Actor / Singer
Height: 5`6″
Weight: 145 lbs.
Hair: Brown
Vocal Range: Low G – High B Flat
Can read music
Tel (562) 621-9734
cell (562)235-0438
harrietbennish@gmail.com
THEATER
Carousel
U/Nettie Fowler
Ensemble
Downey Civic Light Opera
Marsha Moode, Dir.
The Most Happy Fella
Marie
Inland Valley Repertory Theater
Terre Gunkel
American Girl Revue, 5 roles
American Girl Place, L.A.
Scott Harlan, Music Director
Fiddler on the Roof
Grandma Tzeitel / Shaindel
Downey Civic Light Opera
Marsha Moode, Director
Babes in Toyland
Mother Goose
South East Civic Light Opera
Allyson Hathcock, Dir.
“Working” the musical
Housewife
Bellflower Theater Company
Godspell
Mary Magdalene
Santa Monica, CA
Jim Ruggirello, Director
Songs for the Second Half
(Staged Reading)
Barry Bortnick, Sharon Newman,Dir.
The Smartest Man in the World
(Staged Reading)
West Coast Jewish Theater
Jerry Sternbach, Music Director
OPERA
Marriage of Figaro
Countess
Hartford Opera Company
Ballad of Baby Doe
Augusta’s friend
Hartford Opera Company
Jacob’s Ladder
Chorus
Long Beach Opera
The Magic Flute
2nd Lady
West Virginia University
Madame Butterfly
Suzuki
West Virginia University
Old Maid and Thief
Mrs. Todd
West Virginia University
CHORAL
Over 20 years experience as both
section leader and soloist
TRAINING
Acting Class
Meisner Method
Fred Ponzlov
South Coast Repertory
Acting Class
Martin Noyse
Musical Theater Workshop
Beverly Hills Playhouse
Gary Imhof
Acting Class
Meisner Method
Mark Piatelli
Viola Spolin Theater Games
Improvization
Viola Spolin
VOCAL TRAINING
Dr. Katharin Rundus (current)
Elisabeth Pehlivanian
Marvelee Cariaga
Kathleen Darraugh
Peabody Conservatory
West Virginia University
SPECIAL SKILLS
Can read music, move well on stage, and perform light dancing