Nancy Dobbs Owen

Dancing in a movie!!! Starting out 2012 with a bang. Theme Song, written and directed by Luke Patton and choreographed by Brigette Dunn shoots in January! This is a VERY good start to the new year!!

I've been nominated for my first CHOREOGRAPHY award!!!
I'm nominated for last year's production of Skeleton Stories, which rocked my world in every imaginable way.
You can vote for me, but seriously, the honor is in the nomination. I'm up with several of my idols and it's pretty amazing!
Broadway World Choreography Nominations

Tons of great news: Have You Seen Alice is a great big hit for Theatre of Note! Very proud of all involved.
I have been signed by GTA and Lisa Coppola LIndholm for Dance and Choregraphy Representation! All is good in my dance world!
New adult classes in Pasadena. Check out the teaching page for details!

I am choreographing Have You Seen Alice, at Theatre of Note. It opens Nov. 4th.

My Next Project:
I am choreographing a music video for the band Pie, for the sweet love song Yo Se. Directed by my Skeleton Stories Director Bill Vorhees, and produced by Devin Ward. We shoot Nov.4-6
To check out the band, http://www.thebandpie.com

EXTENDED: Through November 20 with shows on both Saturday and Sunday. (no shows Oct. 16 or Nov 5/6)
Reviews are starting to roll in for Dolls!....Not Your Usual Love Story.
Nancy Dobbs Owen, as Valentina, not only dances, but possesses an excellent singing voice that received sustained applause at the opening performance. (Santa Monica Mirror)

A beautifully conceived show....spot on by the fine cast, who work well together and possess excellent singing voices. (The Tolucan Times)

The poised ensemble, decked out in colorful costumes by Ashley Hayes' (Rudie's pseudonym), is a memorable sight, especially Melissa Gentry, who nimbly executes the numerous changes required of Fussy Fanny. Nancy Dobbs Owen, as Valentina Ballerina, impresses with her body control, remaining en pointe or stone still for long stretches....(LA Weekly)

with Garrett Stevens

For tickets go to http://www.santamonicaplayhouse.com

Hey, go over to the Contact page to check out my new representation! I'm very honored to have joined the ranks at Sovereign Talent Group for both Commercial and Theatrical Representation AND am very excited that the wonderful Eileen O'Farrell is now managing my career. I hope to keep them all VERY busy!!!

Next up! Dolls! An Unconvential Love Story at The Santa Monica Playhouse. I play a ballerina doll who has lost her partner.
Dates, more info and photos coming soon!

June 11-18 I took part in the Director's Lab West, hosted by the Pasadena Playhouse and SDC. What an amazing experience!! A blog entry will follow for sure!

Next Up: A Few Performances as an alternate in the Charming Lavender Love at West Hollywood's gorgeous Macha Theatre.
I went on June 10, 2011. There is a possible extension for two weeks in July. Stay tuned!

With Director/Producer/Star, Odalys Nanin.

Lavender Love Poster

A Few Lines from the Reviews for Silk Stockings:

An enormously talented cast brings Cole Porter’s forgotten musical, Silk Stockings, to life again for 42nd Street Moon. SF Bay Times
Nancy Dobbs Owen shows some beautiful ballet moves as Vera. Talking Broadway
...the first-rate cast and brisk direction by Greg MacKellan...Stark Insider

This show was a joy to work on!

Come see me in 42nd Street Moon's Production of Cole Porter's Silk Stockings, running at the Eureka Theater in San Francisco May 4-22.

For tickets and more information, please click here.

Thank you to Steven Stanley for honoring Sweeney Todd with several best of awards for the 2009/2010 season. One of these included Best Ensemble in a musical, small theater. Woo Hoo!

Theatre of Note presents Delondra Williams' new play, Skeleton Stories.

I am thrilled to be choreographing the world premiere production of this gorgeous new play. The show opens Oct. 1 and runs through Nov. 6. It is in turn funny, gross, beautiful, surprising and heartbreaking and I would love for you to see it.

www.skeletonstories.com

SWEENEY IS A HIT!!!!

From The LA TIMES:

"Nancy Dobbs Owen offers keen work en pointe as Sweeney's lost Lucy"

"the musical accuracy and intelligibility of lyrics is gratifying."

"...Sweeney's yeasty essence lands with a vengeance."

From DON SHIRLEY (LA City Beat):

"Livingston's production is essential for all Sondheim fans...The cast of 10 is uniformly terrific."

From BACKSTAGE WEST:

"The 10-member cast demonstrates the acting chops and vocal prowess to meet the show's challenges...in this melodic, amusing, and often terrifying revisit to one of Sondheim's most enduring works."

OPENING IN SEPTEMBER: SWEENEY TODD at THE PRODUCTION COMPANY!!!

