Anne Marie Nest
2874 Coral Court #303, Coralville, IA 52241
Phone: (718) 744-4332  e-mail: annemarie-nest@uiowa.edu
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts – Acting
National Theatre Conservatory, Denver, CO, 2007
Bachelor of Fine Arts – Major: Theater and Communications, Minor: Philosophy
magna cum laude
Chapman University, Orange, CA, 1996
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Iowa – Iowa City, IA
Fall 2012 - Present
Assistant Professor
Vocal and Speech Techniques
This is a three-year course for graduate acting students. The course follows a careful progression,
which guides students toward a free and flexible vocal instrument integrated with all aspects of their
actor training. Students learn to identify and release habitual tensions and limiting vocal habits, build
speaking resonance and range, and sharpen articulators. They also study anatomy as it pertains to
vocal production, the International Phonetic Alphabet, dialects, verse, poetry, and the application of
voice and speech principles to a range of theatrical styles.
Voice & Speech for Actors
This course provides an overview of how the human voice works and how to keep it healthy.
Students utilize voice exercises to develop a physical kinesthetic awareness of the body and voice,
relaxation, breath support, resonance, and placement through the conceptual work of Fitzmaurice,
Turner, Houfek, Feldenkrais, and Laban/Bartenieff. Voice exercises are then applied to text. Open
only to undergraduate theater majors.
Marymount Manhattan College – New York, NY
Fall 2010 – Spring 2012
Adjunct Lecturer
Voice & Speech for Actors
This is a full-year fundamental technique course that develops the actor’s breath, tone, range of
voice, and the muscles of articulators in conjunction with the body as a whole. Through an
integrated approach to voice and movement, the student begins to develop a balance among the body,
voice and diction that is responsive to moment-to-moment impulses. Students learn the International
Phonetic Alphabet, anatomy, and the application of voice and speech principles to poetic text. Vocal
techniques employed include those of Clifford Turner, Lessac, Linklater, Houfek, and Fitzmaurice.
The movement work includes Laban, Bartenieff Fundamentals, and Feldenkrais Method.
Voice & Speech Help Room
Two-hour tutorial sessions held three times each month for students who want extra help in the area
of voice, speech, and/or text work. Students who attend can be upper classmen who need to be
coached on Shakespeare, Ibsen, Shaw, or Chekhov and/or sophomores confused by IPA or how to
produce optimum vocal resonance.
Two River Theater Company – Red Bank, NJ
Fall 2009 – Spring 2012
Assistant Director/Vocal Coach & Instructor
The Awesomes & Much Ado About Something: Assistant Director & Vocal Coach
Assisted Patricia McGregor in developing and directing these two original plays. The plays were
created by Middle School and High School students, respectively, in response to Two River
Theater’s productions of Honk! and Much Ado About Nothing.
Life in the Middle: Assistant Director & Vocal Coach
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Assisted KJ Sanchez writer and director for Life in the Middle, a documentary-style rock musical
comprised of interviews with local middle school students. In addition to directorial duties, I
choreographed the dances, led vocal and physical warm-ups, and handle scheduling and other stage
management duties.
Young Voices 732: Instructor
Acting and playmaking for Middle and High School Students. Through theater games, acting
exercises, vocal/physical warm-ups, and dance, students are encouraged to take risks, express
themselves, and stretch their imaginations. Each session culminates in the performance of a short
play created by the ensemble of young actors.
Kingsborough Community College – Kingsborough, NY
Fall 2010
Adjunct Lecturer
Introduction to Theater
The various elements which compose theatre are studied both as art forms and as parts of an
integrated whole. Particular focus is given to the modern theatre production as well as the theory and
structure of drama. The cultural role, as well as the business of theatre, is considered as an institution
in society.
Effective Public Speaking
This course teaches students the basic elements for clear and effective public speaking. Practice and
study in skills such as organizing and outlining speeches, developing ideas, using audio-visual
materials for clarification and amplification of ideas, techniques of extempore and impromptu
speaking, methods of delivery. All basic elements are brought together through the presentation of
several speeches.
