Stage & Screen

Arwen is a Seattle-based singer, actor and dancer. She has performed throughout France, Belgium and the USA in musical theater, cabaret, opera, fringe theater, jazz sextets, cathedral choirs, oratorio, plays by Shakespeare and Molière, storytelling slams, Victorian caroling quartets, Commedia dell’arte, acoustic folkie cafes, early music recitals, elementary-school end-of-year concerts and zombie apocalypse fundraisers. Whether through music and lyrics or the spoken word, Arwen is passionate about telling stories as the ultimate means of sharing and understanding each other’s lives.

Some Favorite Roles:

Musicals:

  • Cinderella's Mother, Granny, Giant & Baby in Into the Woods (Renton Civic Theatre, Renton, WA)
  • Sigma Bracebridge in Nightingale (Hearts: Health & Arts, Seattle, Chelan and Bellingham, WA) ​Click here to watch trailer
  • Countess & Princess u/s in The Student Prince (Icicle Creek Center for the Arts, Leavenworth, WA)
  • Susan in Company (Renton Civic Theatre, Renton, WA)
  • Mouse, Bird, Young Frog & Mole in A Year With Frog and Toad (Second Story Repertory, Redmond, WA)
  • ​The Baker's Wife in Into the Woods (New Muses Theatre Company, Tacoma, WA)
  • Luisa in The Fantasticks (Act One Theatre Productions, Sumner, WA)
  • Cathy in The Last Five Years (Act One Theatre Productions, Sumner, WA)
  • Grandma Tzeitel & Golde u/s in Fiddler on the Roof (Leavenworth Summer Theater, Leavenworth, WA)
  • Jenny, Lily, Katherine & Lizzy in Quilters (Act One Theatre Productions, Sumner, WA)
  • The Queen in Cinderella (Snoqualmie Falls Forest Theater, Fall City, WA)
  • Angela in Florodora Reimagined (Kultura Arts, Seattle, WA)
  • Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance (STAGEright Theatre, Seattle, WA)
  • Meg in Brigadoon (Snoqualmie Falls Forest Theater, Fall City, WA)
  • Cinderella’s mother, Granny & Giant in Into the Woods (Seattle Musical Theater, Seattle, WA)
  • Glinda & Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz (Snoqualmie Falls Forest Theater, Fall City, WA)
  • Marigold & ensemble in Jane Eyre (Seattle Musical Theater, Seattle, WA)

Plays (in English and French):

  • Christine Fairport in "ADA Case No. 34-03-Z," Quarantine Quickies (As If, Kenmore, WA) Click Here to Watch
  • Elsa Von Grossenknueten in The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 (Centerstage, Federal Way, WA)
  • Guillemette in La Farce de Maître Pathelin (Le Théâtre des Enfants Sans Souci, Seattle, WA)
  • Inès in Sartre's Huis Clos [No Exit] (Le Théâtre des Enfants Sans Souci, Seattle & Bellingham, WA)
  • J., A. & S. in Voices of Courage (YWCA Domestic Violence Awareness Campaign 2015, 2016 & 2017, Tacoma WA)
  • Ensemble in Four Little Girls, Birmingham 1963 (BrownBox/ Project1Voice, Seattle, WA)
  • Cathos in Molière's Les Precieuses Ridicules (Le Théâtre Français de Seattle)
  • Valère in Molière's Le Medecin malgré lui (Playing French Seattle)
  • Louise in a staged reading of Ribes' Tragédie (Steeplechase Productions, Seattle, WA)
  • Julie in Balzac's Le Faiseur (Playing French Seattle)​

Film:

  • Stroller mom's friend in Still I Reach for You - short film (VJ Band Prod.) Click here to watch trailer
  • Barback in C3Q - music video (VJ Band Prod.) Click here to watch
  • Sigma Bracebridge in Nightingale: Regarding the Life & Passion of Miss Florence Nightingale  - virtual musical theater production (HEARTS Health & Arts) Click here to watch
  • Student in Microsoft Surface - promotional video (Trifilm)
  • Mom in Home Entertainment Concept - promotional video (Artefact Group)
  • Lady Anne in The Bones of Richard III - music video (VJ Band Prod.) Click here to watch
  • Lilith Padrino in Pious - short film (Buddy Bear Productions)
  • The Relocation Specialist in the promo for Planet of the Ex-Boyfriends - short film (Blue Wood Films LLC)

Children's Theater:

  • Second Story Repertory:  Runaway Bunny (Mama Bunny); A Year With Frog and Toad (Mouse, Bird, Young Frog, Mole and Squirrel)
  • Last Leaf Productions: Who Stole the Queen of Hearts' Tarts? (Queen of Hearts); Hercules (Sphynx, Oracle, Nymph & Muse); Purrlie's Mission to the Milky Way (Purrlie); Tiger, Rabbit and the Rescue of Spring (Rabbit); The Nightingale (Nightingale); Dancing Princess (Princess Yulia); When Zero Left Dodge (Lucky Number Seven);  Musicians of Bremen (swing); Three Little Pigs (swing); Tortoise and the Hare (Hedgehog u/s); Magic Hat (Balfour u/s) 
  • Sweet Pea Cottage's Theater for Young Children: Mother Goose (Mother Goose); Latin American Tales (Mother Cricket, The Wind, The Chef, frog, chicken); Two Japanese Tales (Dog, Fox, Oni); West African Tales (Mosquito, Elephant, King Lion, King Leopard); Peter Rabbit (swing); Gingerbread Man (Old Woman, Cow, Mouse, Bear)​

Relevant Skills & Training:

  • Dance: Tap, Ballroom, Jazz, Modern, Square Dancing (intermediate); Ballet, Scottish, West African, Hula (basic)
    • Dance captain: Brigadoon (SFFT), Co-choreographer: Quilters (Act 1)
  • Voice: BA in Music (Vocal Performance) from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio
    • 15+ years vocal training in France and the US (teachers include Dr. Cherie Hughes, Philip Glenister, Cecelia Stearman, and Dr. Peter Sacco)
  • Instruments: guitar and ukulele
  • Languages: fluent French & English; advanced Spanish
  • Good with dialects, easy to work with, and great with kids!
For booking requests, please contact [email protected]