This "Beverly Sills meets Bette Midler", according to the Grunion Gazette, has performed in many southland theatrical and musical productions including Evita, Sweet and Hot, Bus Stop, H.M.S. Pinafore, Most Happy Fella, Picnic and Among The Chosen Few. She also played the great poet, Emily Dickinson, in Shatter Me With Dawn at the Carpenter Center and in Amherst, Massachussetts for The International Emily Dickinson Society. Her opera credits include Rosina in The Barber of Seville, Juliet in Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet in addition to appearing in the Long Beach Opera’s productions of Cavalleria Rusticana and Simon Boccanegra. Joanne performed one of her original solo cabaret shows, most recently at The Gardenia in Los Angeles. Together with her pianist, Rob Woyshner, she recently produced her first CD: "Dare To Dream".
| Height: | 5’6 |
| Eyes: | Brown |
| Hair: | Brown |
| Production | Role | Director | Theatre |
|---|---|---|---|
| My Fair Lady | Mrs. Higgins/Pearce(US) | Jon Engstrom | Lawrence Welk |
| Evita | Evita's Mother | Sha Newman | Lawrence Welk |
| Bus Stop | Grace | Jules Aaron | LBCC |
| Evita | Evita’s mother | Sha Newman | CLOSBC |
| Evita | Evita’s mother | Jon Engstrom | McCoy/Rigby |
| Evita | Evita’s mother | Jon Engstrom | Taiwan |
| H.M.S. Pinafore | Buttercup | Kent Johnson | Chance Thtre |
| Picnic | Helen Potts | David Herman | LBCC |
| American Dream | Mommy | Jeff Paul | LBCC |
| Most Happy Fella | Marie | Frank Milano | IVRT |
| 110 In The Shade | Lizzie(understudy) | PVP | |
| Shatter Me With Dawn | Emily Dickinson | James Sauceda | Carpenters PAC |
| Godspell | Feature | Bill Wolfe | Lifesong |
| West Side Story | Maria | Debi Wheeler | HBCRS |
| The Impressario | Madame Goldentrill | Brent McMunn | CSULB |
| Barber of Seville | Rossina | Brent McMunn | CSULB |
| Romeo and Juliet | Juliet | Opera West | |
| Adriana Lecouvre | Adriana | Opera West | |
| Lovely Ladies/Men | Feature | Marti Klein | OC Light Opera |
| Cavalleria Rusticana | Chorus | LB Opera | |
| La Navarraise | Chorus | LB Opera | |
| Simon Boccanegra | Chorus | LB Opera |
| CVI Television | Singer | Christmas & City Musical Show |
| Lakewood Cable TV | Singer | Variety show |
| Los Alamitos Cable TV | Panelist | Business Forum |
Gardenia Restaurant, Club 49, Ragazzi Ristorante, Chanteclair Restaurant, Khoury’s Restaurant, Divas a la Carte, L’Opera Restaurant, La Traviata Restaurant, Border Books and Music (All Cabaret shows self-produced, created, directed and performed)
Dare To Dream: self-produced solo CD
Shatter Me With Dawn: principal soloist (Emily Dickinson) about life of Emily
| Vocal: | Stephanie Vlahos, David Downing, Brent McMunn, Karla Kniss |
| Dance: | Connie Morrill, Pat Dolezal, Louis Guest, Jerry Baker |
| Acting: | David Herman, Ashley Carr, Robert Conrad (Acting For Commercials) |
| Instruments: | Accordion |
| Sing in Languages | French, Italian, German, Latin, Portuguese |
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