AMANDA GILES

                                                                                                                                         

Height: 5’10”                                                                                                                              

Weight: 145                                                                                                                                773.354.0470

Hair: Brown                                                                                                                    amandakgiles@me.com

Eyes: Blue                                                                                                                      www.amanda-giles.com

Voice: Soprano/Strong Belter (D3 – G6)

 

THEATRE

EVITA                                                            Ensemble                                 Jedlicka Performing Arts Center

RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED

REINDEER                                               Bird-fish, Mrs. Clause (u/s)            The Broadway Playhouse

SPRING AWAKENING                              Anna                                            *Chicago College of Performing Arts

VIVID 2012                                              Soloist                                      Auditorium Theatre, Chicago

ALLEGRO                                                    Mrs. Taylor                          CCPA(Director: Jessica Redish)

I KNEW A BOY/                                                                               

GREENWOOD TREE                             Soloist                                      CCPA (Dir: Ray Frewen)

DANCING IN THE DARK                       Soloist                                      CCPA (Director: June Compton)

IT’S JUST[NAME OF DAMN                                         

THING]                                                     Soloist                                     CCPA (Director: Kurt Johns)

INTO THE WOODS                                Baker’s Wife                             Lower Ossington Theatre

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS                 Crystal                                      Lower Ossington Theatre

 

OPERA

CARMEN                                                   Mercedes                                  Opera Training Institute of Chicago

DIDO AND AENEAS                                    Belinda                                     Harbourfront Centre Theatre, Toronto

TURANDOT                                                Children’s Chorus             The Hummingbird Centre, Toronto

                                                                                                                    (Starring Richard Margison)

ACHIEVEMENTS

National Anthem Soloist at the Chicago Bulls Game

 

TRAINING

*BFA in Musical Theatre at Theatre Conservatory of the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University

Acting: Ray Frewen, John B. Hackler, Barbara Zahora, Kestutis Nakas, Tina Paul, Sean Kelley, Luis Perez

Voice and Text: Ann McMann, Christine Adaire, Bart Philip Williams, Joel Fink

On Camera: Jane Alderman

Dance (Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Tap): Luis Perez, Becca Lemme, Melissa Crooch, Matthew Crowle

British American Drama Academy

Acting: Peter Francis James, John Barton, Fiona Shaw, Irina Brown

Voice: John Tucker

Physical Theatre: Mick Barnfather

Opera Training Institute of Chicago

Voice and acting: Michael Ehrman, Tracy Watson, William Watson, Sunny Joy Langton, Ken Smith, Stephen Swedish

Watson Studios – Tracy Watson

 

SPECIAL SKILLS

Fluent in French, Conversational Spanish, Sings in German and Italian

Dialects: British/RP, Cockney, Southern, French, Irish, Italian, Indian

Basic Pass in Unarmed Stage Combat by the SAFD (2013), Sight Reading, Strong part singer, Water drop effect, Flexible, Yodeling, Juggling, Whistle, Piano (6 years), Knitting, Yoga, Volleyball, Soccer, Swimming, Bicycling, Good with children, Driver’s License, Passport