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Joanna Winston

Stats: 5'8"

Eyes: Brown

Hair: Short/Natural, Brown

Race: Biracial (African American/Caucasian)

Degree: BA with Honors in Theater Arts from Butler University JCFA
Location: Indianapolis, IN/Chicago, IL
Willing to travel

Film

Science, Sex, & the Ladies    Various                Trisha Borowics         AnC Movies
Muddle in the Mud                Physical Girl        Catherine Crouch     Cotton Lover Films, Inc.
A Pirate in Alphabet City       Mac                      Catherine Crouch     Cotton Lover Films, Inc.  

Recent Theater

Titus Andronicus      Aaron the Moor          Thomas Cardwell         Eclectic Pond Theater Company

Enter Love                 Amy                              Kenny Shepherd          Theater on the Square        

The Emperor's New

Clothes                     Emperor                        Ty Stover                        Lilly Theater/TCM

The Tempest            Prosprina Milan           Carey Shea                     Eclectic Pond Theater Company

Romeo & Juliet         Nurse, Prince               Thomas Cardwell          Eclectic Pond Theater Company

Julius Caesar            Cassius                          Catherine Cardwell      Eclectic Pond Theater Company

Levi Coffin                 Mary                             Aaron Bonds                  Children's Museum of Indianapolis

The Miracle Worker  Viney (US)                    David Bradley                Indiana Repertory Theater
Slammed                  Thea                              Richard Roberts            Indiana Repertory Theater/YPiP

Lysistrata                  Female Kory                Bonnie Mills                   Sapphire Theater Company

 

Sacred Journeys             Mary of Guadelupe Interctive   Bridgete Richards             TCM

Hotwheels: Race to Win           Drag Racer Game             Bridgete Richards             TCM

You Are There: 1945 Exhibit    Grocery Woman                Amy Lamb                          Indiana Historical Society

You Are There: 1939 Exhibit    Nurse                                  Amy Lamb                          Indiana Historical Society

 



 

Commercial/Multimedia
 
Training & Workshops

Butler University JCFA - B.A. w/ Honors in Theater Performance

Alessandro Fabrizi - Text & Movement for the Stage
Michael Brown (LISPA)  - Masked Performance 
Dr. Elaina Artemiev (Moscow Art Theater) - Chekov Technique Acting Intensive

Dr. Jennifer Goodlander (IU) Chinese Theater Intensive - Shadow Puppetry, Chinese Theater & Opera

 

Storyteller Training:

Quraysh Lansana (NABS) - The Philosophy of the Spoken Word: Interactive Poetry Writing 

Valerie Tutson (NABS) - It Ain’t About You. It’s About Ubuntu!

Beverly Cottman (NABS) - “Tried and True with a Twist!: Traditional Folktales Retold"

Akwaabaa Gathering/"Passing of the Cowtail Switch" - NABS Various

Skills

Basic Mask Changing (Bian Lian)

Basic Kung-Fu

Yoga/Meditation

IPA Training/Paul Meier Accents

Singing (mezzo-soprano)

Burlesque (4 years exp)

Masked Performance

Drawing/Painting (ink & acrylic)

Puppetry/Shadow Puppetry

 

Resume

Museum Theater Programming

Sacred Journeys                A Single Step              Aaron Bonds                 Childrens Museum  

Ninja Academy (TMNT)    Breakdancer              Matt Anderson              Childrens Museum

Waterclock!                        Vicky (Plumber)         Matt Anderson              Childrens Museum

Chinese New Year             Jessie/Chris                Aaron Bonds                  Childrens Museum             

Mask Change/Bian Lian   Master Du                  Aaron Bonds                  Childrens Museum

Optimus Prime Returns!     Rowan                        Todd D. Norris                Childrens Museum

Stories of the West       Stagecoach Mary             Linda Montag-Olson     Eiteljorg Museum  

The Mistletoes               Jingle/Belle                       Matt Anderson              Childrens Museum

Kung Fu!                               Lynn                           Aaron Bonds                  Childrens Museum

Shadow Puppetry!        Master/Apprentice         Matt Anderson               Childrens Museum

Stories of the West       Jim Beckwourth               Linda Montag-Olson      Eiteljorg Museum

You Are There: 1920     Emma Baker                    Dan Shockley                 Indiana Historical Society

You Are There: 1939     Ollie Mae Middleton       Dan Shockley                 Indiana Historical Society

You Are There: 1945     Emma Spottsville            Dan Shockley                 Indiana Historical Society

 

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