Acting

Amanda Gates-Elston 

Feature Film Credits:

Mistress America (2015)           College Advisor                            dir. Noah Baumbach           

Vamperifica (2011)                    Jehovah’s Witness #2                   dir. Bruce Ornstein

                                                                       

Short Film Credits (15 total):

Resurface                                 (lead suspense)                            Columbia School of the Arts

Code Orange                            (lead comedic/dramatic)               Columbia School of the Arts

Bedroom                                   (lead dramatic)                             Columbia School of the Arts

The Wrath of Ms. Krabbapel     (lead comedic)                             Columbia School of the Arts

Nowhere                                   (silent comedic)                            The Liquor Store / J. Crew

Webseries:

Group: The Webseries              Macy (12 episodes)                     SeaDog Productions             

                                                                                                             

New York Theatre Credits:

The Comfort of Darkness           (supp. dramatic – reading)*        Penguin Rep Theatre

Between The Lines                    (lead dramatic – reading)            The Dandy Group

Extensions                                 (lead comedic/dramatic)              The Red Room

CityMouse/CountryMouse         (lead comedic)                             Atlantic Studio A        

Bread & Butter Time!                 (writer/host, comedic)                  HiChristina!

Gay Pierrot                                (five supp. comedic)                     HOT! Festival at Dixon Place  

*Appeared on stage with Jay O. Sanders, Robert Cuccioli, and Amanda Jones in this

four-character play written by Joel Gross and directed by Gabriel Barre.

Special Skills:

Dialects (Scottish, Irish, English, Russian, Australian, Southern)

Alto saxophone (jazz, blues), songwriting, beginner ukulele and guitar, juggling    

Education & Training:

Barnard College, Columbia University, B.A. in English with a Theatre Concentration

Graduated 2004, Phi Beta Kappa; Oxford University (Junior Year Abroad)

Acting:                                      Bruce Ornstein (three years)

Additional Scene Study:           Cast in Columbia MFA Film Division classes taught

by Bruce Ornstein, June Stein, Giancarlo Esposito, Brad Barnes

Voice:                                       Susan Main (Kristin Linklater method)    

Alexander Technique:              Karen Braga                 

Physical Presence:                  Sheila Bandyopadhyay

Character Improvisation:         Oleg Kheyfets
Imaginary Classes:                  Ragnar Freidank (Michael Chekhov's Method) 

Scene work sample: 

Desire Under The Elms (Abbie with Eben)

Red Light Winter (Christina with Matt)

Punch Drunk Love (Lena with Barry)

The Hours (Kitty with Laura)

You Can Count on Me (Samantha with Terry)

Proof (Catherine with Hal)

Summer and Smoke (Alma with John)

David’s Redhaired Death (Jean with Marilyn)

The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Maureen with Pato)

Those the River Keeps (Janice with Susie)

Waiting for Godot (Estragon with Vladimir)