Jennie Newman
Contact: JennieNewman@JennieNewman.com
**Jennie was recently cast as a Performer/Writer on one of iO West's House Sketch Teams!**
Hair: Brunette Eyes: Blue
Height: 5'4" Weight: 105 lbs
SKETCH COMEDY:
Hashtag Comedy--House Sketch Team iO West
Summer Blockbuster Spoiler Show--UCBLA
Quick & Funny Musicals---UCBLA
Not Too Shabby--UCBLA
Sketch Devils--Second City Los Angeles
Bennie Arthur & Friends--Guest Performer iO West
Drug Puppy--Guest Performer iO West
IMPROV COMEDY:
Twik Improv--Long Form indie team selected to perform at the 2011 Del Close Marathon in NYC; performed at iO West; UCBLA; Second City; and many indie theaters around Los Angeles
Many Mumbling Mice (musical improv)--performed at UCBLA and many indie theaters around Los Angeles
Auburn University Players (short form)--original member
**Jennie has also been a member of many other short lived long form groups in Los Angeles**
TV/COMMERCIAL:
Pit Boss--Animal Planet (Featured)
Teens Only--Pilot (Co-Star)
Scientology Center--Industrial (Featured)
EMedicalTV--Industrial (Featured)
Internet Phishing--PSA State of Alabama (Featured)
Drunk Driving--PSA State of Alabama (Featured)
WEB:
Friends Don't Let Friends Drink & Date (Webseries)--dir. Brad Lavery (Co-Star)
Funny.Geeky.Sexy (Weekly)--Podpocalypse.com (Host/Writer)
THEATRE:
Sex, Relationships, & Sometimes Love--Sunset Gardner Stages (You #1 & #2)
Mornings of April & May--National Theater for Arts and Education Fall 2006 Tour Show (Dona Ana)
The Tempest--Auburn University Mainstage (Miranda)
The Good Doctor--Appelbell Productions (Nina)
Best Little Whorehouse--Auburn University Mainstage (Ginger)
The Laramie Project--Auburn University Mainstage (Reggie Fluty; et al.)
Fat Men in Skirts--AU Summerstock (Phyllis)
An Actor's Nightmare--AU Summerstock (Dame Ellen)*
*nominated for a regional Irene Ryan Award
Defying Gravity--Auburn University Mainstage (Elizabeth)
Lend Me A Tenor--AACT (Maggie)
The Pillowman--AU Theatre Upstairs (Tupolkski)
VOICE OVER:
Creekside Apartments--Auburn, Alabama (Lead)
My Little Transformer--Webisode (Strawberry Shortcake)
TRAINING:
BFA Conservatory--Theatre Performance (Auburn University; 2006)
Advanced Study Graduate--Long Form Improv (UCBLA; 2009)
Voice: Brad Howard; Melissa Arasi
Shakespeare/Style: Dan LaRocque; Chris Qualls
Puppetry: Bob Parsons
Improv: UCBLA; iO West
Fitzmaurice: Daydrie Hague
Film: Rodney Clark
Stand-Up: Adam Barnhart
Combat: Jacob Grigolia Rosenbaum
Voice Over: MJ Lallo
Acting: Lisa Channer; Worth Gardner
Commercial: Scott Wissner
Movement/Dance: Judith Nelson
Other: The Atlanta Workshop Players
SPECIAL SKILLS:
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA); Combat (Armed/Unarmed); Dialects (General American; Standard British; Cockney; NY); Singing (Soprano); Improv (Short & Long Forms); Vegetable Impressions; Valid CA Drivers Licence; Valid Passport; Ordained in the USA