Shelby Putlak
AEA, BFA Musical Theatre
RESUME
5'3 / Blonde / Mezzo-Soprano w. belt and legit
Professional (*Dance Captain)
Gypsy Ensemble John W. Engeman Theatre/Igor Goldin
Beauty and the Beast Babette Ogunquit Playhouse/Sam Scalamoni
Seven Brides...Brothers Liza Ogunquit Playhouse/B.T. McNicholl
A Thousand Faces: Reading Joan Crawford/Ensemble Dir. by Sam Scalamoni
Chicago Roxie Hart Highlands Playhouse/William Patti
Bodice: Staged Reading Ghost/Katherine/Pearl Dir. by D.J. Salisbury
Xanadu Euterpe/Thetis Arts Center of Coastal Carolina/D.J. Salisbury
A Year With Frog and Toad Mouse/Young Frog/Bird Actors Theatre of Indiana/Judy Fitzgerald
Legally Blonde Elle Woods Bigfork Summer Playhouse/Kate Janson
Chicago Mona Bigfork Summer Playhouse/Kevin Kern
*Sound of Music Sister Margaretta Bigfork Summer Playhouse/Janie Wallace
Spamalot Ensemble/Sir Bors Bigfork Summer Playhouse/Curt Olds
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University/Other
42nd Street Peggy Sawyer Ball State University/Bill Jenkins
The 39 Steps Female (u/s) Ball State University/William Osetek
The Nina Variations Nina Ball State University/Taylor DelVecchio
*A Christmas Carol Catherine Ball State University/Mike Daehn
*Chicago Hunyak Muncie Civic Theatre/Mike Daehn
Cabaret
Who Could Ask For Performer/Writer Joe’s Pub (New York, NY)
Anything More? & The Columbia Club (Indianapolis, IN)
Dir. by Sutton Foster and Michael Rafter
Hot ‘N Cole Performer The Columbia Club (Indianapolis, IN)
Dir. by Ron Hellems and Beth Turcotte
Film
Shadowlark Elizabeth CEI Films/James Gartner
Within You Woman Ball State University Telecommunications
Education/Training
Ball State University, BFA Musical Theatre
Cabaret- Sutton Foster and Michael Rafter
Acting- Dwandra Lampkin, Drew Vidal, Dee Dee Batteast
Voice/Movement/Shakespeare- Wendy Saver, Jonathan Becker
Acting for the Camera- Pete Zapp
Vocal Performance/Singing Actor- Michael Elliott, Bill Jenkins, Jodi Cotton, Beth Turcotte
Ensemble/Musicianship/Sight Singing- Ron Hellems, Jodi Cotton
Jazz/Musical Theatre Dance/Tap/Ballet- Michael Worcel, Christie Zimmerman, Lou Ann Young
Interlochen Summer Arts Camp
Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts
Youth Performing Arts School
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Special Skills
Mezzo-Soprano belt & legit, 22+ years of dance (jazz, tap, ballet, musical theatre, modern, pom), swing/dance captain abilities, choreography, read music, sing harmonies, Southern dialect, British (R.P.) dialect, basic piano chords and scales, works well with children, puppeteering, cartwheel/round off, splits, partnering, driver’s license