Dennis Wees

Actor, Singer, Musician, Composer

Member of Actor's Equity Association     

Height - 5'10"

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NYC

Passion                            Col. Ricci          Utopia Opera

Chess                               Ensemble        Gallery Players

 

Regional Theater

The Fantasticks                 Matt                 Theatre Three

Hot Mikado                       Nanki-Poo        Theatre Three

Fiddler on the Roof           Fyedka             Casa Mañana

Les Miserables                 Montparnasse   Casa Mañana 

Fiddler on the Roof          Fyedka               Lyric Stage

Titanic                              Charles               Lyric Stage 

The Golden Apple           Doc MacCahan   Lyric Stage

Spring Awakening           Melchior             ABQ Little Theater

A Little Night Music         Fredrik               College Light Op.

Gentlemen... Blondes      Gus                    College Light Op.

Brigadoon                       Stuart                  College Light Op.

Guys and Dolls               Harry                   College Light Op.

Of Thee I Sing                Fulton                  College LIght Op.

 

Opera/Operetta

The Magic Flute            Papageno             SMU

The Merry Widow         Danilo                   College Light Op.

The Sorcerer                John W. Wells       College Light Op.

The Yeomen...Guard    Wilfred                  College Light Op.

 

Cast Recordings

The Golden Apple       Doc MacCahan     PS Classics

 

Awards

Lotte Lenya Competition (Kurt Weill Foundation) – 2nd Prize Winner (2016)

            Judges: Teresa Stratas, Theodore S. Chapin, Andy Einhorn and Victoria Clark

 

Education

BM in Vocal Performance – Southern Methodist University – Magna Cum Laude

Minors in Musical Theater and Songwriting

            Voice: Virginia Dupuy

            Acting: Hank Hammett, Blake Hackler, Kevin Hofeditz

            Dance: Rommel Ladera (ballroom)

 

Special Skills

Foreign language diction training (French, German, Italian, Latin, Russian)

Part-singing (6 years of professional section leader experience)

Piano, Guitar (electric, acoustic, twelve-string), Ukulele

Ballroom dance - Int. Latin (Rumba, Cha, Jive, Paso, Samba) and Int. Standard (Waltz, V. Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot, Quickstep), Swing (E. Coast, W. Coast, Lindy)

 

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