PERFORMANCE RESUME
about me
Height: 5'5" | Eye Color: Brown | Hair Color: Brown
Becca Bernard is a versatile, comic multi-skilled performer and dynamic collaborator. She blends music, physical comedy and dance to communicate her ferociously optimistic perspective of the world.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Theater
Film
Romeo and Juliet Eccentric Bear Theater Co., Brooklyn Art Haus
Lady Cap/Lord Mont.
Laughter League NYU Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital
Comedic Entertainer
Ease of A Murder Emerging Artist Theater, TADA! Theater
Actor and ukulelist.
FIVE New York City Children's Theater, 2020
5 borough, 2 actor, musical school tour.
Aynnie The Lil' Orphan Objectivist People's Improv Theatre, 2019
Various Characters/Ensemble Musical Parody of the musical Annie.
The Light Princess Parallel Exit and Metropolis Ensemble, New York, NY, 2018 Collaborative writer and comic title character for this Physical Theatre Fairytale.
The Fainting Room Cincy, Minnesota, Elgin Fringe, NY and Toronto Clown Theatre Festival, Mount Saint Vincent University, VAW Conference Lesley University, 2018
Self-written Solo Show Including Music, Multiple Characters and Physical Comedy
Uptown Scrooge Good Medicine Productions, Westerville, Ohio, 2017
Interactive performance of the Christmas Carol, Self-Written Stories, Guide and Multiple Characters
Traveling Light Celebration Barn Theatre and Johnson Hall, director Fritz Grobe, 2016
Comic Everyman Character, Puppeteer and Cellist in theatrical circus show
Strong Woman Show Ithaca Apple Harvest Festival, Governor’s Island, NY 2016
Solo Show featuring Comedy, Feats of Strength and Audience Participation
Dead End Dummy Sideshow Coney Island USA, directed by Trav S.D., 2015
Musician and Character work arranging and underscoring the show with Piano, Cello and Uke
Seawife The Lobbyists, Paradise Factory, NY, 2014
Cellist, Songwriter and Various Characters
The Amazing Max Off-Broadway, Vital Theatre, New York, NY--2015
Various roles and comedic assistant to Max Darwin, Magician
Romeo and Juliet Empirical Rogue Productions, Chashama, New York, 2013
Cello Arrangement/Performance Underscoring
The Frostings Sea World San Antonio, director Dick Monday and Tiffany Riley--2013
Classic Duo Comedy/Juggling Show
Red Gloves Irondale Center and Independent Dance Film, Brooklyn, NY--2014
A member of the dance and devising ensemble for live performance and experimental film
Teatro Punto Showcase General Oost Theatre, Arnhem, Netherlands--2007
Mask Performer of various scenes in Modern Commedia Dell‘ Arte Tradition
The Waiter, Lead, Independent Film
New Detective, Feature, New Dominion Pictures
Red Gloves, Feature Dance Film, Think Thank Productions Int.
The Madcap Three, Feature, Astray Glass Eye Prod.
Training & Workshops
ACTING: Bryan Burroughs, Dr. Aaron Anderson, Gary Hopper, Lorri Lindberg, Dr. Pettiford-Wates
VOICE: Kevin Crawford, Janet Rodgers
PHYSICAL COMEDY/CLOWN: Shannon Calcutt, NY Goofs, Aitor Basauri, Larry Pisoni, FreakClown, Christopher Bayes
CIRCUS SKILLS: Hovey Burgess, Jay Stewart, Claudia Schnurer
MASK WORK/COMMEDIA DELL' ARTE: Teatro Punto, Torbjorn Alstrom, Marcello Bartoli, Familie Floz
IMPROV/SKETCH WRITING: The People’s Improv Theatre: Jaime Cummings, Chris Aurilio
STAGE COMBAT: David Leong, Robb Hunter
DANCE: American Tap Dance Foundation, Broadway Dance Center, Steps
CELLO: Carter Melin (VA Symphony) Isaiah Gage
Special Skills
Instruments (Piano, Cello, Ukulele), Voice, Dance (Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Modern), Juggling (4 ball, Club Passing), Acrobatics, Mime, Puppetry, Slapstick, Fight Choreography,Hula Hoop, Plate Spinning, Mask Making, Feats of Strength
Education
MFA, Virginia Commonwealth University: Theatre Pedagogy, Movement and Choreography
BFA, Virginia Commonwealth University: Theatre Performance
Post-Grad, Accademia Dell’ Arte: Commedia Dell’ Arte, Mask Performance, Physical Theatre