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Estelle Piper

Actor - Dancer - Director - Singer - Visual Artist

About the artist:

ESTELLE PIPER

San Jose, CA

408-921-2606 (cell)

amastelle@yahoo.com

STAGE

Rival Baron "Vaulting Ambition" Shakespeare 3 Ways

3P2T2 Claudia Procula "Humanity vs Pontius Pilate" Quo Vadis

Prospero “The Tempest” Shady Shakespeare

Duncan “Macbeth” Shady Shakespeare

Mrs. Boyle “Prelude to a Kiss” Northside Theatre

The Devil “Sing Brightly From a Dark Space” Pear Theatre

M’Lynn “Steel Magnolias” Northside Theatre

Boo “Last Night of Ballyhoo” Northside Theatre

The Widow “Bridges” Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Peasant Woman “Incorruptible” San Jose Stage Company

Mrs. Van Daan “The Diary of Anne Frank” Northside Theatre

Mama “ ‘night, Mother” Black Box Productions

Olivia “Twelfth Night” Shady Shakespeare

Eleanor of Aquitaine “The Lion in Winter” Northside Theatre

Olive “The Odd Couple” (Female) Libra Productions

Dr. Livingston “Agnes of God” Tzaddi / Burgess

Lawyer “Whose Life Is It Anyway?” Tzaddi / San Jose Stage

Charlotte Corday “Marat / Sade” City Lights Theatre

MEDIA

Toasters “Chickens in the Shadows” SF Indie film in production

Performances on Art Beat Art Beat Weekly television show San Jose – Channel15A

Day Care Mother Industrial film San Jose – United Way

Various roles Books on CD Blackstone Audio books

Narration/Voice-over Astronomers in History Michigan State Planetarium

Print work Various Photo Shoots Willow Glen Productions

INSTRUCTION

Youth Acting Workshops City of Sunnyvale/Community Center Instructor

Acting/Performance Workshops Private Instruction Instructor/Director (10+ yrs)

Acting MAEP San Jose Adult Education Instructor (8yrs)

Theatre Productions Prospect High School Director (4 yrs)

Beginning Acting Morgan Hill Adult Education Instructor

Multicultural Folk Tales-Tour SJ Eastside Parks - SJCLO Instructor/Performer

Creative Dramatics Workshops Tour Michigan State Univ.; Lansing Schools Mgr/Instructor/Performer

YOUTH THEATRE

Director “Winnie-the-Pooh” Northside Theatre

Director “Peter Pan” Prospect High

Director “How I Survive High School” Prospect High

Director “Arsenic and Old Lace” Prospect High

Director “The Odd Couple” (male & female) Prospect High

Director “Facts of Life” Northside Theatre

Director “Step On A Crack” Northside Theatre

DIRECTING / STAGE MANAGER

Director “The Cure’ of Ars” (Musical) Angelus Productions 2011

Director “Vaulting Ambition” Three of Perfect Pair Troupe

Director “Bull in a China Shop” Santa Clara Players

Director “Claude Newman” Quo Vadis Theatre

Director “Educating Rita” Libra Productions/ArtRise

Director “Agnes of God” Tzaddi - Burgess Theatre

Director “Whose Life Is It Anyway?” Tzaddi / San Jose Stage

Director “Danny & The Deep Blue Sea” Tzaddi/Actors Theatre

Director “God’s Favorite” Menlo Players’ Guild

Stage Manager “Angry Housewives” San Jose Stage Company

Director “You Ought To Be In Pictures” Hillbarn Theatre

Director “A Girl’s Guide To Chaos” City Lights Theatre

Director “The Women” Menlo Players’ Guild

CO-FOUNDER / ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: City Lights Theatre Company, Libra Productions, Tzaddi Theatre

EDUCATION: Graduate/Undergrad work at Michigan State & San Jose State

SPECIAL INTERESTS: Make-up; mimicry; improvisation; dance: jazz, modern, ballet; painting, guitar, computer games