Details to follow. I'm SO thrilled to be in this amazing production, under the direction of Derek Charles Livingston and the musical direction of Richard Berent. This show is going to be AMAZING!

The Production Company Website

photography -Weiferd Watts

Life has been busy in LA!!

Directing: A short for the Pride Celebration at the Celebration Theater

Directing: A staged reading for Fierce Backbone, an AWESOME company!!

Choreography: PAC's Spring Concert and Lula Washington's Spring Concert

The God Complex shoot.....

Feb. 23, 2009

Directed by Adam Cosco

I play an enchanted seamstress (not another crack addict, though the mistake could be made....) and my good friend Blaed Spence plays my avatar. What are the odds?

Next Up!!!

I am directing the short play Twice Upon A Time

for Pinocchio's Playhouse at The Hollywood Fight Club.

This is a kids' production of a crazy mixed up fairy tale. Our hapless witch and her loyal second lose their spell book and chaos ensues!

Tickets are $12 (free to the industry) and showtimes (brace yourself) follow:

Saturdays and Sundays, March 14, 15, 21, 22 at 9:30AM!!

The Hollywood Fight Club

6767 Sunset Blvd. at Highland.

M. Butterfly is nominated for 3 LA Weekly Theatre Awards!!

Congratulations to Jake Manabat and Sam Ross for their best actor nominations and to

Derek C. Livingston for his best director nomination!

HEY!

Check out this ad that I shot for Obama!! It includes 100 actors and was so much fun.

Oh! a little political plug here: VOTE!!!

Obama, "Change Can Only Happen If You Vote

M. Butterfly is a huge hit!!! Be sure to check it out before it closes on Nov. 9th.

Quotes from Reviews:

Critics Pick!! "Exemplary...wonderful...funnier, more human and more touching than the Broadway prodcution" Backstage

GO!! " Splendid...masterful...superb" LA Weekly

"Wow! A triumph...stunning...The Production Company has hit the jackpot!" StageSceneLA

Next Up!!

I will be doing the musical staging for David M. Hwang's masterpiece, M. Butterfly at the Chandler Studio Theater in North Hollywood.

The show is directed by Derek Charles Livingston and opens Oct. 3.

A REVISED Tribute to Our Friend Claude Thompson

Matthew Dickens directed and choreographed a beautiful dance film to honor our friend and mentor, Claude Thompson. Shot at the beautiful Performing Arts Center in Van Nuys (thank you so much Nanci, Joe and Michael!!) and the Sherry Theater in North Hollywood.

Nathan Prevost was the fantastic DP.

The incredibly warm and talented cast was:

Kyle Leland, Luke Willis, Natasha Hugger Jillian Schmitz, Raymond Joel Matsamura, Danielle Hobbs, Jason Holley and me.

A Tribute To Our Friend Claude Thompson

Friday and Saturday June 20 and 21 at the El Portal Theater in North Hollywood

I am dancing in a piece conceived and choreographed by Matthew Dickens in this tribute show to dance legend Claude Thompson. It's produced by JazzDanceLA. Friday and Saturday at 8, Saturday at 2. Tickets are $20-$25.00

ACME has a new print department and has decided to represent me for print work here in LA! I'm excited to join their team!

I'd Rather Be Right is a hit!!
The reviews are rolling in and the show is a hit:

Stephen Vendette and Christian Valo, as Phil and Peggy, both have charm and lovely voices to match. Thomas Dolan, Matt Kubicek, Nancy Dobbs Owen, and Tom Walz are the tuneful Cabinet members. Dolan doubles as a very funny "Mamma Mia!" Tony, Kubicek shows off a gorgeous tenor in his solo, "A Baby Bond For Baby" and flames with the best of them as the Federal Theatre director, Owen dances a lovely solo ballet over the post-intermission Entr'acte, and though twinkly-eyed Walz gets only one role, he is a welcome addition to any show. Taken from the review by Steven Stanley

The show runs through June 1 at the Hudson Mainstage theater. Check it out!

NEW REPRESENTATION: I have secured dance representation with Amanda Rice at ACME Literary and Talent!! I am very excited and impressed with Mandy as an agent and look forward to a long and successful partnership.

Shooting on the Heineken commercial went really well on Monday and I loved working in the beautiful Los Angeles Theater dancing with some wonderful friends!

I just booked a National Commercial for Heineken Beer. I'm part of a corps of ballet dancers (a very small corps--we are booked as principals!!) dancing Swan Lake. Seriously. I'm very excited! My first National here in LA. Finally!! It's being directed by hot director Todd Haynes (I'm Not There Yet) and shoots sometime between the 17th and 25th of March.

