CLARE BLACKWOOD
ACTOR/SINGER (ACTRA)
Hair: Red Eyes: Blue Height: 5’9”
SELECTED THEATRE
BikeFace * Natalie Trailblazing Ladies/Mandy Roveda (TO Fringe)
Welcome to the Bunker! ** Katie Portius Productions/Alison Louder
The Last Five Years Catherine Rural Stages Productions/Tanya Rintoul
Drunk Romeo and Juliet Juliet Dauntless City Theatre/Scott Emerson Moyle
Situation Unknown Ensemble SotM Shakespeare/Andrew Joseph Richardson
KEEPER Avalon Fine Wine Theatre/Ayesha Mansur
Drunk Ado About Nothing Beatrice Urban Bard/Scott Emerson Moyle
Romeo and (Her) Juliet *** Benvolio Urban Bard & Headstrong Coll./Scott Emerson Moyle
The Nefarious Bed & Breakfast Margot Monkeyman Productions/Martin Chodorek
Shakespeare M.D. Phoebe, Portia, Kate Spur-of-the-Moment Shakespeare Collective/Victoria Urquhart
Goose and Seuss Juliette, Little Bo Peep Little Red Theatre/Jody Terio
Lovelash, a New Musical Debbie Keyes Studios/Victoria Velinosi
Two of Everything Malinda Monkeyman Productions/Martin Chodorek
The Ugly Duckling Anabel/Phyllis the Fox Solar Stage/Zenon Skrzypczyk
Love Jig Rosemary Kerr Armagh Theatrical Co-op/Monique Johnson
Any One Of Us: Words From Prison Woman #5 Toronto V-Day 2011/Tanisha Taitt
Chun Li Nurse Monkeyman Productions/Neil Silcox
Dance Macabre (New Ideas Festival) Madame Selena Alumnae Theatre/Sandra Burley
The Whores Sam Toronto/Hamilton Fringe/Tanisha Taitt
High School Musical 2 Sharpette Toronto Centre for the Arts/Vivian Cheung
*NNNN and Critic's Pick, NOW Magazine; Best of Fringe Toronto and Hamilton
**Outstanding New Work Nomination, My Entertainment World Awards
***Best Ensemble Award, My Entertainment World Awards
FILM AND TELEVISION
How To Die Alone Principal ABCS / Onyx / Tiffany Johnson
Going Up Principal Going Up Prod. / Brad Dworkin
Pretend It’s Already Tomorrow Principal Movie and Mule Prod. / Nicholas Porteous
Couples Therapy Lead Silent Skull Productions/Brad Dworkin
Crit Lead Nat20 Productions/Ryan F. Hughes
Whenever You’re Ready Lead Whenever You’re Ready Prod./Jenna Harder
L.A.R.P.D. Lead Bunker Productions/Ryan F. Hughes
Faith and Mandy Lead Sheridan College/Kezia Salmon
Speechless Principal River Rogue Productions/Keith Hodder
Curious and Unusual Deaths 2 Featured Discovery Channel/David Weaver
Feeding Time Lead Humber College/Anthony Abbatangelo
We Are All One Principal DTMUniversal Prod./Danny Hoi-Wah Ho
Van Gore: A Grindhouse Trailer * Principal River Rogue Productions/Keith Hodder
Yes/No Actor Medlar Productions Inc./Jon Smelcer
Glinda Lead Ryerson University/Emily Switzer
101 Uses For Old People Principal Radio Stuntmen Productions/Max Kennedy
* Winner of Hobo With a Shotgun Fake Movie Trailer Contest
TRAINING/WORKSHOPS
Diploma in Acting with Honours, Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, 2010
Honours B.A. with Distinction in Theatre and Drama Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga, 2010
The Second City Improv and Sketch Conservatory Kirsten Rasmussen, Kevin Whalen, Connor Thompson, Reid Janisse
Improv For Actors 1, The Second City Lisa Merchant
Pro Actors Lab On-Camera Bruce Clayton
The On-Camera Audition Lab Lynne Cormack
The Dirt Underneath Actors’ Space John Gordon
Audition Technique Kelly Thornton, Kristina Nicoll, Nancy Palk
Shakespeare Performance Nancy Palk, Ian Watson, John Wood, Andrew Joseph Richardson
Songbook Series Musical Theatre Workshop Tracy Michailidis
Character & Neutral Mask/Clown Teodoro Dragonieri/Mimi Mekler
Stage Combat Daniel Levinson/Rapier Wit
Speech Denise Norman, Ron Cameron-Lewis
Viewpoints and Suzuki Marc Richard
Scene Study Ralph Small, Catherine McNally, Laurence Follows, Patrick Young, Dennis Hayes, Ron Cameron-Lewis
Period Dance, Contact Improv Sarah Jane Burton
Improvisation Mike Goran
SKILLS
Singing (soprano); basic dance (swing, jazz, musical theatre); TV French; trumpet; G licence; dialects (British RP, French, Cockney, Irish, Russian, New York); ultimate frisbee; badminton; modeling/runway; double-jointed thumbs; LARPing/D&D/video gaming experience.