WELL-STRUNG , a Singing String Quartet Co-Writer/Director

DONNA DRAKE

Director Choreographer

SDC AEA AFTRA/SAG

917-519-1884

WELL-STRUNG , a singing string quartet Co-writer/Director

54 BELOW- Starring John Tartaglia 2013 New York City

AFI AWARDS 2009, starring Catherine Zeta Jones Sony Studios, LA

AFI AWARDS 2011, starring Betty White

JOHN TARTAGLIA’S IMAGINOCEAN New World Stages

Royal Carribean

Nat’l& Internat’l tours

LES ENFANTS DE PARIS 2011 NYMF

THINGS AS THEY ARE 2010 NYMF

THE MEDIUM Marjorie S. Deane, NY

ITALIAN BRED St Lukes Theatre, NY

LUDO’S BROKEN BRIDE Ars Nova, NY

CHRISTMAS WITH THE CRAWFORDS 2013 Lincoln Ctr, Napa Valley

FIFTH REPUBLIC Broadway Workshop

BROADWAY:

NOTHING LIKE A DAME - BCEFA (2004-2007) St. James, Imperial

& Marquis Theatre

ROMANCE IN THE DARK CONCERT, Starring Jennifer Holiday Town Hall, New York

ALL THE WORLD IS A STAGE Carnegie Hall

WIZARD OF OZ (Mickey Rooney, Eartha Kitt, RoseAnne Barr) Madison Sq. Garden

OFF BROADWAY:

NEWSICAL Studio 54, New York

JUDY GARLAND & UNIVITED COMPANY Hideaway Room,

Helen’s NY

BOOBS, THE MUSICAL Triad, NY

SPLENDORA Chelsea Playhouse, NY

CHRISTMAS WITH THE CRAWFORDS New York & S.F.

DOWNHEARTED BLUES: The Life and Music of Bessie Smith) Chelsea Playhouse, NY

(Starring Jennifer Holiday)

STRICTLY PERSONAL SoHo Playhouse, NY

AFRICA PLUMBRIDGE West Trax Studios, NY

ARE YOU THERE GOD, IT’S ME, ANN-MARGARET Joe’s Pub, NY

SNAIL ROAD WORLD PREMIER

Art House, Provincetown, Ma

ACROSS THE POND WORLD PREMIER

Provincetown Theatre

NATIONAL TOURS AND REGIONAL

A CHORUS LINE CHESS LUCKY GUY
ANNIECHILDREN OF EDEN LOVE ALWAYS,PATSY CLINE
ALL SHOOK UP DAMN YANKEES SMOKEY JOE’S CAFE

AIDA HAIRSPRAY SWEET CHARITY

BEAUTY & THE BEAST HONK THE WHO’S TOMMY

BLUES IN THE NIGHT DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS

THE WIZ RENT LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

BUDDY HOLLY ANYTHING GOES CATS

TELEVISON:

JOHNNY & THE SPRITES (CHOREOGRAPHER-2 seasons)Disney Channel

ONE LIFE TO LIVE (CHOREOGRAPHER) ABC-TV

DEAR ALEX & ANNIE ABC-TV

NEW FANGLED VARIETY TV SHOW (DIRECTOR) TV Pilot, NYC

MONICA’S MIXING BOWL (CREATOR,-CHOREOGRAPHER) TV Pilot, NY

AWARDS: Emmy Award Nomination, 2003 MAC & BISTRO Nomination, 2003 Drama Desk Nomination, 2006 Drama Desk Nomination, Theatre World Award, Off Broadway Alliance Award, 2010 Drama Desk Nomination, 2010 NYMF Best in Festival Award.

Artistic Director: Illyria Theatre, New York

BROADWAY PERFORMANCE CREDITS:

A CHORUS LINE (Original) Shubert Theatre

SOPHISTICATED LADIES Lunt-Fontanne Th.

WOMAN OF THE YEAR (Original) Palace Theatre

THE WIND in the WILLOWS (Original) Nederlander Th.

IT’S SO NICE TO BE CIVILIZED (Original) Hirschfeld Th.

5678…DANCE Radio City Music Hall

THE 1940’S RADIO HOUR (Original) Arena Stage

CURRENTLY TEACHING ACTING AT PACE UNIVERSITY, NYC