Annalisa   Derr

Hair/Eye: Dark Brown                 Voice: Mezzo Soprano                                                    

FILM/TV/WEB SERIES: 

Grateful (Supporting) Music Video / Keresey Pearl

*Empire                                                 (Series Regular)              Soap Web Series / Fritz Brekeller 

In Fear Of: Season 2, Ep 12                   (Supporting)                  Web Series / Alfredo Salvatore Arcilesi

The Audition                                           (Lead)                          Independent Film / Nicole Tarver

Unrequited                                             (Supporting)                  Short Film / Carrie Waye

The Ocean’s Lover                                  (Supporting)                  Student Film / Giorgio Caridi

Distortion                                              (Lead)                            Independent Film / Juan Loney

Watch This                                             Guest Reporter                King 5 (NBC Affiliate)

NEW YORK THEATRE:

The Big White Door                                Nurse Business               Columbia MFA / Claytie Mason

Professor Von Awesome                           Celeste                          Serious Theater Collective / Lizz Leiser

The Apocalypse of John                           Maude                           Serious Theater Collective / Lizz Leiser

Alcestis                                                  Chorus                          Roy Arias / Lillian Deritter            

The Legend of Johnny 15                         Valentina                       Serious Theater Collective / Lizz Leiser

Lucila’s Story: A Play for Gabriela Mistral  Lucila                            NY Fringe / Connelly Theater / Leecia Manning

**The Secret Ruths of Island House           Ruth                               NY Fringe / Dance New Amsterdam / Cecelia Frye

Rodwart’s World                                      Cynthia                          American Theatre of Actors / Samantha Manas

REGIONAL THEATRE:

Journey to the Goddess Mary Magdalene The Magdalene Project

Medea Knows Best                                  Betty/Chorus                  Nebunele / Claytie Mason

Henry V                                                  Katherine                       Ghost Light Theatricals / Monty Taylor

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest           Candy                           Woodinville Repertory / Hjalmer Anderson

UNIVERSITY THEATRE:

***Marisol                                             Marisol                          Willamette University / Shana Cooper

Bartholomew Fair                                  Dame Purecraft               Accademia dell’Arte / Kevin Crawford

Three Farces and a Funeral                    Mme Popov                    Willamette University / Susan Coromel

Quilters                                                 Jane                              Willamette University / Susan Coromel

Oklahoma                                             Ellen                             Edinburgh Fringe / Hjalmer Anderson

*“Best Story Line,” Indie Soap Award; “Best Web Soap,” Daydish Player; Fritz Brekeller Emmy Awarded Director

**2006 Best of San Francisco Fringe Festival, Best of Boulder Fringe Festival

***Irene Ryan Acting Nominee 

TRAINING:

ACTING:                               Theater Mitu South Indian Artist Intensive, Bangalore, India and NYC

                                                Tennessee Williams Advanced Scene Study with Karen Kohlhaas 

LAByrinth Theater Master Class

B.A. Theater Willamette University

COMMEDIA DELL’ARTE:       Accademia dell’Arte, Arezzo, Italy

DANCE/MOVEMENT:            Maya de Silva Chafe, Wendy Castellanos-Wolf {Flamenco}; Daniela Riva {Bharatanatyam}; David Anzuelo {Movement}; Virgina Belt {Ballet}; Michele Bandion {Tango}; Mark Wilson {Tanztheater}; Mitsuru Sasaki {Butoh}

VOICE/SPEECH:                      Dianna Marino, Susan Coromel {Linklater}; Kevin Crawford, Linda Wise {Roy Hart} 

VOCAL/SINGING:                   Alessandra Baroni, Blythe Gruda, Susan Vaslev, Julie Mirel

SPECIAL SKILLS:

Dialects: Standard English, French, Italian; IPA; Basic French & Italian; Neutral and Various Mask; Professional Barista; Dance: Basic Flamenco, Tango and Salsa; Yoga; Horse-back Riding; Swimming; Surfing; Valid Drivers License & Passport