Height: 5'1"

Weight: 90 lbs.

Eyes: Hazel-Brown

Hair: Light Brown

Vocal range: Low G to

High B

Molly J. Ryan
AEA, SAGe,
AFTRA
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BROADWAY 

How The Grinch Stole Christmas  Understudy Cindy Lou Who The Hilton Theatre, 42nd Street

  Original Broadway Cast & Phyllis Who Jack O'Brien, Creator and Supervisor

       Matt August, Director

  John DeLuca, Choreographer

NATIONAL TOURS

Annie   Duffy and Understudy Molly NETworks National Equity Tour

  30th Anniversary Nat’l Tour Martin Charnin, Director

  Original Cast - 160+ performances (7/05-1/06) Liza Gennaro, Choreographer

FILM

Etnies/National Middle School Project Molly (Principal) Puritano Media Group

Operation Tone-Up Molly (Principal)  Beat Royalty - Thousand Oaks, CA

Beyond the Sky  Allie (Principal) Kevin Downes Productions-Visalia, CA

Children-First   Carrie (Principal) International Industrial Film

NATIONAL COMMERCIALS

Razor Scooter Principal / Child lead Todd Grossman, Dir/Bluerock Films

Cellular South Principal / Child lead Biscuit Productions, Hollywood, CA

Razor/Ripstik Principal Todd Grossman, Dir/Bluerock Films

Verizon Wireless Principal / Child lead McCann / Erickson

Ashley Furniture Spelling Bee Contestant LBC Advertising, Santa Monica

30th Anniversary Nat'l Tour of Annie  Duffy (Principal) National Television Advertisement/B-roll

Busch Gardens Principal / Child lead BCS Productions

RECORDINGS

The 30th Anniversary ANNIE Duffy / Soloist Time-Life Records, New York NY

  Dual CD Soundtrack

Untitled Ventura Girlz Album Soloist / Melodies / Harmonies Radio Nation, Burbank, CA

  (in production) Alex Cantrall, Producer

LIVE - TELEVISION APPEARANCES

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade  Phyllis Who    Live Performance-Broadway's GRINCH

The Today Show - NBC  Phyllis Who Live Performance-Broadway's GRINCH

KTVK News - Phoenix/Tempe  Duffy Live Interview & Performance-ANNIE National Tour

OTHER TELEVISION/RADIO PERFORMANCES / INTERVIEWS:

Mulltiple interviews/performances on KSDK's Show Me St. Louis, KEZK radio, AM 1220 KHTS, HEC-TV, etc.  

REGIONAL (PROFESSIONAL) THEATRE

How the Grinch Stole Christmas Swing for 5 adults/4 children The Pantages Theatre-Hollywood,CA

  Matt August, Director

The American Girls Revue Natalie/Samantha/Kaya   American Girl Place-Los Angeles, CA

  Mea Hack, Director

Meet Me In St. Louis   Tootie Smith Stages St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

  Michael Hamilton, Director

Gypsy   Balloon Girl St. Louis MUNY Opera, St. Louis, MO

  Peter Flynn, Director

The Wizard of Oz   Featured Teacher, Tumbler, St. Louis MUNY Opera, St. Louis, MO

  Tapper, Balloon Girl Pamela Hunt, Director

Annie Get Your Gun   Nellie Oakley St. Louis MUNY Opera, St. Louis, MO

   Paul Blake, Director

Annie   Molly St. Louis MUNY Opera, St. Louis, MO

  Pamela Hunt, Director

Show Boat  Newsboy/US Kim St. Louis MUNY Opera, St. Louis, MO

  Harold Goldfaden, Director

PERFORMANCE GROUPS

 

Ventura Girlz Soloing Singer/Dancer Hollywood, CA

  Alex Cantrall, Prod/Billy Purnell, Dir

Elite Performance Group Featured dancer/tumbler Los Angeles, CA

  Jacqueline Hill, Dir

The Muny Kids Touring Company  Soloist St. Louis MUNY Opera, St. Louis, MO

   Mary Hall-Ries, Director

COMMUNITY THEATRE  

Principal roles: Cindy Lou Who in Grinch (CBC), Tootie Smith in Meet Me In St. Louis (CKYT, MHS), Fairy Godmother in Cinderella (CBC), Sad Girl in Bye Bye Birdie (CBC), Principal Orphan in Annie (SYPT) 

 

TRAINING

Private Voice Billy Purnell, Julia Gregory (Los Angeles); Monica Robinson (New York)

 

Private Acting John D'Aquino, Diane Hardin (New York/Los Angeles)

Private Dance/Acro Lorianne Hagan

Musical Theatre Stages St. Louis Performing Arts Academy-Adv Musical Theatre

Dance/Acrobatics The Dance Experience, Gymnastics Unlimited

 

SPECIAL INTERESTS, HONORS, SKILLS & AWARDS

-Selected trainee for the US Junior Olympic Luge Team - training in Lake Placid, NY

-10th Grade Straight-A Honor Student/ASB member; National Honor Society/plans to take CHSPE in April '11

-Petite, able to play younger; Works well w/adults/animals/kids

-National Anthem Soloist for USAG Region 4 meets; Platinum Champion for Dance Solo “Born to Entertain” 2005

-National competitor Level 7-8 USAG Acrobatic Gymnast-skills include: back tuck, handsprings, press, high/low hands, walkovers, walks on hands, all splits; Accents: British, French, Irish, Southern; Plays piano and guitar

-Skills: juggling, baton, tennis, skateboarding, softball, soccer, basketball, swimming, roller blading/skating,

  has trained with the US Olympic Luge Team in Lake Placid, NY

-Dance skills: advanced/proficient in ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop; experienced in swing; has valid U.S. Passport

-Multiple principal roles played in community/high school theatres; Nominee – Best Lead Actress -Cindy Lou in HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS - Cerre Player Awards; CCSD Regional Speech Competition Champion-3 yrs straight;

-Excellent reader; Excellent at memorization; Takes direction very well; delightful, responsible, kind

-Valid US Passport


  


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