About Val.
With her characteristic blend of fervor and warmth, Val fills her roles with a powerful presence audiences won’t soon forget. Whether she’s appearing as the sly, wise-cracking mentor, passionate community leader, or conniving villain, she brings wit and heart that is by turns chilling, hilarious, and heartbreaking. As a queer, mixed-race BIPOC femme, Val knows first hand the ameliorative power of storytelling. This is her offering to the world.
Val lives with her girlfriend in a cabin in the woods, where she bakes sourdough and reads voraciously.
Eyes: Brown | Height: 5'5" | Voice: G3-A5
Education
2014-2017
M.F.A Theatre
Regent University
Comprehensive, three-year program, including: Meisner, Uta Hagen, Lugering, Linklater, Cecile Berry; IPA for dialects, Stage Combat; Musical Theatre (with Jeff Blumenkrantz), Directing for stage; Screen Acting (with Mark Paladini)
Selected Stage Credits
*indicates roles performed partially in Spanish
Play
Las Adelitas
City Without Altar
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
Romeo and Julie
Arsenic and Old Lace
Where is Home?
Nativity on the Square
Baskerville
The Little Mermaid Project
The Marvelous Wonderettes
Much Ado About Nothing
Macbeth
Dr. Faustus
The Marvelous Wonderettes
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Oklahoma!
Crimes of the Heart
Role
Petra Herrera*
Irelia, Abuela*
Benvolio*
Laertes, Guildenstern*
Sampson, Apothecary
Elaine
(Multiple)
Angel
“Actress”
Grandma
Betty Jean
Beatrice
Witch
Wagner
Betty Jean
Helena
Aunt Eller
Babe
Theatre
Milagro Theatre, OR
Milagro Theatre, OR
Seattle Shakespeare Co., WA
Seattle Shakespeare Co., WA
Wooden O, WA
Taproot Theatre, WA
Play Your* Part, WA
Taproot Theatre, WA
Taproot Theatre, WA
Enso Theatre, OR
Shawnee Theatre, IN
Regent Theatre, VA
Regent Theatre, VA
Regent Theatre, VA
Tide Water Stage, VA
Regent Theatre, VA
Regent Theatre, VA
Regent Box Theatre, VA
Director
Lawrence Siulagi
Si Mon’ Emmett
Ana María Campoy
Ana María Campoy
Leah Adcock-Starr
Marianne Savell
Michael Raimondi
Joshua Tumblin
Scott Nolte
Cambria Herrera
Bri Lindsey
Marianne Savell
Michael Kirkland
Gillett Elvgren
Derek Martin
Michael Kirkland
Mark Paladini
Susy Alden
Directing
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
By Alan Ball
Finder’s Keeper’s Productions, VA
Beanie and the Bamboozling Book Machine
By Bob May, Roy C. Booth, Cristopher Tibbetts
Co-Directed with Bretteny Beverly, Shawnee Theatre, IN
Skills and Interests
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All Dialects (IPA)
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Stage Combat (unarmed, rapier and dagger, broadsword)
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Spanish (advanced)
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French (conversational)
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Vocal music (classically trained, former member of Portland Symphonic Choir)
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Directing, Playwriting, Dramaturgy