Marlene Summers
(Ensemble ; u/s Vanessa, Nina, Carla) is honored and proud to be a part of the talented In The Heights family! Previous Broadway credits include
Spring Awakening
(Ensemble, u/s Wendla, Ilse) and
Legally Blonde
(Ensemble, u/s Serena). Regional Credits:The Last Five Years (Cathy), Crazy for You (Irene), Beauty and the Beast (Silly Girl/Dancer). Thanks to incredible teachers, loving friends, and an unbelievably supportive family. Without you, none of this would be possible.


BROADWAY

Nov. 2008 - June 2009, September 2009 - ?:
In the Heights - Ensemble / (u/s Nina, Vanessa, Carla)
June 2008 - October 2008:
Legally Blonde - Delta Nu Girl / (u/s Serena)
November 2006 - August 2007:
Spring Awakening - Ensemble / (u/s Wendla, Ilse)

REGIONAL

June - August 2009:
Catch Me If You Can - Ensemble / (u/s Brenda Strong) (5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle)
June 2005:
Crazy For You - Irene (New London Barn Playhouse, New London NH)
July 2004:
Beauty and the Beast - Dancer/Silly Girl (Pennsbury Players)

COLLEGE

2008:
The Last Five Years - Cathy
2007:
Jekyll And Hyde - Lucy
2005:
A Chorus Line - Bebe

HIGH SCHOOL

2004:
Arsenic and Old Lace - Elaine (Fall) ; Kiss me, Kate - Lois Lane/Bianca (Spring)
2003:
Our Town - Emily (Fall) ; Bye Bye Birdie - Kim (Spring)
2002:
The Glass Menagerie - Amanda (Fall) ; 42nd Street - Peggy Sawyer (Spring)
2001:
The Man who came to Dinner - Maggie (Fall) ; Anything Goes - Reno Sweeney (Spring)

COMMUNITY THEATER

2004:
West Side Story - Anita
2002:
Starmites - Eleanor

FILM

2004:
Z3 - Nebula (cameo appearance)
2003:
Love, Actually - Joanna
2001:
Zenon: The Zequel - Nebula
1999:
Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century - Nebula

SOUNDTRACK

2006:
Spring Awakening (OBCR)
2003:
Love, Actually (OST)

TRAINING

College:
BFA, Musical Theatre, New York University (NYU), 2008
Voice:
Mezzo-soprano with belt, blues, choral singing, folk singing, jazz singing, R&B
Acting:
Accents (British (standard), Jamaican, Southern, Australian), Improvisation, Musical Theater, Children's Theater
Dance:
Waltz, Hip Hop, Swing, Club/Freestyle, Line, Ballroom, Tango, Modern, Tap, Salsa
On Camera/ Voice-Overs:
Pilot, Host, Voiceover
Workshops:
Johnny Mercer Foundation - Chicago, Actors Center - Philadelphia
Master Classes:
[insert list of Broadway names here]

voice of: krysta rodriguez
played by: phoebe tonkin