostrils

Make "water drop" sound

 

Training
 

ACTING/DIALECT TRAINING

ACTING

ACTING 

ADVANCED SCENE STUDY

VIEWPOINTS TRAINING

PRACTICAL AESTHETICS

ADVANCED IMPROVISATION

SCENE STUDY                                
FILM /TV SCENE STUDY                 

VOCAL COACHING                          

DICTION                        
INTRO TO VOICEOVER                  
MOVEMENT FOR THE ACTOR    
   

Meghan Malloy

Kathryn MacMillan

Drucie McDaniel

Susan Riley Stevens; Peter Schmitz

Lane Savadove

Alex Keiper

Sharon Geller

​​Karen Vicks
Bryan Fox
Jen Rosario
Diane Gaary
Voices For All (VFA)
Leah Walton​​​

Private

Private

Private

Walnut Street Theatre

Ego Po Classic Theatre

TheatreExile

Private

Philadelphia Acting Studio

Philadelphia Acting Studio

Private

Private

Burlington County College

Walnut Street Theatre

 

Education
 

Undergraduate:

Graduate:

B.M; B.M.E., clarinet         

Composition and Theory
​Theatre

Hartt School of Music



Hartt School of Music

Rowan University

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