Ellen Adair

Ellen Adair
AEA • AFTRA • SAG-Eligible

Represented by Harden-Curtis Associates
Ph: 212.977.8502 / Fx: 212.977.8420
850 Seventh Ave., Suite 903
New York, NY 10019

Eyes: Green
Hair: Brown
Height: 5'8
Weight: 128

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OFF-BROADWAY

What the Public Wants (Jan-March 2011)	Emily Vernon	Mint Theatre Company (Matthew Arbour)
Playboy of the Western World	Sara Tansey	Pearl Theatre Company (J. R. Sullivan)
Romeo and Hamlet	Juliet	GayfestNYC (Sidney Burgoyne)

REGIONAL THEATRE

All's Well That Ends Well

Helena

Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (Stephen Fried)

'Tis Pity She's a Whore

Philotis

Center Stage (Irene Lewis)

The Yellow Leaf (World Premiere)

Mary Shelley

Pioneer Theatre Company (Geoffrey Sherman)

Henry IV 1

Kate Percy

Folger Shakespeare Theatre (Paul Barnes)

Playboy of the Western World

Pegeen Mike

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival (Jim Christy)

Rabbit Hole

Izzy (u/s)

Huntington Theatre Company (John Tillinger)

Carol Mulroney

Carol Mulroney (u/s)

Huntington Theatre Company (Lisa Peterson)

The Merchant of Venice

Portia

American Shakespere Center (PJ Paparelli)

Taming of the Shrew

Bianca

American Shakespeare Center (Jim Warren)

Henry V

Katherine/Boy

American Shakespeare Center (Giles Block)

A Christmas Carol

Belle/Martha Cratchit/Mrs. Fred/&c

American Shakespeare Center (Jim Warren)

BOSTON THEATRE

Arms and the Man

Raina

Lyric Stage Company (Spiro Veloudos)

Arcadia*

Thomasina Coverly

Publick Theatre (Diego Arciniegas)

*2006 Elliot Norton Award for Best Production/IRNE nomination for Best Actress

The Comedy of Errors

Luce

Publick Theatre (Diego Arciniegas)

The Beard of Avon

Geoffrey Dunderbread/Lady Lettice

Publick Theatre (Diego Arciniegas)

Five by Tenn

Girl/Gladys

SpeakEasy Stage (Scott Edmiston)

*2006 Elliot Norton Award for Best Production

All's Well That Ends Well

Diana

Actors' Shakespeare Project (Benjamin Evett)

Romeo and Juliet's Ball (Gala Event)

Juliet

Actors' Shakespeare Project (Paula Plum)

Macbeth

Lady Macbeth

New Repertory Theatre On Tour (Brendan Hughes)

The Diary of Anne Frank

Margot

New Repertory Theatre On Tour (Bobbie Steinbach)

A Doll's House

Nora Helmer*

Small World Big Sky Productions (Sarah Krohn)

*2005 Addison Award for Best Ensemble

More Than What (World Premiere)

Andrea

Centastage (Joe Antoun)

Macbeth

Malcolm/Witch/&c

ShakespeareNow! (Courtney O’Connor)

Romeo and Juliet

Juliet/Sampson

ShakespeareNow! (Daniel Gidron)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Puck/Egeus

ShakespeareNow! (Spiro Veloudos)

Pygmalion

Eliza Doolittle*

Longwood Players (Marc Miller)

*2004 Addison Award for Best Actress in a Comedy

By the Bog of Cats

Caroline

Devanaughn Theatre (Rose Carlson)

Twelfth Night

Viola

Wandering Minds Theatre

Dearly Departed

Delightful/Nadine

Athena's Players

Steel Magnolias

Shelby

Athena's Players

(Partial listing. Full listing available upon request.)

FILM / TELEVISION

"As the World Turns"

Nurse Gretchen Taylor (recurring u/5)

CBS (Chris Goutman, &c.)

"Brotherhood"

Jamie Finnerty (principal)

Showtime (Ed Bianchi)

Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Who Wrote Little Women

Anna Alcott (principal)

PBS/Nancy Porter Productions (Nancy Porter)

AMERICAN MASTERS John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature

Lucy Audubon (principal)

PBS/WNET (Larry Hott)

Louis Brandeis: The People's Attorney

Louis's Lady (principal)

PBS/Charles Stuart Productions (Charles Stuart)

My Sister, the Psychopath

Helena (lead)

Winged Films

Elegantly Wasted

Maureen (lead)

Cruz Control Productions

I Do Not Like Her

Emily (principal)

Harvard Student Film

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

Software Programmer

Novell Software

Red Tree Productions

EDUCATION / TRAINING

B.A. in English and Theatre from Boston University
The Stanislavski Summer School at the American Repertory Theatre, 2001 (Acting: Oleg Tabakov, Alexander Marin, Mikhail Lobanov; Movement: Andrei Droznin)
Summer Training Institute at Shakespeare and Company, 2002/2003 (Text: Dennis Krausnick, Dave Demke, Michael Burnet, Mark Scipione; Voice: Margaret Jansen, Christine Adair; Movement: Susan Dibble, Kristin Wold; Combat: Tony Simotes, Michael Burnet; Alexander: Tod Randolph)

SKILLS

Dance: Ballet (not pointe), Jazz • Mezzo-soprano • Dialects: all kinds of English, Irish, Scottish, Southern, German, French • Languages: French, some Italian, some Russian • Stage Combat (Hand-to-hand; some rapier, broadsword) • Chopsticks-proficient