Emily Rast

Equity Membership Candidate

803.665.7701 (cell)
emilyrast@gmail.com
www.emilyrast.com
Hair: Strawberry blonde Vocal: Soprano w/ mezzo belt
Eyes: Blue-gray (G3 – E6, belt G3 – C4)
Height: 5’5” Weight: 125
Professional Theatre
2009 – 2010 Youth Tour Assorted Roles Susan N. Quinn Walnut Street Theatre (PA)
Hamlet Ophelia Jeri Pitcher The Theatre at Monmouth (ME)
A Little Hotel on the Side Paquerette Davis Robinson The Theatre at Monmouth
Twelfth Night Ensemble Janis Stevens The Theatre at Monmouth
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Hermia Edward Isser Redfeather Theatre Co. (MA)
Twelfth Night Viola u/s / Ensemble Mel Cobb Redfeather Theatre Co.
Richard III Tyrrel / Jazz Singer Edward Isser Redfeather Theatre Co.
Cinderella Cinderella Bill Taylor Foothills Theatre (MA)
The Little Mermaid The Little Mermaid Bill Taylor Foothills Theatre
Academic Theatre: College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA)
Rage-chel Against the Machine Original Solo Show Eric Butler Fenwick Scholar Project
Neil Gaiman’s Coraline Coraline Lynn Kremer Fenwick Mainstage
Dinner at Eight Hattie Loomis Steve Vineberg Fenwick Mainstage
My Life with Albertine Andrée Lynn Kremer Fenwick Mainstage
Good Helen Halder Edward Isser Fenwick Mainstage
Sweet Charity Charity Hope Valentine Eric Butler Alternate College Theatre
HamletMachine Ophelia Cooper Gardner Advanced Directing Project
I, Phoolan Devi Assorted Roles Lynn Kremer Ensemble Experimental Theatre
Education
Walnut Street Theatre: Dorothy Haas Acting Apprenticeship Sept 2009 – May 2010 (upcoming)
The Theater at Monmouth: Acting Apprenticeship Jun – Aug 2009
College of the Holy Cross: BA, Theatre & BA, Economics May 2009
SC Governor’s School: Acting Certificate w/Honors Aug 2003

Training
Acting: Lynn Kremer, Edward Isser, Steve Vineberg, Margarett Perry
Voice: Margaret (Peggy) Tartaglia, Bill Taylor
Dance: Denise Day (tap/jazz/ballet), Kaela San Lee (modern), I Made Bandem, I Wayan Dibia (Balinese)
Theatre Administration: Weston Playhouse (VT), SpeakEasy Stage (MA) (resume on request)

Awards
2009 George Bernard Shaw Award: Best Dramatic Literature Essay, “Possibility, not Paradox: Intelligent Ingénues”
2008 – 2009 Fenwick Scholar Award: “Convention, Invention, and the Ingénue: Musical Theatre’s Young Women”
(Honors thesis project and original one-woman show)
2003 Faculty Choice Award: Excellence in Acting, SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities

Skills
Mask Work & Puppetry Southern Accents (Native) Flute & Piano Working with Children
Experimental Theatre Forms Pterodactyl-Esque Sound Tour Guide National Anthem Performer
Box Office/Front of House Starbucks Barista Reading Music