Resume

Height: 5’2” ▪ Weight: 110 ▪ Hair: gray ▪ Eyes: brown
Email: janet@janetmotenko.com

Theater

Evelyn/Helen, Alabama Women, The Stage at Burke Junction/Maggie Upton
Edna Mae, Lost in Little Rock, California Stage/Scott Taylor
Ensemble, Shakespeare and Stirred, Sacramento Theatre Company/Jennifer Provenza
Greta Ohlsson, Murder on the Orient Express, Sacramento Theatre Company/Michael Laun
Joanna track, Gloria: A Life, Sacramento Theatre Company/Natasha Hause
Bib, Alabaster, Capital Stage/Kristin Clippard
Fiona “Momo” Blake, The Humans, Capital Stage/Michael Stevenson
Egeus/Peter Quince, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sacramento Theatre Company/
Casey McClellan
Ouiser Boudreaux, Steel Magnolias, Sacramento Theatre Company/Casey McClellan
Witch/Porter/Mentieth, Macbeth, Sacramento Theatre Company/Casey McClellan
Lady Markby, An Ideal Husband, Big Idea Theatre/Kevin Adamski
Caprice, Doublewide Texas, Main Street Theatre Works/Allen Pontes
Joanne, Company, Theater One/Michael Erwin
Desiree, Bellerose and Sister Marthe, Cyrano, Sierra Repertory Theatre/Dennis Jones
Clown, Al and Homer: The Drone Play, Ovation Stage/Penny Kline
Felicity, The Shadow Box, Resurrection Theatre/Bill Zarriello
Pawlina, Angel in the Night, California Stage/Ray Tatar
Zerbinetta, Italian Opera, California Stage/Ray Tatar
Countess Aurelia, The Madwoman of Chaillot, Ovation Stage/Penny Kline
Hildegarde, Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them, Ovation Stage/
Penny Kline
Colleen, Healing Grace, Ovation Stage/Penny Kline
Naomi, Naomi in the Living Room, Ovation Stage/Penny Kline
Madame Giry, Phantom of the Opera, Sacra-Melo/Gary Winterholler
Bernice (stand-in), Pensacola, Lambda Players
Widow Paroo, The Music Man, Noetic Productions
Madame Arcati, Blithe Spirit, Sierra Repertory Theatre
Stephanie, Marquee, Sierra Repertory Theatre
… among others

Studio

Amanda, Glass Menagerie (Williams), Studio, B Street Theatre Conservatory, Sacramento
Nurse Benson, Bad Habits (McNally), Studio, American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco
Roberta, A Life in the Theater (Mamet), Studio, American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco
Domina, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, CSU Fresno
Elise, The Miser (Moliere), CSU Fresno
Title role, The Sparrow (original kabuki), CSU Fresno
Piglet, Winnie the Pooh (touring production), CSU Fresno
Duchess, Alice in Wonderland (touring production), Delta College
Martirio, The House of Bernarda Alba (Lorca), Delta College
Ensemble, Carnival and West Side Story, Delta College
Aase, Peer Gynt (Ibsen), Delta College
… among others

Voice over

Lizziesnoopes.com, U.K.
Communicare/Ferralli Studios, Pennsylvania
Zap!Sound, (Western Union IVR), Vienna, Austria
Headhunterz (musician-producer), Netherlands
Clark and Rush Mechanical, California
Watkins Vanilla, Missouri
TOTH Brand Imaging, Massachusetts
Wiles Wedding Video, California
… among others

Related

Talent, Emtrain training videos
Mother, Honest Abe, feature film
Alto and business manager, Merry Measure novelty quartet, Sacramento
Scriptwriter and actor, training videos, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento
Dresser, Theatre Royal at Drury Lane and Royal Court Theatre, London, England

Training

Voice over

Ray Nakamoto, Cammie Winston, Donna Christie, Bill Whitman, Stan Lemkuil, Susan Hayward, among others

Formal education

ACT Summer Training Congress (Meissner, Francine Landes; improv, Rafe Chase); Shakespeare (Jack Lynn, Charlie Holliday); B Street Theatre Conservatory (Michael Stevenson, Jamie Jones); CSU Fresno (B.A., drama); Delta College (A.A., journalism, drama); Mountview Drama School (London)

Movement and voice

STC/ACT (dance, Priscilla Regalado; clowning, Letitia Bartlett; stage combat, Andrew Hurteau; speech, Lynn Soffer); Step One (tap); CSU Fresno (ballet, theater dance, mime); Delta College (modern dance, theater dance, choral); Sacramento City College (voice)

Children’s theater

CSU Fresno and Delta College (multiple touring and mainstage productions)

Skills and interests

Character voices, physical comedy, clowning, singing, dancing, playing piano, children’s theater, aerobics, yoga, reading, writing, editing, publications layout, travel, gardening, loitering in coffeehouses

Email: janet@janetmotenko.com