ELLEN FRIEDMAN
(330) 592-5253
ElRachel345@aol.com
ACTING:
Film/television:
Fantasy Circus, fortune teller, for cinematographers workshop, sponsored by Independent Pictures, 11/06
PSA, Rape Crisis Center, airing June/06
Image Shoot, tv commercial series performances, Channel 19 Cleveland, October/05
Guest on Graffiti Cleveland, local Cleveland tv talk show, aired 7/05
A Joker’s Card, principal, indie film, many film festivals and has won a Telly award for most entertaining short film in 2005, also won many other film festival awards
The Escape, principal, indie film, shot in Olympic Mountains, Wa.
Warped Boxes, principal, indie film, out on DVD and VIDEO, shown at Independent Pictures Film Festival, 2003, Cleveland, Ohio
Without Warning, principal, indie film, showed at the Cleveland International Film Festival, out on video and DVD
Connected, principal, indie film
Twisted, principal, indie film
This Train, principal, showed at the New York Film Festival, and the Independent Pictures Festival, SAG production
The Madonna Spoon Frenzy, principal, indie cult film, shown nationally in art houses, and has recently been screened in New York City in a short film series.
Industrial film on Sexual Harassment, principal, Honda
Nationally televised Christmas commercial on television for honey baked ham
Cuyahoga Community College, voice over tv spot
Stage:
Ellen, Principal, Love Struck on Love Boat, improvisational performance for fundraiser for Project Learn
Betty Lou Bishop, Principal, The Elvis Fan . Staged in downtown Cleveland Courtyard outdoor performance, Improvisational role for KeyBank’s United Way fundraising party, summer/05
Rosa Romano, Principal, speak easy performance, improvisational, to benefit the Playhouse Square Foundation, the Jump-Back Ball, 2003
Billie Holiday, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, Mayfield Country Club, private performance for the Social and Drama Club, 2003
Justine, Gypsy in Roman Empire, improvisational role for fundraiser for Cleveland Light Opera Company. 2003
Mama Leone, improvisational mobster mom role for fundraiser for patrons of the Cleveland Opera Company 2002
Shelby, One Request before Dying, Cabaret DaDa, staged reading, 2002
North Shore Fish, principal, Cleveland Theatre Company
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, Sissy, Phoenix Theatre Conservatory
Crimes of the Heart, Lenny, The Cleveland Playhouse
Anything Goes, chorus, South Euclid/Lyndhurst Theatre
Fiddler on the Roof, chorus, JCC Theatre of Cleveland Hts,
The Wizard of Oz, tin man, JCC Theatre of Cleveland Hts.
The Dining Room, principal, North Canton Playhouse
Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Stan Hywet Hall
The Glass Menagerie, Amanda Wingfield, Cleveland State University Factory Theatre
The Diary of Anne Frank, Mrs. Frank, Tri-C
Tribute, principal, Tri-C
EDUCATION:
Phoenix Theatre Conservatory, Acting, Directing, Voice
Seven years of intensive training in all aspects of method acting.
Cleveland State University, MA in Speech/Language Pathology, in private practice
Graduated summa cum laude
Professional teaching certificate, k-12 in speech/language pathology
Special Talents:
I can sing and dance both western and eastern styles of music. I can utilize many dialects and accents, and can speak lines authentically in any foreign language. My improvisational skills are well developed. I have great sensory range, from drama to comedy. I am modest and easy to work with.
Go back to my resume list