Private Acting Coach – Monmouth County, NJ
Fall 2009 – Spring 2012
Basic and advanced acting lessons for adults and high school students. Offered in individual and
small group formats, sessions are driven by the students’ level experience and their particular acting
and professional goals.
Brookdale Community College – Lincroft, NJ
Spring 2010 – Fall 2012
Adjunct Lecturer
Speech 115
This course develops the speech communication skills central to success in academic, business and
professional life. Students who complete SPCH 115 will have demonstrated competence in critical
thinking, effective listening, information and technological literacy appropriate to the use of
communication in public speaking and group discussion.
Shepherd University – Shepherdstown, WV
2007 - 2010
Visiting Faculty
Acting Master Class
This Master Class focused on advanced acting techniques and the actor’s role in new play
development. Students prepared monologues and scenes from new American plays in advance of the
workshop.
Movement Master Class
This two day Master Class taught basic Bartenieff Fundamentals - a body re-education system - and
applied Laban Action Drives and States to text. Students prepared a classical monologue in advance
of the workshop.
Teaching Acting to High School Students
This course provided high school drama teachers acting techniques particularly useful for
inexperienced teenage actors. The first half of the course focused on theater games, which
specifically help students to more fully inhabit their bodies and voices and break through inhibitions
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and challenges common among adolescents. The second half taught techniques to effectively
communicate acting fundamentals from Stanislavski, Meisner, and Uta Hagan.
Borough of Manhattan Community College – New York, NY
Spring 2009
Adjunct Lecturer
Speech 100
This course aims to develop effective skills in speech communication. The student examines how to
generate topics, organize their ideas, present in a public forum with visual aids, understand and
manage their performance anxiety, study elements of audience psychology, effective and dynamic
performance skills and to create basic PowerPoint presentations.
Denver Center Theater Academy – Denver, CO
2004 - 2007
Instructor
Taught various theater classes to primary and secondary students including: Acting 1, Shakespeare,
Improvisation, Audition Technique, Period Movement, Acting in Commercials & Theater Games.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Acting:
15 years of professional acting experience in theater, film and television with directors including Jon
Jory, Ann Bogart, Ed Herendeen, and Hal Brooks, at theaters such as Playwrights Horizons, The
Contemporary American Theater Festival, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, and Actors
Theater of Louisville. Please see enclosed acting resume for complete listing of credits.
Directing, Vocal Coaching & Choreography:
THE AWESOMES: 2011, Assistant Director/Vocal Coach. Two River Theater, NJ
MUCH ADO ABOUT SOMETHING: 2011, Assistant Director/Vocal Coach. Two River Theater, NJ
RICHARD II: 2010, Vocal Coach. Fight or Flight: A Theatrical Trapeze Company, NYC
LIFE IN THE MIDDLE: A Documentary Rock Musical: 2010, Assistant Director/Vocal Coach. Two
River Theater, NJ
SHOTZ: 2009-2011, Director/Writer of several plays within Shotz: Amios’ new play development
project, NYC
FLYING AWAY: 2007, Director/Choreographer. A Low-Flying Trapeze Show, National Theatre
Conservatory, Denver, CO
DANTE AL DENTE: 2005, Director/Choreographer. A Low-flying Trapeze Show, National Theatre
Conservatory, Denver, CO
CELLOPHANE: 2001, Director/Writer. Wythe Avenue Theatre, NYC
