Alana Rader
theatre maker/poet
Height: 5'7''
Hair: Strawberry Blonde
Eyes: Hazel
Alana Rader
AEA
NEW YORK THEATRE
Uncle Vanya
Louise the Destroyer
Rusalka
You Never Can Tell
The Water Dream (w/Anthony Rapp)
Twelfth Night
The Misanthrope
Sonya
Cynthia
Jeanette/trumpet
Dolly
Ensemble
Viola
Clitandre
Medicine Show Theatre
New Circle Theatre
The Clemente
The Shaw Project
NYMF/Peter Jay Sharp/etc.
InstantShakes/ShakesCon
The Looking Glass Theatre
REGIONAL THEATRE
Midsummer...Dream
Seussical
Oliver!
Pride and Prejudice Shakespeare as Lyricist
Gypsy
Lend Me A Tenor
Swingtime Canteen
The Laramie Project
Seussical
Midsummer..Dream
Othello (tour)
Helena
Gertrude
Nancy
Kitty
Ophelia/Juliet
Louise
Maggie
Jo
Various
Birdgirl/Gertrude u/s
Peaseblossom
Desdemona
Colonial Theatre of RI
The Fulton Theatre
The Strand Theatre
Pittsburgh Irish and Classical
St. Lawrence University (guest artist)
Weathervane Playhouse
Ashland Summer Theatre
Ohio Shakespeare Festival
Wright-Curtis Theatre
Beck Center
Ohio Shakespeare Festival
Kent Theatre Ensemble
TRAINING
BFA in Musical Theatre, Kent State University
Jen Waldman Studio (current)
Acting– Mark Shanahan (current), Daniel Stewart (Shakespeare), Alaine Alldaffer, Terry Bugler
Voice- Mary Saunders-Barton (current), Dan Kazemi, Susan Eichhorn
Musical Theatre/Viewpoints/Laban Jen Waldman, Billy Bustamante, Kyle Branzel
Clowning, Puppetry, Masque work- Steve Pacek, Tyler Moss
SPECIAL SKILLS
3rd generation trumpet player- 11 years, basic piano; Social Dance; great with dialects (list upon request)
Experienced teaching artist; VO artist; Poet; emerging Director and Playwright
My Why: To shine light through the shadows so that others can heal and grow.
