Shelley Cooper

shelley.cpr@gmail.com
www.shelley-cooper.com
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Actress/Singer Height: 55
Range: D3-D6 Weight: 130

Performance Experience:
*Johanna Sweeney Todd Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Alan Bruun*
Nellie Forbush South Pacific Monroe Symphony Orchestra Corey Trahan
Ariel The Little Mermaid Red House Arts Center Stephen Svoboda
Cinderella Into the Woods Red House Arts Center Stephen Svoboda
Helena A Midsummer Nights Dream Red House Arts Center Stephen Svoboda
Dr. Wink Pinkalicious The Musical Orlando Repertory Theatre Steve MacKinnon
Ladybug James and the Giant Peach Orlando Repertory Theatre Rob Anderson
Mrs. Settergren Pippi Longstocking: The Musical Orlando Repertory Theatre Katrina Ploof
Flora Long Hoop Dee Doo Musical Revue Walt Disney World Tom Vazzana
Sleepy Who/Cindy Lou Grinchmas: The Musical Universal Studios Orlando Lora Wallace
MC Tri-Wizard Spirit Rally Wizarding World of Harry Potter Anitra Pritchard
Taylor Poseidons Fury Universal Studios Orlando Anitra Pritchard
Norwegian Storyteller Holidays Around the World Walt Disney World Marsha Jackson-Randolph
Joanne (Bless the Lord) Godspell Shawnee Summer Theatre Mathew Graber
Woman #2 My Way Shawnee Summer Theatre Kevin Lee Guthridge
Audrey Williams Hank Williams: The Lost Highway Shawnee Summer Theatre Ben Brotzman
Darlene Henshaw The Diviners Shawnee Summer Theatre Terrence Monter
Ensemble Joseph and the Amazing Music Theatre Louisville J. Daniel Herring
Claire/Martha (u/s) The Secret Garden Kandel Theatre Company Jason Roseberry
Curly's Wife Of Mice and Men Shawnee Summer Theatre Lauren Morris
*Starring Faith Prince and Davis Gaines*

International:
Soprano Soloist Handels Messiah Bangkok International Orchestra Charunee Hongcharu
*Maria La Divina: The Last Interview of Maria Callas Kad Suan Kaew Theatre Mariangela Chatzistamatiou
*Maria La Divina: The Last Interview of Maria Callas Bangkok Theatre Festival Mariangela Chatzistamatiou
Opera Singer Italian Opera Aria and Duet show Venetian Macao (China) Loren Geeting
*Maria La Divina: The Last Interview of Maria Callas IPAI (Germany) Pietro Cortelli
*Original, one-woman show written and performed by Shelley Cooper*

Education:
University of Central Florida MFA in Musical Theatre
Hanover College BA in Theatre (Graduate with Theatre Departmental Honors)
International Performing Arts Institute Musical Theatre/Opera Intensive Kiefersfelden, Germany

Training:
Vocal (Classical and Musical Theatre): Elizabeth Huling, Dr. Nicholas Provenzale, Dr. Madlen Batchvarova, Bruce Earnest, Dr.
Kerry Deal, Dr. Steven Chicurel, and Nicholas Wuehrmann
Dance (Ballet, Tap and Jazz): Judi Sigfried and Christopher Ryan
Shakespeare Text and Performance class at the Shakespeare Centre in Straford upon Avon, England
Improv Comedy classes at Improv Olympic in Chicago and Upright Citizens Brigade in NYC
Diction for Singers (German, French and Italian): Mariangela Chatzistamatiou

Other Skills:
Vocal Coaching and Direction, Stage Directing, Choreography, Children's Theatre, knows International Phonetic Alphabet, Dialects:
Southern, New York/Jersey, British RP, Cockney, Irish, Yorkshire, Russian, and Italian.