CLIPS: 2000, Director/Writer. Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYC
THE EXPATRIATES: 2000, Director/Writer/Performer. New York Fringe Festival
RIP AND SOW: 1999, Director. Red Room Theatre, NYC
TESTING AVERAGE: 1999, Director. Red Room Theatre, NYC
Original Solo Shows:
JOAN, HERSELF: 2006, Writer/Performer. National Theatre Conservatory, Denver, CO
THEM: 1998, Writer/Performer. Actor’s Theater of Louisville & St. Mark's Theatre, NYC
ADVANCED TRAINING AND RESEARCH
Acting Technique
 Magnet Improv Theater: 2008-2009, multiple improvisational techniques, NYC
 Larry Hecht: 2004-2007, National Theater Conservatory, Denver, CO
 Michael Howard: 2002-2003, Advanced Scene Study, NYC
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Penny Templeton: 2000-2001, Acting for the Camera, Single and multi-camera, variety of styles
including Daytime Drama, Sitcom, One Hour Drama, and Features, NYC
CayMichael Patten: 2001, Advanced Scene Study, NYC
Ron Van Lieu: 1997, Advanced Scene Study, NYC
Actors Theater of Louisville: 1996-97, Acting Apprentice, Louisville, KY
Jon Jory, Jennifer Hubbard, Michael Dixon
American Conservatory Theater: 1995, Summer Training Congress, San Francisco, CA,
Jack Fletcher, Deborah Hecht, Lynn Sussell
Voice & Speech:
 Fitzmaurice Voice Work: 2010-2011. Jeff Morrison, New York, NY
 Fitzmaurice Voice Work & Lessac Method: 2004-2007. Michael Cobb, National Theater
Conservatory, Denver, CO
 Multiple workshops with Patsy Rodenburg, Catherine Fitzmaurce, and Kristin Linklater. 2000 to
present
Movement:
 Laban/Bartenieff with Voice & Speech: 2008-2011. Observed and assisted Ms. Adrian in her
classes at Marymount Manhattan College. Summer of 2011, assisted Ms. Adrian in a three-day
workshop at LIMS for professional dancers, teachers, and actors integrating voice and
movement.
 Laban/Bartenieff: 2008-Present. Various Workshops at New York’s Laban Institute for
Movement Studies (LIMS).
 Feldenkrais: 2009-Present. Various Workshops at New York’s Feldenkrais Center
 Yoga: 1993-Present. Trained in multiple styles: Vinyasa, Anusara, Iyengar, Baptiste Power Yoga
 Skinner Releasing Technique/Low-Flying Trapeze: 2004-2007. Bob Davidson, Denver, CO
 Chekov Technique, Spring 1998-1999. Joanna Merlin, Actors Center, New York, NY
 Viewpoints and Suzuki: 1996-1998. SITI Company - Ann Bogart, Jefferson Mayes, Ellen Lauren
and Kelly Maurer
ADMINISTRATIVE
TWO RIVER THEATER COMPANY: Education/Development Associate
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC: Development Assistant
BEGGARS’ THEATER COMPANY: Co-Founder and Producer, NYC
1998-2001
2011 - 2012
2001-2002
PROFESSIONAL AFFLIATIONS
Actors Equity Association (AEA)
Screen Actors Guild (SAG)/American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)
Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA)
Association for Theatre Movement Educators (ATME)
Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
Gamma Beta Phi Honors Society
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ACTING RESUME
NEW YORK THEATRE
*LIGHT YEARS
*CRAZY LOVE BABY
MISREADINGS
ONE LITTLE ONION
Courtney
Jenny
Simone
Mother of God
Playwrights Horizons (Jamie Richards)
Ensemble Studio Theatre (Curt Dempster)
Samuel Beckett Theatre
Lincoln Center Director’s Lab
Renee
Irene
Philadelphia Theatre Company (Joe Calarco)
Contemporary American Theatre Festival
REGIONAL THEATRE
MBUTTERFLY
*BARCELONA
THE EXCEPTIONALS
MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE
MR. MARMALADE
FARAGUT NORTH
STICKFLY
*LONESOME HOLLOW
*YANKEE TAVERN
*VIEW OF THE HARBOR
*SEX, DEATH, BEACH BABY
SEASON’S GREETINGS
AMADEUS
*EAST OF EDEN Parts I & II
MISS JULIE
* THEM - an original solo show
*GOOSEBUMPS, LIVE ON STAGE!
