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  JENNA  AUGEN

(Alida’s  daughter)  

"Among the most refreshing aspects of the present production is Jenna Augen's virtually flawless comic savvy . . . "

—Review of "Delicious Rivers", Joseph Marcello in "The Daily Hampshire Gazette"

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
Concertmistress of The Young Artists Philharmonic, Stamford, CT,  
                                 occupying The Dorothy Davies Helprin Chair  2000 - 2003
The Dorothy Davies Helprin Scholarship 2003
Concertmistress of all school orchestras 1992 - 2003
National Music Honor Societ
National French Honor Society  
Connecticut All-State Choir  
Connecticut All-State Orchestra  
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
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”  
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)
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
OPERA / MUSICAL THEATRE  PERFORMANCE
AMAHL in  “Amahl and the Night Visitors”  (Menotti)  
MABEL in  “The Pirates of Penzance”  (Gilbert and Sullivan)  
MISS ADELAIDE in  “Guys and Dolls”  (Loesser)  
MARY FLYNN in  “Merrily We Roll Along”  (Sondheim)  
PRINCESS WINNIFRED in  “Once upon a Mattress”  (Rodgers)  
CHAIRMAN / MAYOR in  “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”  (Holmes)
SOPRANO  SOLOIST  
in  Handel’s  “Messiah”  
in Faure’s  “Requiem”  
in  Webber’s  “Requiem”  
in  Mozart’s  “Laudate Dominum”  
Queen of the Night’s Vengeance Aria  (Mozart)  
Batti, Batti, o bel Masetto  (Mozart)  
Una donna a quindici anni  (Mozart)  
Ah !  mio cor  (Handel)  
O mio babbino caro  (Puccini)  
Chanson  d’Amour  (Faure)  
Silent  Noon  (Vaughan  Williams)  
Harbor  Blues  a cappella  group  
in  “Forbidden Westport”  
in  “A Christmas Allelulia”  at The Smith College Christmas Vespers  
in  “The Seguidilla" from Bizet's "Carmen" with The Smith College Commencement Orchestra  
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
CABARET  PERFORMANCE
in  “Shades of Blue” at "The Metropolitan Room" in  Manhattan   2006
in  “I Know Things Now” at "The Duplex Cabaret Theatre" in Manhattan   2005
at  “The Triad”  in  Manhattan   2004
at  “Birdland”  in  Manhattan  
TRAINING  
EXPERIENCE  (see all of the above)
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

© Alida Augen