RAISSA KATONA BENNETT – AEA/SAG~AFTRA www.raissakatonabennett.com
Voice: Lyric Coloratura with Mix | Eyes: Brown |
Hair: Red | Height: 5’3” |
[email protected] | Dress Size 6/8 |
BROADWAY/NATIONAL TOURS
Phantom of the Opera | Christine (u/s played role) | Majestic Theatre, LA, Nat’l Tours |
Parade | Lizzie Phagan | First National Tour |
Cats | Jellylorum/Jennyanydots | First National Tour |
Chess in Concert | Ensemble | New Amsterdam Theatre |
A Child’s Xmas in Wales | Mother/Auntie Hannah | Nat’l Theatre of the Deaf |
OFF BROADWAY | ||
Water From the Moon
Devil and the Deep |
Annie McGrath (Mother)/Vanna
Mother Hawkins |
Urban Stages
Mint Theatre |
Back Home | Vera/Mom | NYMF & York Theatre |
Goodbye, Lily Daw | Amy Slocum | NY Musical Theatre Fest. |
Joe Jefferson Benjamin Blow | Mother | Greenwich Street Festival |
The Fabulist | Calliope | York Theatre |
The Doctor’s Wife | Emma Bovary | ASCAP Workshop |
Another Kind of Hero | The Baroness | NAMT/Walnut St. Theatre |
Gina’s Parole | Gina | NY Peek-A-Boo Festival |
REGIONAL | ||
Saving Aimee | Grace | White Plains PAC |
The Seven Little Foys | Mrs. Madeline Foy | Seven Angels Theatre, CT |
Cinderella | The Queen | Arkansas Rep. Theatre, AR |
Moth Variations | Anna Von Mildenberg | Geva Theatre, NY |
Pippin | Catherine | Boothbay Harbor DT, ME |
Annie | Grace Farrel | Bucks County Playhouse |
FILM/TV/COMMERCIALS | ||
(Reel at my website “Media”) | ||
The Third Testament | Carla | Magdaline Pictures – SAG |
St. Francis Hospital | Doctor’s Wife | Tri-State Wild Spot – SAG |
Unsolved Mysteries | “Message in a Bottle” Principle: Mom | NBC TV |
3 SOLO CD’S (available from LML Music Label, Amazon & ITunes) | ||
Another Kind of Light | Can’t Help Singing – The Music of Jerome Kern (2017) | What I Was Dreaming Of |
CONCERT/CABARET |
NYC HEADLINER: FEINSTEINS AT LOEWS REGENCY, BEECHMAN, METROPOLITAN ROOM, IRIDUM
Creator/Host/Producer/President of 501c3: MUSIC & ART FOR CITY GREENS – 2010 BISTRO AWARD WINNER & 2011 MAC AWARD WINNER ~ Soloist: Lincoln Center, Radio City Music Hall, Rainbow Room, Town Hall, Oak Room at the Algonquin, Cal Ripken Ranch, Rochester Philharmonic, Erie Philharmonic, Wallingford Symphony
EDUCATION/TRAINING
Bachelor of Music – Voice & Music Education – Hartt School of Music, West Hartford, CT
VOICE: Aaron Hagan ACTING: Craig Carnelia COMMERCIAL: Angie Montalbano
SPECIAL SKILLS: Vocal Teacher/Coach, Sight Singing, Piano, Flute/Piccolo, Recorders, Character Voices, Basic ASL & Italian, Riflery, In-line Skating, Tennis, Squash, M.C., Pilates & Fitness Instructor, Workshop/Seminar Presenter, Reiki Master, Dog Trainer