Amanda Farbstein
Actress, Singer, Dancer, Tap Dance Instructor.
Height: 5'9"
Eyes: blue
Range: G below middle C- E above high C
Location: Bay Area
Degrees: graduate of PCPA, BA English Westmont college
Theatre
ensemble (dance captain)
Susan
Amanda
Natasha
Kathy
Elise
Celeste 1/ Dot u/s (performed)
Gertie
Lindsey u/s, Betty u/s
Girl
Kathy
Li'l Bit
Sophie
ensemble/ usherette (dance captain)
Avery
Joanna Lypiatt
Ginley/Butterworth/Oxana/Foxley/Cecily
Chai/Charlotte/Soledad/Tiphanee
Persephone
Miranda
Ilse
Judy Haynes
Judy Haynes
Joanna Lyppiatt
Britney Paxton
Gower
ensemble/Mary Poppins u/s (performed) Anise/Kathy
Simone
Cecily Pigeon
ensemble/ tap soloist
ensemble
vocal soloist
angel/ tap soloist
Laker Girl swing (performed)
ensemble/ Hodel u/s
Glinda u/s, Oz dancer swing
Mrs. Meers
Cinderella
Twelfth Night the musical
Vinegar Tom
How to Be a Failure in SF*
Kill the Debbie Downers!*
Singing in the Rain
Graveyard Shift*
Sunday in the Park with George
Oklahoma
An Entomologist's Love Story*
Thunderbodies (reading)*
Singing in the Rain
How I Learned to Drive
Mamma Mia
The Producers
Rapture Blister Burn
Present Laugher
Book of Liz
In Love and Warcraft
Trailer Park Gods*
The Tempest
Spring Awakening
White Christmas
White Christmas in concert
Present Laughter (Noel Coward)
Kaleidescope (play reading)*
Pericles
Mary Poppins
You are my Sunshine (play reading)
Elemeno Pea (play reading)
Odd Couple
Crazy for You
Annie Get Your Gun
Jerry's Divas
Anything Goes
Spamalot
Fiddler on the Roof
The Wizard of Oz
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Into the Woods
San Francisco Playhouse- Susi Damilano
Shotgun Players- Ariel Craft
Cuttingball Theatre- Kayla Kaufman
Shotgun Players- Mark Jackson and Beth Wilmurt
Showtune Productions- JR McAlexander
SF Playhouse- Melissa Crespo
SF Playhouse- Bill English
Woodminster- Joel Shlader
SF Playhouse- Giovanna Sardelli
Cuttingball Theatre- Ariel Craft
Broadway by the Bay- Alex Perez
CustomMade Theatre- Katja Rivera
Woodminster- Joel Shlader
Broadway by the Bay- Jasen Jeffrey
Custom Made Theater Co.- Leah Abrams
Theatre Rhinoceros- John Fisher
Custom Made Theater Co.- Brian Katz
Custom Made Theater Co.- James Nelson
FaultLine Theater- Emma Nicholls
Half Moon Bay Shakespeare- Paul Smith
PCPA Theatrefest- Valerie Rachelle
Hillbarn Theatre- Virginia Musante
Feinstein's at the Nikko- musical dir. Eryn Allen
Summer Repertory Theatre- Johanna Pinzler
SF Playwright's Center- Don Hardwick
PCPA- Quinn Mattfeld
PCPA Theatrefest- Michael Jenkinson
Alma Theatre Company- Tracy Ward/ Kelli Colaco
Contra Costa Civic Theatre- Valerie Weak
Summer Repertory Theatre- Johanna Pinzler
Broadway by the Bay- Brooke Knight
Broadway by the Bay- Brooke Knight
Notre Dame de Namur University- Marc Jacobs
Notre Dame de Namur University- Kate Mills
PCPA Theatrefest- Michael Barnard
PCPA Theatrefest- Roger DeLaurier
PCPA Theatrefest- Mark Booher
San Mateo Performing Arts Center- Brad Friedman
San Mateo Performing Arts Center- Brad Friedman
* world premiere
Commercial/Film- represented by NYLO Talent Agency
VAVA 4K Ultra Short Throw Laser TV
Trust Nothing
Waxed
Hashtag
KarFarm promo
MisFit Shine 2 commercial
Slonoma
N.O.M.B. short film
SF Travel promo
Dreamed Vengeance
lead
lead
Max
British counselor
lead
lead
tap dancing ketchup
Kara
featured
cafe patron
Red Cube Productions Inc
We Lost Greg Productions
Independent Short Film Making
Galway Film Festival
Darren Kwan
Tim Tsuruda
Debra Knox
Sean Marchetti
TEAK Digital
Jason Tong
Training
Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts
Acting: Liz Stewart, Don Stuart, Susan Appel, Peter Hadres, Erik Stein, Roger DeLaurier.
Shakespeare: Quinn Mattfeld.
Singing: Callum Morris, Denise Dumeyer.
Voice and Speech: Kitty Balay, Andy Philpot.
Combat: Peter Hadres.
Movement/Clowning: Michael Jenkinson, Karin Hendricks.
Suzuki/Viewpoints: Stephanie Courtney.
Notre Dame de Namur University/ Musical Theatre Conservatory
Wesla Wittfield, Karen Morrow, Jamie Torcellini, Marc Jacobs, Kim Mohne Hill, Greg Fristch, Debra Lambert.
A.C.T. Summer Training Congress/ Studio A.C.T.
Lynn Soffer, Chris Herold, Andrew Hurteau, Meryl Shaw, Kari Prindl (Alexander Technique).
Berkeley Rep School of Theatre
Marty Pistone (Int/Adv on-camera), Lisa Ann Porter (Linklater Technique), Edward Morgan (Audition Intensive).
San Francisco Dance Center/Dance Arts Center (ballet, tap, jazz, modern, Horton technique)
Enrico Labayan, Lee-Wei Chao, Kate Warner, Robert Moses, Yannis Adoniou, Alexi Zubiria, Jayne Zaban,
Berle Davis, Robyn Tribuzi.
Tom Logan's On-Camera Audition and film Blocking Workshops
Actor's Conference 2017: Kirk Baltz, Matthew Barry, Second City Improv, Ryan Glasgow
Tina D'Elia's Authentic Actor On-Camera Workshop
LAMDA Shakespeare Intensive
Advanced Camera Acting with Jeffrey Dreisbach- The Growing Studio
Love and Shakespeare (SF Playhouse): Lauren English, Jim Calder, Jonathan Moscone
Special Skills
RP, OP, and Estuary dialect
Knows IPA
Reads music
Tap dance instructor
Beginning jazz dance instructor
Audition technique tutor
Young adult musical theatre choreographer
Somersault (forward/backward)
Cartwheels
Roundoffs
Splits
BA English (summa cum laude)
Soccer- played club, indoor, varsity, & ODP