LEAH JOY GASTON

Phone: (512) 964-0101

Email: leahjgaston@gmail.com                                                                                            

Height:                    5’5”                                                                                Ethnicity:             Caucasian

Hair:                        Red-Brown                                                                   Eyes:                     Blue-Green

EDUCATIONAL THEATER

Private Lives Amanda Neighborhood Playhouse: Sandy Faison

The Cripple of Inishmaan    Helen                        Neighborhood Playhouse: Sandy Faison

Marvin’s Room                                         Lee                             Neighborhood Playhouse: Sandy Faison

A Midsummer Night’s Dream              Helena                      Neighborhood Playhouse: Sean Hagerty

Twelfth Night                                           Viola                          Neighborhood Playhouse: Sean Hagerty

You Can Count On Me                            Sammy                      Neighborhood Playhouse: James Brill

Barefoot in the Park                               Corie                          Neighborhood Playhouse: James Brill

The Royal Family                                     Gwen                        Neighborhood Playhouse: James Brill

DANCE PERFORMANCE

Divertimento No. 15                               George Balanchine                                Indiana University

As Time Goes By                                     Twyla Tharp                                          Indiana University

Serenade                                                  George Balanchine                               Indiana University

Musical Offering                                      Paul Taylor                                            Indiana University

Rubies                                                      George Balanchine                               Indiana University

Swan Lake Act II                       George Balanchine                               Indiana University

Dark Elegies                                             Anthony Tudor                                     Indiana University

Emeralds                                                  George Balanchine                               Indiana University

The Last Savage                                       Gian Carlo Menotti                              Indiana University

La Bayadere                                              Marius Petipa                                       Indiana University

FILM

Values                                                          Sharda Karim                                      University of Texas at Austin

The Study                                                    Will Bakke                                           Austin, TX

TRAINING

The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre 2 Year Conservatory, Pamela Kareman

·       Meisner Acting Technique: Sandy Faison, James Brill, John Tyrell, Gary Kingston

·       Shakespeare: Sean Hagerty

·       On Camera: Todd Susman

·       Speech: Gary Ramsey, Colleen Smith Wallnau

·       Alexander Technique: Elizabeth Reese

·       Voice: Andrea DelGuidice, Devony Smith, Douglas J. Cohen

·       Stage Combat: Brad Lemons

·       Movement: Christine Dakin(modern dance), Gary Gendell(jazz dance)

·       Physical Theater: Megan Campisi, Blake Habermann

Indiana University Ballet Theater, Michael Vernon / Violette Verdy

Ballet Chicago, Daniel Duell / Patricia Blair

Ballet Austin, Stephen Mills

Exploring Ballet With Suzanne Farrell, Suzanne Farrell

The Second City Acting Program, Chicago, IL

Marco Perella Acting Studio, Austin, TX

 SKILLS

Ballet, Pointe, Modern, Theater Dance, Choreography, Piano, Soprano Voice, Southern Dialect, British RP, Oboe, English Horn, Sight Reading, French, US Drivers License, US Passport