1. Elizabeth McKenney
Actress/Stagehand
Props Mistress
Producer/Promoter
Non-Union
60 Route 41
Winthrop, ME 04364 207-620-6231 (work
& home)
Stats:
Hair: Light Brown w/gray highlights
Eyes: Blue
Can play ages 40-60
5'8" 175 solid pounds
Size 13-14 dress
33wx34l jeans
Current:
Self-Employed, Owner of Central Maine Taxi
Volunteer Coordinator: Concerts at Norcross Point
www.facebook.com/ConcertsatNorcrossPoint
Responsible for all aspects of concert promotion and production, including working with
town, writing press releases, writing & securing contracts, garnering donations and
sponsors, booking acts, set up and break down of site, security of site, public relations,
management of social media.
Talents:
Whistling, Harmonica, beginner Bass guitar, Singing (soprano 2/Alto), peripheral rhythm
instruments, paddling, riding horses, bicycling, motor scooter, funny faces, different
voices, driving a standard (Have even operated a full sized excavator!), playing
basketball, softball, football (played defensive end for the Maine Freeze from 2003-
2006), soccer, ice skating, roller skating, skateboarding, skiing, snow shoeing,
swimming, can dance when choreographed, can handle any power tool when
instructed what to do, animal whisperer(I raise geese and chickens and am good with all
animals). I grew up hunting and fishing; still a pretty accurate shot, and can handle a
fishing pole. Fluent in American Sign Language. Can gracefully walk and dance in
heels. I am also a registered member of the Aroostook Band of MicMac (Native
American). Currently non-union.
Stage Performance:
Morning’s At Seven Gaslight Theater Aaronetta (one of
leads)
Mrs. Packard Gaslight Theater Ensemble (attendant) ,
stage manager
Soup Dujour Gaslight Theater "Kate" Co-
lead, singer/dancer
Bye Bye Birdie Monmouth Community Theater "Rose" co-lead,
singer/dancer
" " " "Gloria" alternating
2. nights
Mousetrap Act II Theater Miss Casewell,
Mysterious suspect
Baby Gaslight Theater Ensemble, Singer
with small part
Guys and Dolls Bentley College Salvation Army Worker,
stage manager
Hound of the Baskervilles Cony High School Catherine,
Villainous lead
Bands:
Koko Experience World Dance Music Lead Singer, back up singer,
peripheral rhythm instruments
Super Bad 60's, 70's R&B music One of three female front
singers, peripheral rhythm
instruments
Gary V. Band Classic Rock Lead & backup Singer, peripheral
rhythm instruments
Film Experience:
Male Tales Independent Film Extra, filmed in Ogunquit,
Maine
Empire Falls Mini Series Chosen for "Frowsy
Woman" but unable to
participate as the day they called me
I had a gig with the Gary V. Band. Not
going to happen again.
Backstage Experience:
Volunteer Coordinator Concerts at Norcross PointSpearheaded and organized
series
beginning in 2010, do all
the direct hire
scout new bands,
mailings, press
releases, advertising,
social media,
emcee shows.
Stage Manager Gaslight Theater Mrs. Packard
5 Women Wearing the
Same Dress
Inherit the Wind
Daddy's Dying Who's got
the Will?
(and many more I can't
remember over a 20 year
period)
3. Kid Wrangler Gardiner High School Footloose
Johnson Hall James and the Giant Peach
Alice in Wonderland
Props Mistress Lakewood Theater Two Full seasons and one
additional production:
Greatest scavenge challenges- casket table, working theater gun, rotating stages,
realistic fireplace (before they were commonly made), 17'th century props. Most difficult:
cooking food for one production for breakfast lunch and dinner that had to be ready for
actors to eat each time on stage and not make them sick for the two week production
(including using fried bananas to make it look like kippers). I can usually find or make
what I need
Radio:
WKOZ Voiceover, DJ Responsible for
running broadcast via
Kosciusko, MS satellite and reading the
news and identification at the
quarter hours.
WTOS Advertising Sales Responsible for getting
new contracts, Skowhegan, ME writing ads,
performing voiceovers in some
cases. 1986-1987
WBTY DJ, 1983-1986 Ran my own, very popular
show, from
Bentley College Radio 9pm-1a.m.
WNCY DJ, 1982-1983 Ran an eclectic show, very
much the
Nasson College Radio inspiration for the format
now on WCLZ,
under direction of Douglas
Edwards.