Soprano/Belt • Hair: Blonde, Long • Eyes: Hazel • Height: 5'8"
www.heatherdispensa.com • operagal52@aol.com • 520.490.5313
TOURS
Barry Manilow Concerts
Camelot National Tour
Forever Swing
The Manhattan Dolls,
Swing/Jazz Trio
USO of Metropolitan New York
Arizona Choir
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Back Up Singer
Lady Catherine, Nimue & Lady Anne cover
Principal Singer
Soprano 1, Musical Director, Arranger*
USO Girl, Soprano 1* (Sop 2 & Alto Swing)
Soprano Soloist
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Ultimate Manilow Tour - West Coast
Candlewood International - US
Baci Management - US, Canada
US, UK
US
Budapest and Pecs, Hungary
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NEW YORK
Misia
For the Love of Mike
Oresteďa
Love! That 4-Letter Word
Beethoven's 9th Symphony (Link-Up!)
In Search of Alice
Valentino (World Premiere)
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Maid, Ensemble, U/S Marla Schaffel
Jean
Chorus
Carol
Chorus
Edie/Dee
Agnes Ayers/Princess
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Playwrights Horizon
Short Attention Span Play Festival
Miller Theatre
Kaufman Theater at the Algonquin
Carnegie Hall
Studio Theatre at Theatre Row
American Theatre of Actors
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MUSICAL THEATRE - REGIONAL
Ragtime (Regional Premiere)
The Producers (Regional Premiere, *Orig. Choreo.)
Into the Woods
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Regional Premiere)
Absolutely Anything (World Premiere)
The Business of Passion (World Premiere)
Once Upon a Mattress
She Loves Me
Little Shop of Horrors
Brigadoon
Once Upon a Mattress
Tommy
Bye Bye Birdie
Mame
Gigi
The Sound of Music
Footloose
Into the Woods
The Phantom of the Opera
A Christmas Carol
Babes in Toyland
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Mother cover, Bridget, Sob Sister
Ulla cover, Showgirl, Lick-Me Bite-Me
The Baker's Wife
Renee/Woman 1
Lydia Lockheart
Victoria
Princess Winifred
Amalia cover, Customer
Chiffon
Fiona cover, Fishmonger
Lady Larken*
Sally Simpson, Minister's Wife*
Doris MacAfee*
Sally Cato, Madame Branislowski*
Liane D'Exelmans*
Sister Margaretta
Ethel
The Baker's Wife
Christine
Belle
Mary
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Broadway Palm West, AZ
The Show Palace Theatre, FL
The Roxy Theatre, TN
The Theatre Barn, NY
Festival 56, IL
Festival 56
Festival 56
Festival 56
Festival 56
Festival 56
Naples Dinner Theatre, FL
Naples Dinner Theatre
Naples Dinner Theatre
Naples Dinner Theatre
Naples Dinner Theatre
Millbrook Playhouse, PA
Millbrook Playhouse
Sabino Players, AZ
The Gaslight Theatre, AZ
The Gaslight Theatre
Broadway Palm West
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MUSICAL REVIEWS - REGIONAL
A Frank Sinatra Review
A White Christmas Review
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Principal
Principal
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Naples Dinner Theatre, FL
Broadway Palm West, AZ
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STRAIGHT THEATRE - REGIONAL
Twelfth Night
Much Ado About Nothing
The Scarlet Letter
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Viola
Ursula
Hester Prynne U/S
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Festival 56, IL
Festival 56
Festival 56
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OPERA & OPERETTA - REGIONAL & EDUCATIONAL
The Pirates of Penzance
The Gondoliers
Suor Angelica
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Don Giovanni
La Cenerentola
Turandot
Eugene Onegin
Suor Angelica
La Vida Breve
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Mabel Swing/Isabel*
Casilda
Sister Angelica
Rosina
Donna Elvira
Clorinda
Featured Chorus
Chorus
The Mistress of the Novices
Carmela
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Naples Dinner Theatre, FL
University of Arizona Opera
University of Arizona Opera
University of Arizona Opera
University of Arizona Opera
University of Arizona Opera
Arizona Opera Company
Arizona Opera Company
Bel Canto Northwest, OR
University of Arizona Opera
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FILM & TELEVISION
The Traveler (Pilot)
Fox and Friends
Today in New York
CW11 News
What Makes Chicks Tick
Law and Order SVU
The Book of Daniel
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Featured
Featured Guest Performer
Featured Guest Performer
Featured Guest Performer
Featured
BG
BG
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ABC TV
Fox Network
WNBC
CW11
Indie Feature, G. Shmorak, Producer
NBC TV, Grant Wilfley Casting
NBC TV, Grant Wilfley Casting
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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
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Private Voice Instruction
Theatrical Training
On-Camera Workshops
Diction & Language Training
Ballet Instruction
Tap, Jazz & Musical Theatre Dance
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Steve Smith, Faye Robinson, George Gibson, Barbara Honn
Dorothy Danner, William Theisen, Harold Dixon
Jeffrey Lawhorn
Italian, Spanish, German, French, and Latin
Fristchy's Dance Academy
Broadway Dance Center
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EDUCATION
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Bachelor of Music, Vocal Performance
2 Years Graduate Studies, Vocal Performance
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The University of Arizona
The University of Arizona
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SPECIAL SKILLS
3+ octave range
Different character voices
Plays flute, piccolo, steel drum and hand bells
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Conducting experience
Scimitar Sword Training
Website Designer
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Skilled sight reader
Can wiggle ears one at a time
Has passport and drivers license
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*Vocal Captain
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