Monica Heuser
(AEA)
Email: singoutmoe@aol.com
Website: http://www.monicaheuser.com
Height: 5’5"
Eye Color: Blue
Hair: Strawberry Blonde
Voice: Mezzo/Alto/Belt
(Musical Theatre/Rock/Pop/Country/Blues/Jazz)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NATIONAL TOUR
A CLOSER WALK WITH PATSY CLINE Patsy Cline Troupe America, Inc.
THE SUNSHINE BOYS starring Dick Van Patten & Frank Gorshin Sketch Nurse Troupe America, Inc.
PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES Prudie Cupp Prather Productions, Inc.
THEATRE
LOVE, JANIS Janis Joplin Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
SEE JANE VOTE Amanda American Folklore Theatre (World Premiere)
LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS Roxie American Folklore Theatre
TWELFTH NIGHT (Joe Dowling, director) Attendant Guthrie Theatre
ALWAYS, PATSY CLINE Patsy Cline Minnesota Festival Theatre & Carousel Dinner Theatre
BOXELDER BUG VARIATIONS Monica Jon Hassler Theatre
PHANTOM (Yeston/Kopit) La Carlotta Dutch Apple Theatre
CABARET Fraulein Kost Broadway Palm Theatre
TAFFETAS Peggy Dutch Apple Theatre
LUCKY STIFF Rita La Porta Old Schoolhouse Theatre
DAMN YANKEES Gloria Thorpe Dutch Apple Theatre
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Gwendolyn Fairfax Cincinnati’s Showboat Majestic
THE PAJAMA GAME Gladys Dutch Apple Theatre
GREASE Sandy Jenny Wiley Theatre
ANNIE Lily St. Regis Dutch Apple Theatre
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS…. Hedy La Rue Jenny Wiley Theatre
42nd STREET Phyllis Dutch Apple Theatre
BLUE PLATE SPECIAL Connie Sue Day Cincinnati’s Showboat Majestic
ANYTHING GOES Bonnie Jenny Wiley Theatre
BRIGADOON Maggie Beef & Boards Theatre
WEST SIDE STORY Pauline Galveston Outdoor Musicals
THE JENNY WILEY STORY (original cast album) Nancy Skaggs Jenny Wiley Theatre
CABARETS/MUSICAL REVUES
"FALLING TO PIECES" (self created/directed) Old Schoolhouse Theatre & Minneapolis' Times Bar & Cafe
"CHRISTMAS IN THE SMOKIES" (cast album recording) Dolly Parton’s Celebrity Theatre/Dollywood
"WITH A SONG IN MY HEART" Off-Broadway Palm Theatre
"HO!HO!HO! THE CHRISTMAS SHOW" Off-Broadway Palm & Old Schoolhouse Theatre
"STARDUST" Cincinnati’s Showboat Majestic
"YESTERDAYS" (Premiere) Mesa Theatre & Club
"YESTERDAYS", "HOLIDAZZLE" Broadway Palm Theatre
"1940’s: WHEN RADIO WAS KING", "THE FABULOUS FIFTIES", "THE MUSIC OF JERRY HERMAN" Musicana Theatre(s)
FILM/TV/COMMERCIAL
CINCINNATI TECHNICAL COLLEGE - Commercial
SEED CORN SYMPHONY (Minnesota Film Fund Winner) - "Kristine Slayton" - Screenwriter’s Workshop Performance
TRAINING & HONORS
The Cabaret Conference at Yale University - Class of 2005
BFA in THEATRE: Performance/Directing (Minor: Dance) - Northern Kentucky University - Cum Laude
Two-time Irene Ryan Award Nominee / Awarded "Most Outstanding Theatre Scholarship Student"
Certified Actor/Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors (Rapier/Dagger, Quarterstaff, Unarmed)
Special Skills - Relative pitch, dialects, very versatile voice, rollerblading/roller skating, good tap dancer!
Patsy Cline and/or Rock/Pop Demos Available Upon Request
DIRECTING/CHOREOGRAPHY
JACK & THE BEANSTALK Director / Tour Team Missoula Children’s Theatre
NEW YORK TYMES Director/Choreographer Musicana Supper Club
AN ENCHANTED EVENING Director/Choreographer Musicana Supper Club
WORLD CUP OPENING CEREMONIES Co-Choreographer Blaine Stadium / Minneapolis, MN (Internationally-Televised Event)
WILDERNESS DANCE CAMP Choreographer/Instructor City Scape Dance Studios
CITY SCAPE DANCE STUDIOS Tap/Jazz/Musical Theatre Instructor Minneapolis, MN
MEASURE FOR MEASURE Choreographer NKU Mainstage
OUR TOWN Choral Director NKU Black Box
THE MIRACLE WORKER Vocal Coach NKU Black Box
PROFESSIONAL CHILDREN’S THEATRE EXPERIENCE
JACK & THE BEANSTALK Jack’s Mother / Director / Tour Team Missoula Childrens’ Theatre
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS Mrs. Graham (the narrator) Seaside Music Theatre
WINNIE THE POOH Kanga Dutch Apple Theatre
WIZARD OF OZ Aunt Em Jenny Wiley Theatre
HANSEL & GRETEL The Witch Dutch Apple Theatre
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Tap / Jazz / Musical Theatre Instructor for City Scape Dance Studios
Musical Theatre Instructor for Wilderness Dance Camp
Stage Manager for City Scape Dance Studios’ summer recitals
Dance Instructor for Boone County Summer School Program
Workshop Instructor for Missoula Childrens’ Theatre
Master Class Instructor for Mulcahy Dance Studios
10 years of Tap / Jazz / Ballet classes - Mulcahy Dance Studios