WENDY OVERLY
33 Pocahontas Dr.
Seekonk, MA 02771
(401) 954-5915 cell
EMPLOYMENT
2014-presentDialect Coach, Disney's The Finest Hours, filmed in Quincy, MA and Chatham, MA
2008-presentVoice and Speech Specialist, private coaching in Dialects for the Stage, Television, and Film Accent/Regionalism Reduction, Speech Performance, and Vocal Strain Issues
2002- present Resident Artist and Dialect Coach, Gamm Theatre, Pawtucket, RI
2007-2008Faculty, Department of Theatre, Northeastern University, Boston, MA (Acting)
2008Dialect Coach, Disney's The Surrogates, filmed in Boston, MA (coach to Rosamond Pike)
2005-2008Dialect Coach, Seasons 1-3 of Showtime Television's Brotherhood, filmed in Providence, RI
2004-2006Assistant Professor, Coordinator of Acting/Directing, Department of Performing Arts,University of Massachusetts, Boston. (Acting, Directing, Voice and Diction, Solo Performance, Stage Movement.)
2000-2004Faculty, Department of Music, Theatre and Dance, (part-time and sabbatical replacement), Rhode Island College, Providence, RI (Graduate Performance, Undergraduate Voice and Articulation for the Performer, Dialects, Period Styles, Character Study, Theatre Appreciation) Additional opportunities included guest director position 2001-2004.
1999Lecturer, Department of Theatre Arts,
ProvidenceCollege, Providence, RI
(Voice and Diction, Theatre Appreciation)
1998-1999Assistant Professor of Theatre, (one year appointment) Department of Theatre and Dance, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ (Acting, Oral Interpretation, Colloquium)
1996-1998Instructor of Theatre, Department of Theatre,
The RichardStocktonCollege of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ
(Children’s Theatre, Survey of Theatre)
1996-1999Freelance Professional Actor/Director/Choreographer, New York/Philadelphia
1989-1996Assistant Professor of Theatre, Department of Performing Arts, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina (Acting I, II, III, Stage Movement for Actors, Voice and Diction, Theatre Appreciation, Theatre for Young Audiences, Theatre History, Dialects, Masks, Performance Art, Public Speaking.)
1987-1989Freelance Professional Actor/Choreographer,New York, New York
EDUCATION
1987Master of Fine Arts in Acting/Directing-Professional Training Program,
VirginiaCommonwealthUniversity, Richmond, Virginia
(Linklater, Skinner, Meisner, Adler, Strasberg),
1982 Bachelor of Arts in Theatre/Dance Minor,
Kent State University,Kent, Ohio
(Stanislavski, Alexander, Lessac, Dance Training- Limon and Graham techniques)
CREATIVE ACTIVITY
Artistic Residencies
2002-presentThe Gamm Theatre, (formally Alias Stage/Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre, member AEA, SPT, NEAT contract) Resident Company Member, Pawtucket, RI. Duties: Acting, Directing, Dialect Coaching, Teaching
2000-2010Perishable Theatre, Teacher (Introduction to Acting, Character Development, Great Acting Teachers and Their Methods, Comedy of Manners, Shakespeare, Voice and Movement, Acting for the Camera), Providence, RI
2002Perishable Theatre, TheatreArtsSchool Director. This was an administrative position. Duties included recruiting faculty, course selection, writing course descriptions, creating brochure, recruiting of students, and registration.
1998-2000 The Waterfront Ensemble, Director/Actor, NY, NY
Dialect Coach, Theatre
GOOD PEOPLE, Gamm Theatre, Pawtucket, RI 2013
BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE, Gamm Theatre, Pawtucket, RI 2013
THE REAL THING, Gamm Theatre, Pawtucket, RI 2013
ANNE BOLEYN,Gamm Theatre, Pawtucket, RI 2013
THE GLASS MENAGERIE, Gamm Theatre, Pawtucket, RI 2011
ROCK-N-ROLL, Gamm Theatre, Pawtucket, RI 2010
GRACE, Gamm Theatre, Pawtucket, RI 2009
AWAKE AND SING, Gamm Theatre, 2009
AN IDEAL HUSBAND, Gamm Theatre, 2008
THE ELEPHANT MAN, Gamm Theatre, Pawtucket, RI 2007
NIXON'S NIXON, Gamm Theatre, Pawtucket, RI 2007
RADIO FREE EMERSON, Gamm Theatre, Pawtucket, RI 2007
SIN: A CARDINAL DEPOSED, Gamm Theatre, Pawtucket, RI 2007
TOP GIRLS, Gamm Theatre, Pawtucket, RI 2006
LONESOME WEST, Gamm Theatre, Pawtucket, RI 2006
THE BEARD OF AVON, The Gamm Theatre, Pawtucket, RI 2005
RED NOSES, The Gamm Theatre, Pawtucket, RI 2005
THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE, The Gamm Theatre, Pawtucket, RI 2004
AUNT DAN AND LEMON, The Gamm Theatre, Pawtucket, RI 2004
THE CRUCIBLE, The Gamm Theatre, Pawtucket, RI 2003
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre, Providence, RI 2002
FRENCH REVOLUTION, PART DEUX, Perishable Theatre, Providence, RI 2002
MUSEUM, ClemsonUniversity, Clemson, SC 1996
NIGHT MUST FALL, Clemson Little Theatre, Pendleton, SC, 1994
ADVICE TO THE PLAYERS, ClemsonUniversity, 1993
"MASTER HAROLD"...and the boys, ClemsonUniversity, 1990
MISS FIRECRACKER CONTEST, ClemsonUniversity, 1990
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Actors' Equity Association, 1990-present
Association of Theatre Movement Educators 1991-1996
National Art Education Association 1996-1998
SAG_AFTRA 2006-present
South Carolina Theatre Association, 1989-1996
Southeastern Theatre Conference, 1989-1996
VASTA 2014