Samantha Helmstetter
Email: snhelmstetter@gmail.com Cell: (504) 261-5734
Website: http://www.samanthahelmstetter.com Voice Type: Soprano
THEATRE
When Zaydeh Danced… Mama/Trina Museum of Jewish Heritage Dir. Shellen Lubin
The Phantom of the Opera Christine Daae Wright State University Dir. Stuart McDowell
My Fair Lady Eliza Doolittle College Light Opera Company Dir. Mark Pearson
Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Center for the Creative Arts Dir. Blake Coheley
Kismet Marsinah College Light Opera Company Dir. Mike Canestraro
Sweeney Todd Johanna Wright State University Dir. Lee Hapner
Naughty Marietta Lizette College Light Opera Company Dir. Mark Pearson
From Berlin to Broadway Herself Wright State University Dir. Jamie Cordes
Madame Pompadour Amelie Chicago Folks Operetta Dir. Amy Hutchison
OPERA
Street Scene Rose Up North Vocal Institute Dir. Olga Perez-Flora
Captain Lovelock Pernille/Captain College of Performing Arts Dir. Susan Payne
Der Rosenkavalier Sophie Frost School of Music–Salzburg Dir. Margaret Astrup
CONCERT PERFORMANCES
Bernstein: MASS Street Chorus Dayton Philharmonic Dir. Greg Hellems
Summer Sun, Winter Moon Child Louisiana Philharmonic Cond. Robert Kapilow
CRUISE SHIPS
An Evening with Sir Tim Rice Resident Cast Seabourn Encore Dir. Belinda King
COMPETITIONS
Lotte Lenya Competition Kurt Weill Foundation Emerging Talent Award
John Alexander Vocal Competition Opera Mississippi Musical Theatre – 2nd Place
EDUCATION
Roosevelt University – Chicago College of Performing Arts, Master of Music in Voice Performance
Wright State University, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre, Cum Laude
SPECIAL SKILLS
Dialects: RP, German, American Southern, New York, New Zealand; Intermediate piano; Dance training in modern, jazz, and ballet; experience in sketch comedy and improvisation; Alexander Technique and Suzuki Method training; Great whistler