Diane Senffner
ACTRESS / SINGER (Alto/Belter)
Director / Dialect Coach
Screen Actors Guild

THEATRE

GREENWICH, ENGLAND
“MURDER IN GREENWICH" – Matron Maple Marple, Dir – Daniel Wain

PHOENIX, ARIZONA
"DANCING AT LUGHNASA" – Fountain Hills Community Theatre - Kate - Dir - Wanda McHatton
“THE FLAPPER & THE PURITAN” - Herberger Lunchtime Theater - Director
“THAT DARN PLOT!” - Mesa Encore Theatre - Jo, Dir. Bob Feugate (2005 Encore Award Best Actress)
“ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST” - Fountain Hills Community Theatre - Candy, Dir. Robyn Allen
“TWO ARIZONA WOMEN” - Herberger Lunchtime Theater - Director
“A FLEA IN HER EAR” - Fountain Hills Community Theatre - Lucille, Dir. Peter J. Hill
“LEND ME A TENOR” - Desert Foothills Theatre - Diana, Dir. Jared Sakren
“GEEZER GHETTO” - Playwright’s Workshop New Play Fest - Director
“NOISES OFF,” Desert Foothills Theatre - Brooke, Dir. Randy Messersmith
“ARIA,” Playwright’s Workshop staged reading - Sarah, Dir. A. Nanette Taylor
“THE TWINS”, Unlikely Theatre Company - Mena, Dir. Victoria Safriet
“HOLIDAY IN HOOPERSVILLE”, Playwright’s Theatre - Brenda, Dir. Kathy Warren
“TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE”, Edge Project - Cynthia, Dir. Raymond Shurtz
“HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES”, Theatre Works - Corinna, Dir. D.B. Bailey

CINCINNATI, OHIO:
"GOING THE DISTANCE", Ensemble Theatre - Roberta, Dir. Julie Beckman
"MISALLIANCE", Pegasus Players - Lina, Dir. Josephine Keenan
“I HATE HAMLET”, Drama Workshop - Deidre, Dir. Tom Durkin**
"LEND ME A TENOR", Mariemont Players - Diana, Dir. Forrest Fairley
"STEEL MAGNOLIAS" Good Shepherd Players - Annelle, Dir. Jeanne Kilgore**
"NOISES OFF”, Wyoming Players - Brooke, Dir. Eve Bolton
“PIPPIN”, New Hall Players - Katherine - Dir. Robert Weidner
"THE MIRACLE WORKER", Beechmont Players - Kate Keller, Dir. Larry Behymer
"MARRIAGE OF BETTE & BOO”, Mariemont Players - Joan, Dir. David Edwards
“EDUCATING RITA”, Sudden Theatre - Rita, Dir. Tom Murray**
"KEY EXCHANGE", Sunset Players - Lisa, Dir. Phil Boucher
"DEATH & TAXES", Mystery Theatre, Inc. - Pearl, Dir. Paul Bronk
"LYSISTRATA", University of Cincinnati - Murrhine, Dir. Beverly White
** Denotes Cincinnati ACT Award for Acting Achievement

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS:
“NOISES OFF”, Pegasus Players - Brooke, Dir. Michael Leavitt
"EDMOND", Instant Theatre Co. - Glenna, Dir. Paul Ness
"THIRD & OAK: THE LAUNDROMAT", Piven Theatre Workshop - Deedee, Dir. Byrne Piven
“PICNIC,” Piven Theatre Workshop - Madge, Dir. Byrne Piven
"TERESA BASSOON", Chicago Dramatist's Workshop - Cecilia, Dir. Sherry Narens
"BROADWAY LIGHTS", Comedy Improv Troupe - Performed throughout the Chicago area
"MURDER ON GILLIGAN'S ISLAND", Broadway Lights - Ginger, Dir. Andy Defuniak
"TAKING THE PLUNGE", Madcap Theatricals - Kotzwinkle, Dir. John Norris
"MURDER ON THE 95th", Sarantos Studios - Miriam, Dir. Ted Sarantos

FEATURE FILM:
"SHE'S HAVING A BABY" Wedding Guest, Dir. John Hughes
"THE UNTOUCHABLES" Train station traveler, Dir. Brian de Palma
"RENT-A-COP" Night club patron, Dir. Jerry London
"VICE VERSA" Teacher, Stand-in, Photo Double, Dir. Brian Gilbert
"PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES" Prostitute, Dir. John Hughes
"RED HEAT" Crime victim, Dir. Walter Hill

MISC. TV/FILM EXPERIENCE:
AMERICAN EXPRESS INSTRUCTIONAL FILMS - “Call Monitoring” – Team Leader
MC DONALD'S INDUSTRIAL FILMS - Counter Clerk
SIMON & SCHUSTER INDUSTRIAL FILMS - "Don’t Drive Drunk" - High School Student
"JACK & MIKE" MGM/GERBER - regular featured extra - restaurant waitress
"CRIME STORY" MICHAEL MANN/NEW WORLD TV - night club patron, restaurant guest

SPECIALIZED SKILLS:

DIALECTS:
British (variety), Irish, New York, American Southern - Almost anything I can hear first
Coaches dialects for variety of U.K. accents, training with Gillian Lane-Plescia, Chicago
Professionally coached dialects for Dancing at Lughnasa, Educating Rita, Enchanted April, Elephant Man, Henry V, What the Bulter Saw, The Beard of Avon, Lady Windermere's Fan, Wind in the Willows, and many others

TEACHING:
Acting for Adults - Playwright’s Theatre, Phoenix, AZ - 1996 - 2000

TRAINING:
Theatre, University of Cincinnati, CCM
Byrne Piven - Piven Theatre Workshop (improvisation & scene study), Chicago, Illinois
Voice Training - Jennifer Whiting-Toon, Mesa, Arizona

(Formerly Diane Nieman)