KIRA MAYO Hair: Dark Blonde Eyes: Blue/Green Production (most recent first) Mystery of Edwin Drood Banker's Dozen Waiting For Lefty Playwrights' Showcase (Banker's Dozen) Man of La Mancha Waiting For the Parade Goodnight, Children Everywhere Fiddler On The Roof A Few Good Men HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL Campion Alice In Wonderland Macbeth Children Of Eden Once Upon A Mattress FOOLS/1-Acts Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying Dead Man Walking
Dance Tap: Then And Now 42nd Street Peter Pan The Nutcracker The Nutcracker (1999-2004) Beauty and the Beast
Technical Experience Madame X Galileo Hedda Gabler Nadya Cure At Troy Noises Off |
Height: 5'5" Weight: 155 Role Principal Dancer/Violet Balfor Ariadne/Mama/Ensemble Dr. Benjamin/Pianist Melissa Ensemble Janet Betty Yente Lt. Commander Joanne Galloway Kelsi Ensemble Mouse/White Queen/Jerry/Ensemble Lady MacDuff Zebra/Chorus/Featured Dancer Lady Beatrice Yenchna/Various Roles Ophelia Ensemble Emily Percy
Producer and Solo Artist Teen Chorus/Featured Teen Dancer Children's Chorus Angel/Party Boy Lead Party Girl/Various Roles Butterfly
Assistant Director/Assistant Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager Props Run Crew Run Crew Followspot #1 Costume Run Crew |
mayo.kira@gmail.com Venue UMKC Conservatory (Dir. Tony Humrichouser) Independent Production UMKC Undergraduate Theater Dpt UMKC UMKC Musical Theater Conservatory Independent/UTA UMKC MFA Theater Dpt (Dir Ron Schaeffer) Shooting Star Productions Christian Brothers College High School Christian Brothers College High School DeSmet Jesuit High School DeSmet Jesuit High School Christian Brothers College High School Shooting Star Productions DeSmet Jesuit High School DeSmet Jesuit High School DeSmet Jesuit High School DeSmet Jesuit High School DeSmet Jesuit High School
KC Fringe Festival 2009 The MUNY The MUNY The Moscow Ballet St. Louis Ballet School St. Louis Ballet Company
Independent/UTA Metropolitan Ensemble Theater Metropolitan Ensemble Theater UMKC Undergraduate Theater Dpt UMKC Graduate Theater Dpt UMKC Graduate Theater Dpt |
Drama: UMKC B.A. Theater Performance Candidate ‘09. Studied with Gary Holcombe and Bruce Roach
North Carolina School of the Arts’ Drama Summer Session [2006]: acting teacher, Yury Belov
Advanced Acting Studio [2005] 1 semester at STAGES Academy with Tom Murray
Best of Broadway Summer Intensive [2005] STAGES Academy: acting, Heidi Vogel; music, Neal Richardson
Advanced Acting [2002-3] Center of Creative Arts (COCA)
Ballet: 10 years. -8 years at St. Louis Ballet School with Gen Horiuchi, Ellen Costanza, Antoni Zalewski
-2 years at The Studio, INC. with Nathalie Levine.
Tap: 11 years. -Member of St. Louis Jr. Hoofer’s Club [2001-2], dir. Robert Reed Jr.
Club performed at ‘02 Bruce Bradley Tap Festival and ’01 St. Louis Tap Festival
-Dance Captain at [2005] TapKids Intensive with Lisa Hopkins
-Studied with Robert Reed Jr., TapDog Anthony Russo, Tracy Culler-Dupre, and at St. Louis Ballet School.
Jazz: 7 years. -Pinx Academy of Dance, SLBS, COCA, and The Studio, INC.
Music:
Voice: 3 years. -Member of 2007 Artists-In-Training program at Opera Theater of St. Louis.
-Studied with Dee
(StL Symphony Chorus), Patricia Scanlon (SLU)
Piano: 8 years with Nancy Mayo; -MMTA, 2 years District and 1 year State; -2nd place at 2005 Piano Pops Festival
Violin: 6 years. -2 years with Dr. Kent Perry; -2 years with Hiroko Yoshida (StL Symphony Orchestra)
Special Skills
Affinity for languages and dialects, Greek/Latin/some German language familiarity, stage combat, softball, sewing, some basketball, choreography experience, figure skating,
hoofing, capoeira, 2007 NFAA Merit Award for Short Story Writing,
Contact me at mayo.kira@gmail.com