ROMEO & JULIET
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
ANTIGONE
BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE
ROMEO & JULIET
ELEPHANT MAN
WORKING
Allie
Rachel
Lucy
Ida Horowiz
Kimber
Pearl
Janet
Paige
Clara
Patti
Katherina
Cathy Ames
Reveller
Jessie Barton
Juliet
Hermia
Julia
Peaseblossom
Antigone
Maureen Folan
Tybalt
Mrs. Kendal
Teacher/Ensembl
e
(Charles Morey)
CATF (Tracy Brigden)
CATF (Ed Herendeen)
CATF (Ed Herendeen)
CATF (Ed Herendeen)
CATF (Liesl Tommy)
CATF (Hal Brooks)
CATF (Liesl Tommy)
CATF (Charles Towers)
CATF (Karen Carpenter)
Denver Center Theatre Co. (Gavin Cameron-Webb)
DCTC (Kent Thompson)
Actors Theatre of Louisville (Jon Jory)
ATL (Anne Bogart)
ATL
National Tour (Rupert Holmes)
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
PSF (Henry Woronicz)
Shakespeare Orange County (Tom Bradac)
SOC (Tom Bradac)
National Theatre Conservatory
NTC
NTC
NTC
NTC
*WORLD PREMIERE
FILM/TELEVISION
LAW AND ORDER
LIFE ON MARS
UNTITLED EVAN AND GARETH
PROJECT
AS THE WORLD TURNS
ONE LIFE TO LIVE
GUIDING LIGHT
SCHOOL DAYS
JUST YOU AND I
MIRROR REFLECTIONS
Ann Mason
Reporter
Hot Girl
NBC
ABC
Comedy Central (2009 pilot)
Audrey
U/5
U/5
Maggie
Amanda
Caroline
CBS
ABC
CBS
Steve Doubek, dir.
Thousand Word Pictures
NYU Graduate Film
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THEATRICAL REVIEWS
BARCELONA
“Anne Marie Nest, whom we’ve seen and admired in this play festival before, is at the top of her game
here as Irene. Attractive, energetic, and above all, absolutely fearless, Nest grasps the essential goofiness,
wildness, and, paradoxically, the hidden fragility of the nutty but not really-so-nutty-at-all Irene whose
fears of a deadly dull future life can only find expression in ridiculousness. Nest’s virtuoso performance
in this play is all-in. If CATF handed out its own version of the Tonys at the end of each festival, Nest
would cop the Best Actress award hands-down for her performance in Barcelona. It’s that great.”
--T.L. Ponick, The Washington Times
MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE
"Watching both shows in one day does provide an entirely unexpected
benefit - an introduction to a gifted actress.
As Rachel, Anne Marie Nest is so buoyant with joy that she nearly
breaks free of gravity...and in Lonesome Hollow, she expresses a range of
intense emotions, from an unquenchable love...to stricken panic."
--Baltimore Sun
"Nest is by turns exuberant, vehement and cheeky, flashing a
crinkly-eyed smile, and she underscores the expressiveness and
literary timbre of Corrie's diaries."
--Celia Wren, The Washington Post
MR. MARMALADE
“Once every few years, CATF blows you away. ‘Mr. Marmalade” is one of those
times… Nest plays young Lucy with abandon and gives this year’s best festival
performance…The miracle is how she makes such a creature believable as someone
who’s knowledgeable about cocaine, sex, exotic teas and so on. Such a creature doesn’t
exist in real life, yet Nest creates someone whose verisimilitude we never question.”
--Joey DiGuglielmo, The Washington Times
Weekender
“Played to beguiling effect by an adult actress, Anne Marie Nest, the 4-year-old Lucy is
a precocious sponge in tutu and jammies…Unger and Nest manage in a nifty fashion to
embody preschool characters without condescension.”
--Peter Marks, The Washington Post
“…Nest captures Lucy’s 4-year-old mannerisms so authentically that when the play takes
a Medea-style turn at the end, the imagery is no less creepy.”
--J. Wynn Rousuck, The Baltimore Sun
MISREADINGS
“Jenna Stern and Anne Marie Nest...could threaten not to have an agenda for the length
of an entire play and still be fascinating.”
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--James Hannahan, The Village Voice
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