Amy McKenna AEA/SAG/AFTRA ¨ aemckenna.com

Height: 5’5” Hair: Red Eyes: Blue Dress Size: 4-6

New York Theater

Still the One / Michelle / d. Janice Goldberg / Manhattan Theater Source
The Needle Castle / Queen Derdalia / d. Barton Bishop / Manhattan Theater Source
A Piece of My Heart / Martha / d. Nancy S. Chu / NY Fringe Festival
Wild Carnations / Murasaki / d. Nancy S. Chu / Women’s Project Prod.
The Closer / Nancy / d. Jolene Adams / Pantheon Theatre
The Mother / Masha / d. Jim Neisen / Theater for The New City
Minnesota Fats is… (workshop) / Anne / d. Nancy S. Chu / The Directors’ Company

Regional Theater

Shepherds pie /

Patty O’Furniture

/ d. Paul Tei / Mad Cat/SoBe Comedy Fest.
Tartuffe /

Elmire

/ d. Kristen Coury / Gulfshore Playhouse
A Report on the Banality of Love /

Hannah Arendt

/ d. Margaret Ledford / Promethean Theatre
A Marriage Minuet /

Lily

/ d. Pamela Hunt / Florida Studio Theatre
No Exit /

Estelle

/ d. Leland Patton / Tacoma Actor’s Guild
Travesties /

Cecily

/ d. Gregory Boyd / Alley Theatre
Angel Street /

Nancy

/ d. Gregory Boyd / Alley Theatre
The Green Bird / Maid/Puppeteer / d. Julie Taymor / La Jolla Playhouse
Boy (by Diana Son – premiere) /
Labia
/ d. Michael Greif / La Jolla Playhouse
Bedroom Farce /

Susannah

/ d. Joseph Nassif / Centennial Theatre Fest.
Love’s Labour’s Lost /

Rosaline

/ d. Dean Adams / Centennial Theatre Fest.
King Lear /

Regan

/ d. Sidney Berger / Houston Shakespeare Fest.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona /

Silvia

/ d. Rutherford Cravens / Houston Shakespeare Fest.
Carthage (by Naomi Iizuka - premiere) / Arab/Whore / d. Lisa Portes / Theater E, San Diego
Like I Say (by Len Jenkin - premiere) / Tanya / d. Robert Egan / Mandell Weiss Forum
The Corridor / Victoria / d. Les Waters / Mandell Weiss Forum

Television/Industrials/Promotions

Burn Notice /

Tiffany Ward

/ USA Network
The Miami Heat /

Hostess (“Helen”)

/ In-Arena video announcements
Ethan Allen /

Shopper

/ Industrial video

“Mastering the Flow”

/

Blackjack Dealer

/ Industrial video
Voice-over/Audiobooks
The Miami Heat /

Waitress (“Flo”)

/ Regional radio commercial – Southern Brand
Princeton Review /

Instructor

/ Princeton review website
Also: various film dubbing projects and privately-produced audiobooks

ducation

University of California, San Diego – MFA in Acting

University of Washington – BA , Theater; BA , Romance Linguistics

Acting: Les Waters, Jim Winker, M. Burke Walker, Walt Jones, Arthur Wagner

On-Camera: Marci Phillips (ABC Primetime), Sally Johnson, Andrei Belgrader, Lori Wyman

Speech/ Voice: Eva Barnes, Ursula Meyer, Liz Terry, Linda Vickerman (Singing), Marla Kirban (Voice-over), Robin Miles (Audiobooks)

Movement: Kent Kirkpatrick, Mark Corkins, John Loschman, Robyn Hunt

Languages French, rudimentary Spanish

Dialects Standard British, Cockney, Irish, French, Russian, Southern, New York

Special Skills Puppetry; improvisation; blackjack dealing; construction; firearms; Suzuki movement training; yoga; passport; drivers license.