CLARA FLAHERTY

  • (206)-550-8632                                                                               Height: 5’9” Weight: 160

  • clarakflaherty@gmail.com                                                                Vocal Range: C3 to E6

THEATRE:

  • Mahalia Jackson: Moving Thru…. Guardian Black Ensemble Theatre/d. Jackie Taylor

  • The Holiday Radio Show: 1943          Maude                   Three Cat Productions/d. Jason Smith

  • Hildegard                                         Ensemble                W/a Machete Prds/d. Elizabeth Swanson

  • Blue Nativity                                     Quartet Alto          Quest Theatre/d. Kirk Osgood

  • First Date                                          Woman 1              Canterbury Theatre/d. Rebecca E.G. Hayes

  • The Marvelous Wonderettes              Betty Jean                Canterbury Theatre/d. Ray Scott Crawford

  • Boeing-Boeing                         Berthe                     Canterbury Theatre/d. David Graham

  • El Stories: Heroes                               Ensemble                 Waltzing Mechanics/d. Sara Sawicki

  • FML: How Carson McCullers…         Jo                            LUC/d. Sarah Gabel

Sketch/improv:

  • Single All the Way (orig) Self G6 Prds/d. Clara Flaherty & Amy Heller

  • MINT: Music Improv Night               Ensemble                MCL/d. Mallorie Marino         

  • Gotcha Covered                                 Vocalist                  MCL/d. Alex Garday         

  • Flanagan’s Wake                                Fiona(u/s, perf.)      Chicago Theater Works/d. Jack Bronis

  • Off Fleek Coached Ensemble. Ensemble. Second City/d. Winter Davis

Film/Voiceover:

  • The Morning Glory Stories Beata Flash Radio Theatre

  • Mrs. Did You Know?              Lead                 G6 Productions/Polymyth Productions     

training:

  • Vagabond School of the Arts        On Camera 2:            Maura Kidwell, Marika Engelhardt

On Camera 1:           Michael McCracken

Directors Sessions:     Jonathan Berry, Ann Filmer, Scott Weinstein

  • Second City                                    IFA 1:                        Jack Bronis

Stand Up 101:           Ranjit Souri

  • Private Coaching                           Voice:                         Carolyn Brady Riley

Acting:                       Marika Engelhardt               

  • Loyola University Chicago: B.A. in Theatre; Magna Cum Laude

Acting: Sarah Gabel, Jonathan Wilson, Ann Shanahan

Voice:                         Roz Kerins, Michael McBride

                                                     Movement:                 Matthew Hawkins                                       

Dialects:                     Nan Withers-Wilson

AWARDS:

  • 5th Avenue Award: Most Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Featured Ensemble Role

SPECIAL SKILLS:

  • Juggling (Basic), Soccer, Basketball, Improvisational Harmonizing, Basic Piano, IPA proficient, Standard British and French Dialects