ANYA WASSENBERG ACTING CV

(From taping of the opening segment for pilot for "Diamond in the Buff")

  • Stage/Live Performance/Performance Art

    • The Police Station, Toronto, ON (Performance art project by Althea Thauberger, part of Nuit Blanche, October 1, 2011)

    • Toronto Complaints Choir, Toronto, ON (Community based music/performance project, part of the 2010/2011 World Stage series at Harbourfront Centre, performances March 21-26, 2011 & July 1, 2011, Propeller Gallery, Toronto July 28, 2011)

    • I Cried For You, Toronto, ON (Live video performance as part of video art installation by Julia Loktev, performed as part of Nuit Blanche, October 3, 2010)

    • Haunted Hamilton, Hamilton, ON (Ghost storyteller and animator, live performances Summer 2010)

    • After Waking, Toronto, ON (a literary event where I gave a dramatic reading & also hosted/MC'd an author Q&A, The Social Bar, December 2009)

    • Sex, Love and Sometimes ...Relationships, Toronto, ON (a monologue show, played at the Poor Alex, Toronto in October 2009)

    • Lee Walton, Toronto, ON (Life/Theater: the Harbourfront - a live performance art event, September 1, 2008 in Toronto)

    • Burlesquesque, Toronto, ON (Comedy-vaudeville-burlesque performer/spoken word/emcee; performance August 10, 2006)

    • Twisted Valentine, Toronto, ON (Spoken word performer, February 12, 2004 @ The Blue Moon, Queen St. E.)

    • 1st  Annual Be My Valentine Show, (for Parties Without Borders, Toronto, ON,) Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Jan 30 - Feb 1, 2004 - Promotional Rep

 

  • Independent Features & Shorts

    • Lee Filipovski, Toronto, ON, ("Tulip, Texas and US", comedy short , Ryerson student film, produced 2011, extra in shower scene, premiered at Ryerson Film Festival in April 2011)

    • Film Addict Productions, Toronto, ON ("The Last Day of December", dramatic short, produced 2007, supporting role) - premiered at the Macon Film Festival, Feb 19-22, 2009

    • With Giggles Velvet, Hamilton/Toronto, ON ("Coming Clean", 4 min. comedy short 2007,  coproducer/co-writer/principal role)

    • Goodtyme Productions , Hamilton/Toronto, ON (“Deadly Decisions”, suspense feature shot 2006, principal role - scheduled for 2010 release - another creepy pic of me here)

    • Paul A.H. Lacroix, (Producer,) Toronto, ON ("Subject to Interpretation", "The Dr.  M.C. Flash Show" comedy feature shot 2004, character role)

  • Corporate & Commercial Video/Acting

    • PharmAchieve, Toronto, ON, (standardized patient acting, incl. feedback to candidates studying for pharmaceutical examinations, occasional 2009, 2010, 2011)

    • MMMG.CA Creative Studios, Toronto, ON, (2 parts in a series of training videos for a legal association, produced early 2009, client, legal expert)

    • Sandgate Films, for McMaster University Medical School, Hamilton, (3 training videos, 1 in 2008 & 2 in 2007, physician,  mother of sick child, social worker)

    • PSA, for Jewish Family & Children's Services of Toronto, (training and informational PSA on domestic abuse, 2005, battered wife).

    • Provolone Productions, for RBC Insurance, (internal training video on selecting a vendor, producer Jennifer Lieberman, 2005, vendor #2)


  • Art Films & Documentaries

    • Taking Stock: Ancient Fears and Modern Greed, Toronto, ON (documentary feature, 2011, Producers: Chris Ballanger, Patrick Doyle, Bruno Malta, in the 'Voodoo Economics' scene as the 'Paint Analyst')

    • I Cried For You, Toronto, ON (Live video performance as part of video art installation by Julia Loktev, performed & recorded as part of Nuit Blanche, October 3, 2010)

    • R. Bruce Elder, Toronto, ON ("Infunde Lumen Cordibus" 2004 & “The Young Prince”, premiere Nov/2007 at the Cinematheque Ontario & screened worldwide, untitled mockumentary short, filmed 2009) (Elder is winner of a 2007 Governor General's Award & 1981 L.A. Film Critics Award for independent/experimental film, among other accolades)

    • Mad Cap Pictures, Toronto, ON ("TYPHONIA", art film premiered in Toronto, 2007)

    • Teresa Ascencao, Toronto, ON (“Adoration”, premiered Jan. 2007 at Trinity Square Video, Toronto)

    • Art Litwell, Toronto, ON (“Faking it for Art”, comedy short, 2006, screened at the Hard Liquor & Porn Film Festival 2006)

    • Arcadia Entertainment, Andrea Dorfman, director - Toronto, ON  ("Sluts: the Documentary" 2005, premiered Toronto 2005 & aired on TV internationally)

    • Michael Chambers, Toronto, ON  ("The Box", art film produced 2003)

    • Krikor Torossian, Toronto, ON  ("Illumination", art film produced 2001)

 

  • Television

    • Breakthrough Films & Television (for Slice TV), Toronto, ON ("Plastic Makes Perfect", segment shot 2008)

    • nuvu film and video (pilot for WTN), Toronto, ON ("Diamond in the Buff", one of 14 dancing women in opening segment for pilot of new show, shot in 2008, producer/director Jeff Gruen, starring David Clemmer)

    • WTN Television Productions, Toronto, ON ("Style by Jury" Katerina episode 101/Season 5 taped October 2006 & Shoshanna taped September 2005, jury member)

  • Other Media /Voice

  • Modeling (image is my drawing)

    • Fine Art Modeling for photography, painting, drawing and sculpture

    • Clients include photographers, art schools, institutions, individual artists & groups of artists (>200 in total)

    • Work for portfolios (incl. web), gallery shows, exhibitions, published books, prints and other works for sale & academic purposes - since 1997, continuous

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