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JOAN MARTINELLI

THEATRE VOICE
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1979 - 1985
QUALIFICATIONS
• Studied voice under the instruction of Theresa Treadway-Lloyd and Patricia Smith-Phillips
• Acting and stage design classes at SUNY Adirondack, workshops with Glens Falls Community Theater
• Studied scenic art with Daro Beninati, scenic designer for United Artists & San Francisco Opera House
• Studied studio art with Henry Musser
Adirondack Scenic (IATSE union stage design shop, aka Adirondack Studios)
Apprentice Painter
• scenic art for national tours of Broadway and regional theatrical shows, opera and industrial trade shows throughout the USA and Canada
Lake George Dinner Theater (member of Actor’s Equity Association)
Properties Manager
• set decoration, props acquisition and management, ran props during live performances
• created original artwork for theater lobby cards
TELEVISION
Grich Broadcasting, TV-8
• devised, wrote, set up shoots and hosted weekly arts segment for local evening TV news broadcast
VOCAL PERFORMANCE
Voiceover Work
• voice talent for a variety of commercials and
special promotions for WWSC radio, SUNY
Adirondack, TV8, Merkel & Gelman Department Store
Song Stylist
• Eden Park Players, NY
• Performances in cabarets, and private and community events
THEATRE
Scenic Art, national, regional and community theatre
• The King and I
• Sweeney Todd
• Bus Stop, head scenic artist
• Mousetrap
• The Music Man
Properties & Set Decoration, Equity dinner theatre
(with James Noone, future Tony award-winner for set design)
• Death Trap
• Romantic Comedy
• The Gin Game
• Dames at Sea
• Chapter Two
• Vanities
PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
• The Great Nebula in Orion, Carrie
Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs, NY
• Save Me a Place at Forest Lawn, Gertrude
Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs, NY
• On the Twentieth Century, Agnes (Lily’s maid)
Glens Falls Community Theater, NY
• Sixgun, Carrie
NYS College Theater Festival, SUNY Purchase
written and directed by author Marshall Thornton
A two-person one-act opposite Scott Valentine
critiqued by award-winning Broadway director Des McAnuff
• Leave It to Jane, featured chorus
Fort Salem Summer Theatre, NY
• Sweeney Todd, Mrs. Lovett
Cue & Curtain Players, NY
• Carousel, Cousin Nettie
Cue & Curtain Players, NY
• Blithe Spirit, Ruth
Cue & Curtain Players, NY
• All Aboard for Broadway, song stylist
• Three One-Act Plays by Daro Beninati
Cue & Curtain Players, NY
• Cabaret, Fraulein Schneider
Cue & Curtain Players, NY




•rates upon request
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