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RESUME 

Janelle Sanabria

Height: 5'4"  |   Eye Color: Blue   |   Hair Color: Ginger

janellesanabria01@gmail.com  |   608.609.5106

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Janelle is an emerging Chicago singer, actor, and performer. A recent Musical Theatre graduate from the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, this Wisconsin native has fully embraced life in Chicago. For the last several years, she has been honing her craft and has worked in regional theaters from Madison to Chicago. Most recently, she was seen in New Faces Sing Broadway 1960 with Porchlight Music Theatre! 

​She has been hooked on performing since her first role in a musical at age 15, and hasn't looked back since! When not performing, you can find Janelle working on digital art, playing Dungeons and Dragons, working on her play, or with her cat Pigeon! 

"The audience was able to thoroughly enjoy Sanabria’s performance. [...]  Sanabria is a strong vocalist who can maneuver multiple vocal styles with ease."  - Life and Times

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WORK EXPERIENCE

THEATRE

9 TO 5   |   Doralee Rhodes  

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, Dir. Landree Flemming

BRIGHT STAR   |   Alice Murphy 

Roosevelt CCPA, Dir. John Marshall Jr.

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG   |   Gussie Carnegie   

Capital City Theatre, Dir. Kit Lavoie

SHE LOVES ME   |   Ensemble (Ilona U/S)

Roosevelt CCPA, MD. Carolyn Brady

HOUSTON, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM!  |   Dr. Stephanie Castor 

Streamline Theatre, MD. Kelan M. Smith

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A NEW BRAIN |   Swing (Lisa, Nurse Nancy)

Pride Arts, Dir. Jay Espano

 

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME |   Chorus   

Capital City Theatre, Dir. Kit Lavoie​

THE MOMENT  |   They    

CPA Theatricals, Dir. Kenny Ingram

(World Premiere)

THE HOUSE W/O A CHRISTMAS TREE  |   Swing     

Griffin Theatre Co., MD. George Howe

(World Premiere)

LOKI AT THE END OF THE WORLD  |   Norn 2   

Roosevelt CCPA, Dir. Heather Curie

(World Premiere)

CABARET & CONCERT PERFORMANCES

NEW FACES SING BROADWAY 1960   |   Featured Vocalist

Porchlight Music Theatre, Dir. Frankie Leo Bennett

35MM: A MUSICAL EXHIBITION  |   Voice 2   

Independent Project

LIFE IS A QUEER CABARET |   Featured Vocalist   

Essential Invisible, Dir. Makenna Raalte

TRAINING

Roosevelt University Chicago College of Performing Arts, Musical Theatre BFA​

Voice: Christopher Richard, Colette Todd, Carolyn Brady

Acting: Stephen Schellhardt, Tommy Novak, Barbra Zahora, Shanesia Davis, Jim Iorio, Janelle Snow

Dance: Tammy Mader (Tap, Theatre Dance), Jumaane Taylor (Tap), Jane Lanier (Ballet), Nich O'Neil (Jazz), Shanna Vandewerker (Theatre Dance), Morgan Difonzo (Hip-Hop) 

Special Skills: Intermediate ballet/jazz/tap, Sight-reading, Country yodel, Riffing, Ability to mimic the sound of broken bones/neck, Digital artistic ability (illustration), Great with kids

Instruments: Intermediate banjo

Dialects: British (RP, Cockney), Irish, German, Southern (general and exaggerated, North Carolina, Texan), Midwestern, NY

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