JOAN D. SAUNDERS
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Wall Street Barbie - DRAMA (0:51) (Performance Video) Quicktime
Wealthy Woman Gets Taken in by Con Man, Then...
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Vicious - DRAMA (0:49) (Performance Video) Quicktime
Daughter Takes Revenge on Woman Who Gave Her Up
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Represented by: |
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Bella Agency LLC (NY) (212) 965-9200 Commercial, Print Buchwald - On-Camera Commercials (NY) (212) 867-1070 Commercial, Print Talent Express (NY) (718) 278-8888 |
Basics | ||
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Local hire |
Fully vaccinated & boosted |
Valid passport |
Off Broadway | ||
Echoes of Ebola |
Joy (lead) |
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre |
Night of the Neutron Dance |
Sky (lead) |
Hudson Guild Theatre |
On the Rocks |
Mother (lead) |
Strawberry Theatre Festival |
Catapult! |
Gloria |
Theater for the New City |
Blood Boundary (winner, Native American New Play Fest.) |
Aunt Jane |
Dir. Tony White |
Scenes of a Sexual Nature |
Iris |
Clemente Velez Cultural Center |
The Hot L Baltimore |
Mrs. Oxenham |
Dir. Peter Jensen |
Being Flynn: A Tableau Vivante |
Iris Apfel persona |
Spring Street Social Society |
Champagne Lady |
Esther |
Midtown International Theatre |
Wedding Singer: The Musical |
Rosie |
Porch Light Theatre |
How I Learned to Drive |
Grandma • Teenager |
Tongue in Cheek Productions |
So Fast It Goes |
Older woman at bus stop (lead) |
Hudson Guild Theatre |
Hemingway at the Larchmont (winner, Best of Fest) |
Famous Dead Writer |
Players Theatre |
Our Town |
Professor Willard |
Tongue in Cheek Productions |
Regional Theatre | ||
Lost & Found in the Mission (winner, Best of SF Fringe) |
Scientist (lead & narrator) |
Boathouse Productions |
Company (also played piano, percussion) |
Joanne |
Royal Underground Theatre Co. |
Songs for a New World |
Multiple roles |
American Conservatory Theatre |
Film | ||
Wall Street Barbie |
Lead |
Dir. Justin Thomas |
Vicious (screened at LA Film Festival) |
Lead |
Dir. Amy Schilling |
American Spanish |
Lead |
Dir. Vong Lee |
My Father the Monster |
Strong supporting |
Dir. Matt Newton |
Shipping & Handling |
Strong supporting |
Dir. Sam Hancock |
A Good Deed |
Strong supporting |
Dir. Vong Lee |
Gravidity (horror) |
Supporting |
Marble Castle Entertainment |
Television | ||
Shattered |
Principal |
ID. |
The Greek Honey Show (pilot) |
Recurring |
Dir. Victoria Perivolaris |
Training & Education | ||
American Conservatory Theatre |
Professional program |
Faculty |
American Conservatory Theatre |
Musical theatre and vocal training |
Ava Victoria, Frances Devlin |
Alan Arkin |
Improv and scene study |
Multiple weeklong workshops |
T. Schreiber Studio |
Stage and on-camera |
Faculty |
B.A., Languages & Literature |
North Dakota State University |
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Graduate studies, Linguistics, focus on phonetics |
Southern Illinois University |
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M.A., Linguistics, focus on phonetics |
Florida Atlantic University |
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Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 5'4" |
Weight: 115 lbs |
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Herding Cattle, Pilates, Teleprompter, Timpani, Aerobics, Cycling, Equestrian - Western, Ice Skating, Roller Skating, Snorkeling, Swimming - ability - general, Weight Lifting, Improvisation, Licensed Driver, Percussion, Singer, Vocal Range: Alto, Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano, American - Minnesota Accent, American - New York Accent, American - Southern Accent, American - Texan Accent, British - BBC English Accent, Canadian Accent, Greek Accent, Norwegian Accent, Puerto Rican Accent, Scandinavian Accent, Spanish Accent, Fluent Spanish
Before moving to Manhattan in 2009, Joan lived in several major cities, including Miami and San Francisco. In college, Joan studied languages and literature, and in graduate school, she studied linguistics, ultimately becoming a book editor. When she began freelancing as an editor full time, she was able to bring acting — her first love — back into her life. In her personal life, Joan is a space geek, going to star-gazing events and astrophysics lectures.