Heather Mayes

                                                              AEA                                                                                                                                      

Theatre

Violence Against Women                               Blanche                              NYC Staged Reading

Private Lives**                                               Amanda                              Grad Acting /UVA                             

A Christmas Carol                                         Belle (US-Performed)            Virginia Stage Co.                  

The Way of the World**                                 Lady Wishfort                       Grad Acting/ UVA                         

Elvis People – Reading                                  Various                                Offstage Theatre      

Big Love                                                       Olympia                               Grad Acting/ UVA                  

The Illusion                                                   Alcandre                              Theatre Messiah                                

A Thousand Cranes                                       Sadako                                Virginia Stage Co.                           

Tales of the Shimmering Sky                         Actor #1                               Virginia Stage Co.                             

Something Made Up                                      Girl                                      Grad Acting/ UVA

 

Musical Theatre 

The Musical of Musicals                                 Abby                                  MetroStage

I Do, I Do!                                                      Agnes                                Bay Theatre 

Encore!  (Broadway Review)                            Mamma Rose, Dolly             Tokyo Disneyland                              

The Mystery of Edwin Drood                          Edwin Drood                         Grad Acting/ UVA                             

The Spitfire Grill                                            Percy                                   Heritage Repertory                             

Damn Yankees                                             Lola                                     Heritage Repertory                             

Snoopy                                                        Lucy                                    Heritage Repertory                             

Ragtime                                                       Evelyn Nesbitt                       Heritage Repertory                             

Nine: The Musical                                         Claudia                                 Live Arts                                          

Opening for Tony Bennett                              Lucy the Ghost                     Paramount Theatre           

Joseph….Dreamcoat                                     Narrator                                Fort Salem Theatre                          

Our Diamond Jubilee of Music                        Miss Hannigan                      Little Theatre of Norfolk                    

Anything Goes                                              Charity                                 Theatre Messiah                                

The Pirates of Penzance                                Daughter                               Theatre Messiah                  

Television

Best Thing I Ever Ate                                    Server                                    The Food Network

Everyday Café Commercial                            Girlfriend                                Charlottesville Local                         

Art Beat                                                                           Interview-VA Stage                         PBS

                      Messiah College                             

 

Education & Training

University of Virginia: Master of Fine Arts, Acting, 2005

            Shakespeare, Voice, Dialects, Mask, Combat, Biomechanics, Film

Bob Chapel, Richard Warner, Kate Burke, Marianne Kubik, Sabin Epstein, Betsy Tucker

Messiah College, PA:  Bachelor of Arts, Theatre, 2001

Temple University, PA:  Semester Study 2000:  Donna Snow, Dan Kern, Jan Silverman

Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin, Ireland: Interim Program, 2001:  Patrick Sutton, Martin Maguire

Virginia Stage Company: Acting Internship, 2001 Season; Charlie Hensley, Artistic Director

Sing/Dance:   Belter, Classical, Country, Pop///// Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Modern

 

Awards/Honors

National Society of Arts & Letters:  2004 Virginia/ N.C. Chapter Winner – Musical Theatre

Alpha Psi Omega:  Alpha Delta Delta Chapter, National Theatre Honor Society, May 2001

**Irene Ryan Nomination – 2003, 2004  (see roles above)

Master Class:  Stephen Flaherty, Karen Azenberg, Jane Alderman

Special Skills

¨Dialects (NYC, Irish, British, Southern, Hispanic, Fargo, French, Italian)¨Advanced Flute¨ Piano¨Guitar¨

¨Gymnastics¨Choreography¨Flag Twirling¨ Horseback Riding¨Swimming¨Dead Ringer for Patsy Cline*