KATHY HALENDA
Actor/Singer/Broad!
KATHY HALENDA (AEA financial core)
cell: (910) 262-1399 Height: 5’6” Eyes: Blue
email: khalenda@yahoo.com Weight: 163 Hair: Auburn
web: www.kathyhalenda.com Voice: Alto Belt
NATIONAL TOURS (representative of 18 tours)
Tootsie (first and second tours) Rita Marshall Troika Entertainment
Havana! (Directed by.Warren Carlyle) Dona Tita Norwegian Cruise Line (Bliss)
Gypsy Mama Rose Phoenix Entertainment
Pajama Game Mabel Phoenix Entertainment
Grandma Goes to Hollywood Singmaster Big Apple Circus/ Lincoln Center
Jolson: The Musical (Equity tour) Eugenie (replacement) Troika Organization
42nd Street Maggie Jones Troika Organization
Grand Hotel Raffaela Troika Organization
Ziegfeld Follies Mae West Music Theatre Group
Oliver (three tours) Nancy Music Theatre Group
REGIONAL THEATRE (representative of over 200 productions)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Christina Drayton Riverside PAC
Grease. Ms. Lynch. Riverside PaC
A Riverside Xmas Spectacular Vicki Valentine Riverside PAC
Some Enchanted Evening Featured Vocalist Riverside PAC
Silver Belles Oralene (emergency cover, 2 shows) Signature Theatre
A Christmas Carol Memory Izzy Creative Cauldron
Ruthless! The Musical Lita Encore Creative Cauldron
Oklahoma Aunt Eller Riverside PAC
Croaker: the Frog Prince Musical Queen Helene Virginia Rep
Mame Vera Charles Riverside PAC
Sister Act Mary Lazarus Riverside PAC
Steel Magnolias Ouiser Riverside PAC
Dirty Blonde Mae West/ Jo Florida Studio Theatre
Gypsy Mama Rose Riverside PAC
Sophie Tucker: Last of the Red Hot Mamas Sophie Walnut Street Theatre
Bingo Vern ARTStation Theatre
Mame Mame Dennis Virginia Rep
Hello Dolly! Dolly Levi Mac-Haydn Theatre
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Miss Mona Riverside PAC
White Christmas Martha Virginia Rep
Evita Eva Peron Harlequin Theatre
Annie Get your Gun Annie Oakley Mac-Haydn Theatre
42nd Street Dorothy Brock Mac-Haydn Theatre
Nunsense Mother Superior Mac-Haydn Theatre
Annie Miss Hannigan Jenny Wiley Theatre
Robber Bridegroom Salome Florida Studio Theatre
Sophie Tucker: the Revusical Middle Sophie Kravis Center
No Way to Treat a Lady 5 different characters Florida Studio Theatre
ONE WOMAN SHOWS (credited with writing as well as performing)
Sophie Tucker: Last of the Red Hot Mamas Piccolo Spoleto Festival and nationwide
Brassy Broads of Broadway Danny’s Skylight Room in Manhattan and nationwide
Somewhere Over the Rose Florida Studio Theatre and nationwide
SPECIAL SKILLS
Singing (demo available), National Anthem singer at Madison Square Garden and Fenway Park, Emcee, Dialects (most American and European), Basic Tap, Basic Piano, Driver’s License, can sing alphabet backwards!
AWARDS
DCMetroTheaterArts: Best of 2016- Best Actress in a Musical (twice)
DCMetroTheaterArtsBest of 2015- Best Actress in a Musical DCMetroTheaterArtsBest of 2014- Best Actress in a Musical
2016- Richmond Theatre Critics Circle Award- Best Supporting Actress nominee
2010-Richmond Theatre Critics Circle Award- Best Supporting Actress winner
Helen Hayes Nominee- Best Musical Production Handy (Florida Critic Award)- Best Actress Irene Ryan Nominee- Best Actress Sarasota Magazine- Best Actress Sarasota Weekly Planet- Best Brassy Broad Ace (Florida T.V. Award)- Best Performer Phoebe (Va. Critic Award)- Best Actress in a Musical