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JENNA AUGEN |
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(Alida’s daughter) |
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"Among the most refreshing aspects of the present production is Jenna Augen's virtually flawless comic savvy . . . " |
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—Review of "Delicious Rivers", Joseph Marcello in "The Daily Hampshire Gazette" |
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ACADEMIC
/ PERFORMING HONORS |
| Attending The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), London, England | current | |
| Graduate of Smith College | 2007 | |
| Sarah Bernhardt Prize for the MOST NOTABLE CONTRIBUTION to the Dramatic Activities of Smith College | 2007 | |
| Samuel Eliot Award for DISTINGUISHED DIRECTING in the Theatre — Smith College | 2007 | |
| Denton Snyder Acting Prize for DISTINGUISHED ACTING in the Theatre — Smith College | 2007 | |
| MacLean Prize for Outstanding Dramatic Achievement – Smith College | 2005 | |
| Dean's List - Smith College | ||
| High Honors Graduate Greens Farms Academy | 2003 | |
| Head of School List at Greens Farms Academy | 1999 - 2003 | |
| Faculty Prize - Greens Farms Academy | 2001 | |
| Shaffer Award for Excellence in Drama - Greens Farms Academy | 2002 | |
| The Drama Award - Greens Farms Academy | 2003 | |
| The Music Award - Greens Farms Academy | 2003 | |
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Concertmistress of The
Young Artists Philharmonic, Stamford, CT, |
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| occupying The Dorothy Davies Helprin Chair | 2000 - 2003 | |
| The Dorothy Davies Helprin Scholarship | 2003 | |
| Concertmistress of all school orchestras | 1992 - 2003 | |
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National Music Honor
Societ |
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National French Honor Society |
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Connecticut All-State Choir |
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Connecticut All-State Orchestra |
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| Who’s Who among American High School Students | 2002 | |
| Northwestern University Summer Theatre and Musical Theatre Extension | 2002 | |
| Circle in the Square Theatre School | 2004 | |
| British American Drama Academy (BADA), London, England | 2005 |
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SHAKESPEARE
/ DRAMA PERFORMANCE |
| ROSALIND | in “As You Like It” | (full) | |
| ADRIANA | in “The Comedy of Errors” | (full) | |
| BEATRICE | in “Much Ado about Nothing” | (full) | |
| KATHARINA | in “The Taming of the Shrew” (also directed) | ||
| LADY MACBETH | in “Macbeth” (also directed) | (full) | |
| LADY ANNE | in “Richard III” | ||
| QUEEN MARGARET | in “Richard III” and in “Henry VI – Part III” | ||
| JULIET | in “Romeo and Juliet” | ||
| HAMLET | in “Hamlet” | ||
| PRINCESS KATHARINE |
in
“Henry V” |
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| QUEEN ELIZABETH | in “Richard III” (also directed) | ||
| VIOLA | in “Twelfth Night” | ||
| FESTE | in “Twelfth Night” | (full) | |
| ANTIGONE | in “Antigone” (Anouilh) | (full) | |
| PAT | in “Sorry” (Mason) (also directed) | (full) | |
| HOMEBODY | in “Homebody / Kabul” (Kushner) | ||
| IRINA VLADU | in “Mad Forest” (Churchill) | (full) | |
| BETTY | in “Sure Thing” (Ives) (also directed) | (full) | |
| MEDEA | in “Medea” (Wasserstein / Durang) | (full) | |
| THE DARK LADY | in “The Dark Lady of the Sonnets” (Shaw) | (full) | |
| SUSAN B. ANTHONY | in “The Mother of Us All” (Stein) | (full) | |
| LADY CROOM | in “Arcadia” (Stoppard) | (full) | |
| COUNTESS KOTLUBAY | in “A Feast at Countess Kotlubay’s” (Gombrowicz) | (full) | |
| NORA HELMER | in "A Doll's House" (Ibsen) | (full) | |
| IRMA LURCHMAN | in "Delicious Rivers" (Maddow) | (full) |
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DIRECTING PERFORMANCE |
| AMADEUS | by Peter Shaffer | Mendenhall Center - Smith College | |
| THE LEADER | by Eugene Ionesco | Mendenhall Center - Smith College | |
| THREE SCENES | by William Shakespeare | Greens Farms Academy | |
| SURE THING | by David Ives | Greens Farms Academy | |
| SORRY | by Timothy Mason | Greens Farms Academy |
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OPERA
/ MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE |
| AMAHL |
in
“Amahl and the Night Visitors”
(Menotti) |
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| MABEL |
in
“The Pirates of Penzance” (Gilbert and Sullivan) |
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| MISS ADELAIDE |
in “Guys and
Dolls” (Loesser) |
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| MARY FLYNN |
in “Merrily We Roll
Along” (Sondheim) |
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| PRINCESS WINNIFRED |
in “Once upon a
Mattress” (Rodgers) |
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| CHAIRMAN / MAYOR |
in “The Mystery of
Edwin Drood” |
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SOPRANO
SOLOIST |
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in Handel’s
“Messiah” |
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in Faure’s “Requiem” |
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in Webber’s
“Requiem” |
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in Mozart’s
“Laudate Dominum” |
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Queen of the Night’s Vengeance Aria
(Mozart) |
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Batti, Batti, o bel Masetto (Mozart) |
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Una donna a quindici anni (Mozart) |
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Ah ! mio cor
(Handel) |
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O mio babbino caro (Puccini) |
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Chanson d’Amour
(Faure) |
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Silent Noon (Vaughan
Williams) |
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Harbor Blues
a cappella group |
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in “Forbidden
Westport” |
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in “A Christmas
Allelulia” at The Smith
College Christmas Vespers |
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in “The
Seguidilla" from Bizet's "Carmen"
with
The Smith College Commencement Orchestra |
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VIOLIN
PERFORMANCE |
| Concertmistress of The Young Artists Philharmonic, Stamford, CT | |
| Concertmistress of all school orchestras | |
| Connecticut All-State Orchestra | |
| First violin in The Young Artists String Quartet | |
| First violin in The Lumina String Quartet’s apprentice quartet | |
| First violin in The Smith College Orchestra |
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CABARET
PERFORMANCE |
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in
“Shades
of Blue” at
"The Metropolitan Room"
in Manhattan |
2006 | |
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in
“I
Know Things Now” at
"The Duplex Cabaret Theatre"
in Manhattan |
2005 | |
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at “The Triad”
in Manhattan |
2004 | |
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at “Birdland”
in Manhattan |
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TRAINING |
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EXPERIENCE (see all of
the above) |
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| The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), London, England | current | |
| The British American Drama Academy (BADA), London, England | 2005 | |
| Circle in the Square Theatre School | 2004 | |
| Northwestern University Summer Theatre with Musical Theatre Extension | 2002 | |
| Private voice studies with Jane Bryden (New England Conservatory) | 2003 - 2006 | |
| Private voice studies with Judith Malafronte (Eastman School of Music) | 2006 - 2007 | |
| Private violin studies with Asya Meshberg (Juilliard / NY Philharmonic) | 1998 - 2006 | |
| Ballet studies at The Ridgefield School of Classical Ballet | 1989 - 1999 |
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