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about me
WILLIS WHITE is a trained actor, a multi-genre musical composer and vocalist, and a skilled dancer with extensive experience in theatre, recording studio projects, and film.
Height: 5"10 | Eye Color: Brown | Hair Color: Black | Vocal Range: D2 - A5
UNION MEMBERSHIP
SAG-AFTRA * EQUITY
OFF-BROADWAY REGIONAL
Training & Workshops
UCLA School of Law | Juris Doctorate
Penny Templeton Studios, New York City | On Camera, Commercial
Penny Templeton, Hank Schob
Northwestern University | BM in Voice Performance/Cert. Musical Theater/BA in Political Science
Acting: Kim Rubinstein, Dominic Missimi, Marc Robin
Stage Combat: Jerry Galante
Dance—Jazz: Mitzi Hamilton, Billy Siegenfeld, Lara Teeter
Voice—Musical Theater: Kurt Hansen, William Warfield
Voice—Opera: Elizabeth Fischer Monastero
The Music Arts Institute of Kansas City Missouri
Voice—Classical, Musical Theatre: Jeff Carter
Emmanuel Development Center, Kansas City Missouri
Voice—Gospel: Genetter Bradley, Sharon Marshall, DeWayne Woods
COMMERCIALS
List available upon request
IN THE HEIGHTS | Ensemble, u/s Benny | Thomas Kail, dir., Richard Rodgers Theatre
HAIRSPRAY (B'way & 1st Nat'l) | Gilbert, u/s Seaweed | Jack O'Brien, dir., Neil Simon Theatre
SPELLING BEE (OBC) | Principal Standby | James Lapine, dir., Circle in the Square Theatre
*Drama Desk - Outstanding Ensemble Award
SPELLING BEE (Orig. Off-B'way Co.) | Principal Standby | James Lapine dir., Second Stage Theatre
ZANNA! (Orig. Off-Bway Co.) | Principal Standby | Devinand Jenki dir., Houseman Theatre
CHILDREN OF EDEN | Cain/Japheth | Rives Collins dir., Barber Theatre
PIPPIN | Leading Player | Jen Bender dir., Shanley Pavilion
A CHORUS LINE | Ritchie | Mitzi Hamilton dir., Cahn Theatre Chicago
SMOKEY JOES CAFE | Adrian | Gary John LaRosa dir., Theatre-By-the-Sea
FILM / TELEVISION
HAIRSPRAY | Soundtrack Contract & Vocalist | New Line Cinema
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE | Featured Dancer | Julie Taymor dir., Revolution Studios
AMERICAN IDOL | On-Camera Vocalist (Recurring) | FOX/FreemantleMedia Enterprises
DANCING WITH THE STARS | On-Camera Vocalist | ABC
DUETS | On-Camera Vocalist | ABC/Keep Calm and Carry On Productions
BROADWAY
SPECIAL SKILLS
Instruments: cello, percussion; Track & Field: relay, sprinter; Producer/Composer: country, a cappella, folk, jazz, disco, musical theatre, opera, pop, R&B, hip-hop; General Sports: football, volleyball, fishing.