Writer • Performer • educator

Audrey in "Little Shop of Horrors"

Jessica Laskey

​Blanche in "Widowers' houses
June in "The musical of musicals - the musical!"
Sally Bowles in "Cabaret"
June in "The musical of musicals - the musical!"

Photo credits (from top): Darek Riley, Kelly Christofferson, Barry Wisdom, Joshua Laskey, California Stage, Zi Alikhan, Reese Brindisi, Barry Wisdom

Cast of "Macbeth"
June in "The musical of musicals - the musical!"
Jenny in "ThreePenny opera"

​​Member of AEA since 2011


theater


Musicals

Little Shop of Horrors                               Audrey                                            Sacramento Theatre Company

Threepenny Opera                                     Jenny                                              California Stage; dir. Angelina Reaux

Cabaret                                                     Sally Bowles                                   UC Berkeley; dir. Zi Alikhan

Into the Woods                                          Witch                                             Sacramento Performing Arts Center
West Side Story                                         Maria                                             Sacramento Performing Arts Center
Reefer Madness                                         Mae                                               Artistic Differences
Fiddler on the Roof                                    Hodel                                             River City Theatre Company
The Musical of Musicals: The Musical        June                                               Sacramento Theatre Company
She Loves Me                                             Ilona Ritter                                    University of California, Berkeley
Cinderella                                                  Bo Peep (Supporting)                     Sacramento Theatre Co; dir. Gregg Coffin
Pirates of Penzance                                   Edith                                               Cisneros Musical Theatre

Magdalene                                                 Mary Magdalene (Lead)                  Sacramento Theatre Company

The Green Room                                        Anna                                               Friends of Dorothy Productions

I See London, I See France                         Gina (Lead)                                     Garbeau’s Dinner Theatre


Plays

Julius Caesar & Macbeth                          Marc Antony, Macbeth                    Theater Galatea
Hamlet                                                      Ophelia, Laertes, Horatio                Theater Galatea
Widowers’ Houses                                     Blanche Sartorius                           California Stage
Arcadia                                                     Chloe                                               Sacramento Theatre Company
Picasso at the Lapin Agile                         Countess/Female Admirer              Sacramento Theatre Company

The Melting Point (staged reading)           Stevie (Lead)                                   Capital Stage
Cyrano de Bergerac                                   Meddler (Supporting)                     Sacramento Theatre Company
The Little Prince                                        The Rose                                         Sacramento Theatre Company
Variations on Betrayal                               Clown in Red                                  Beyond the Proscenium Productions
Arranged Marriage                                     Dancer                                           Sacramento Theatre Company


CONCERT/CABARET

Songs I’ll Never Get To Sing                       Producer/Performer                     Theater Galatea
Songs for a New World                               Woman 1                                      Asclepius Productions
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS           Soloist                                          Sacramento Theatre Company
Various Short Stories                                 Reader                                          Stories on Stage Davis & Sacramento


Other Media


On-Air/Voiceover Talent                                                                                  KVIE Public Television
Standardized Patient, Trainer                                                                          UC Davis School of Medicine


TRAINING

VOICE                                   
George Variames                                                                                             GV Music Studio, Dallas

Eric Rockwell                                                                                                   Rockwell Music Studios, NYC
Rona Commins, Angelina Réaux, Sam Schieber                                               CSU Sacramento

ACTING                                             
Martin Berman, Deborah Sussel, Chris Herold                                                 University of California, Berkeley

DANCE
Jazz, Musical Theater                                                                                       Broadway Dance Center, NYC
Various                                                                                                            California Musical Theatre
Jazz, Tap                                                                                                          Sacramento Performing Arts Center
Ballet                                                                                                               Pamela Hayes Classical Ballet

TEACHING


Movement, Speech, ESL                                                                                    NACEL, Pyrenees, France
Playwrighting, Voice & Speech, Movement                                                      STC Conservatory/Summer Camp
Drama Therapy                                                                                                 Rio Valley Charter School

Voice                                                                                                                Musical Mayhem Productions


DIRECTING


Put Out                                                                                                            Theater Galatea
Friday at Five: The Musical                                                                               Sacramento Theatre Company


SPECIAL SKILLS


Piano; dialects (RP British, Cockney, New York Jewish, Standard Irish, South Asian, Russian, French);
fluent French


Reviews


"Hamlet" - Sacramento News & Review, April 2014

"Widowers' Houses" - Sacramento News & Review, April 2013

"Little Shop of Horrors" - Sacramento News & Review, May 2012

​"Little Shop of Horrors" - Sacramento Press, May 2012

"Little Shop of Horrors" - Davis Enterprise, May 2012

"Put Out: An Adulterated Farce" - Sacramento News & Review, December 2011

​"Musical of Musicals: The Musical" - Davis Enterprise, January 2011


Other Articles


"Hamlet" - Sacramento News & Review, April 2014


Videos


"Cabaret" ("Maybe This Time") - UC Berkeley

"Reefer Madness" (trailer)

Stories on Stage - Azin Arefi's "Feet"

​Stories on Stage - Melanie Thorne's "Hold Me Down"

Stories on Stage - Elise Winn's "Honey Moon"

​"The Green Room" ("In the End") - California Stage

Stories on Stage - Ellen Michaelson's "The Care of Strangers"


Hosting


KVIE Pledge Break - Antique Valuation Day 2014 

KVIE Arts Showcase - Episode 124

KVIE Arts Showcase - Episode 127

KVIE Arts Showcase - Episode 137

KVIE Arts Showcase - Episode 213

KVIE Arts Showcase - Episode 219


Radio


"Widowers' Houses" Interview on Capital Public Radio


PODCAST


Stories on Stage Davis, Episode #1: Naomi Williams' "Wet Nurse"