BIOGRAPHY
I grew up in a small town in New Jersey, exit 135 off the Garden State Parkway, to first- generation Italian-American parents who believed that the journey to individual success could be found through the transformational power of the arts.I have pursued a life in the professional theatre in such places as New York City, Los Angeles, Richmond, VA and Hailey, Idaho. During my 368-year career, I have honed my skills as an accomplished stage & voice actor, director, teacher, playwright and consultant.
PROFILE GALLERY
DEMO REELS
Voice Over - Commercial & Animation
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Email: denise.simone59@gmail.com Business number: 208-720-0212 Mobile number: Website: http://www.denise-simone.com |
Gender: Female Location: United States Description of voice: My voice reflects 35+ years in the theatre and studio bringing to life characters ranging from queens to kids. Whether it is commercial, animation, narrator, scripted or improvised my voice is ready to express what you need to say. Sounding Age(s): 5 - 10, 11 - 16, 17 - 20, 21 - 30, 31 - 40, 41 - 50, 51 - 60, 61 - 70, 71 - 100 Languages: English (USA) Accents: British, South Boston, New York (Bronx, Long Island), Italian, New Jersey, South (USA), Irish, French Expertise: Animation, Commercial, Narration |
CREDITS
SKILLS
| Co-Producing Artistic Director for an award-winning theatre company | Between 1996 and 2016, I served as Company of Fools’ Co-Producing Artistic Director and led the Company in becoming one of the pre-eminent theatre companies in the state; in 2004, the Company’s significant contributions and achievements were recognized by then-Governor Dirk Kempthorne, who awarded COF the Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. |
| Acting | Roles include: With COF - Barbara in August: Osage County, Veronica in God of Carnage, Masha in Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike, Margie in Good People, Polly in Other Dessert Cities, the one-woman shows The Syringa Tree and Shirley Valentine, May in Fool for Love starring Bruce Willis, Roberta in Danny and the Deep Blue Sea and Lou in Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter. Boise Contemporary Theatre - Sharon in The Roommate and Virginia in The Clean House. Simone has I have also performed with Virginia Repertory Theatre (Richmond), TheatreVirginia (Richmond), Barksdale Theatre (Ashland, VA), Theatre Exchange (Los Angeles), and a national tour of three shows in repertory – King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and As You Like It – with the National Shakespeare Theatre. |
| My directing credits with COF include Heisenberg, Proof; Constellations; Almost, Maine; Doubt; Dead Man’s Cell Phone; Distracted; Collected Stories; Frozen; The Laramie Project; Frozen; A Shayna Maidel; The Belle of Amherst; and the New Voices series, in which high school playwrights experience their plays realized by professional artists, for both Company of Fools (ID) and TheatreVirginia. In addition, I have directed more than 20 touring shows for Virginia Repertory Theatre (formerly Theatre IV), the second largest touring theatre for children in the U.S. | |
| Arts Advocacy | I have served as a commissioner for the Idaho Commission on the Arts (2003–2010) and as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, am a member of the International Women’s Forum, served on the boards of the Wood River Arts Alliance (chair and vice chair) and the Hailey Chamber of Commerce, and am a public speech coach. |
HOME STUDIO
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TRAINING
| Voiceover Training | I have trained with Gravy for the Brain and Maile Flanagan (Emmy award winning voice actor, vo coach and teacher) |
| Acting | I have a BFA from Montclair State University (NJ) and have studied with such eminent teachers as Walt Witcover (NYC), Frank Corsaro (NYC), Olympia Dukakis (NYC) and Paul Richards (Los Angeles). In recognition of my experience and achievement in the theatre, I was awarded the Idaho Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts in 2014. |