I have been cast in "I'd Rather Be Right", a zany 1939 Musical about a pair of lovers who dream FDR into existence to help them deal with their money woes and get married. I play Frances Perkins, the first female cabinet member. The show is dated, but we try to make it fun. Opening April 24 and running for 6 weeks at the Hudson Theater in Hollywood. Directed and choreographed by Will Mead with Musical Direction by Brian O'Halloran.

I just shot the new video for the hot SF band The Morning Benders:
http://www.themorningbenders.com
I played (I kid you not!) a "smoking hot woman". I think that my legs got more screen time than anything else, but it's all good.
I can now die happy.

I will be performing with Theater Bethune in the multi-media theater piece "Frost and Fire".
The show is based upon a short story by science fiction icon Ray Bradbury
(who will be there opening night!!). The dancing is kick-a**, with world champion
martial artists and a core of fierce ensemble dancers. And hello: RAY BRADBURY!!

The Alex Theatre in Glendale
Nov. 9-11, (Fri. and Sat. at 8:30, Sat. and Sun. at 2:30 and Sun. at 7:30)
Purchase Tickets online - Click Here or call the Alex Theatre box office at 818-243-ALEX (2539).

I just shot a series with photographer Denise Crew.

I shot an instore series for TMobile depicting emotions.
Look for it in TMobile Stores soon!

I shot a brochure for a local staffing company.
Playing various front of the house theater roles.

I choreographed a production of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins
Directed by Cindy Jenkins, with Muscial Direction by Andy Mitton.
The show opened in April. Web site here.

I joined Alliance Repertory Theatre. My first work with
them was directing a workshop production of Jamie Virostko's new
play The Outskirts of Paradise. A lovely meditation on what
makes a family (not quite) work.

I booked a catalogue shoot for MyShape.com which shot on February 5th.
My first LA print job! See the images here.

I made my LA theater debut in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell,
directed by Dara Weinberg at Theatre Met, in collaboration
with Theater of Note. The show opened on Valentine's Day. Site here.

Homeland, a new musical, premiered as part of the new works program
at the Magic Theater Dec. 14-19. I played both a Berkeley college
student/dancer and a Born Again Texas Christian. I kid you not.
Written by Jay Kuo and directed by George Quick. Site here. Piece on KQED here.

Coffee, Cosmos and Come-Ons (or Where is the sex in THIS city???), an
original show conceived, written, directed by and starring Nancy
Dobbs Owen, Jamie Glowacki and Lisa-Marie Newton, with Musical
direction by Dwight Okamura, will premiere at the Next Stage Theater,
Nov. 16-18. A musical sit-com, it is sure to resonate with everyone!

The Flamenco Singer, a hilarious short about a really horrible date, is making the festival tours and being shown a lot. I'm a crazy flamenco dancer who interrupts this poor girl's date.
I get to say all of my lines in Spanish and wear cool costumes! Life is good.
Directed by Michael Hudin.

I sang in the ensemble of the world premiere of Chrysalis with Berkeley Opera.
Click here for more details and to se the flyer.

I shot the spring catalogue for Activa. Look for photos here.

I shot an industrial for Hampton Hotels, produced by Stiel Media and
Arnowitz/Hurn Productions. I played five different roles, from a harried
executive to a grandmother!

I was cast as the Woman in the Wood, a mystical healer in The Guardian's Gateway.
A narrative Children's Fantasy Adventure short film, The Guardian's Gateway, is a story of a Boy who is sent on a quest to a fantastical world to save his Sister from the clutches of an Evil Sorcerer and restore freedom and hope to the land. Principal Photography is slated for July 23-August 1st in the San Francisco Bay area.
Writer/Director: Amit Gupta
Producers: Magician's Apprentice Productions in association with Pearl Pictures,
R. Renato Hoyle & Terri Amos, Director of Photography: Yoon Choi

I was cast as Joan of Ark (AKA Joanie) in CommandZ Productions short film Christ Throws A Party. Shooting July 15-20 in Sonoma. Check out the web site for updates.

I was cast as a lead in the independent feature Elk Hotel, a soap opera like drama set in
San Francisco's Tenderloin. I play a lesbian prostitute who desperately dreams of being a
Las Vegas showgirl. I'm so excited!! Produced by Styptic Pictures and directed by Daniel Bates and Skye Thorstenson, it begins shooting in July. Check it out here.

Cake, a short film by Vivian Giourousis was shot in April
and is now being submitted to festivals. Check it out here.

Look for me on the DIY cable channel: The segment is called "Twisting the
Night Away" Check local listings.

"Pirouette": A short film shooting in December. I play a ballerina looking
for a place to belong in the world after leaving a ballet company. Written
and directed by Michelle Lee. "Pirouette" is being choreographed by Brian Chung.

Pirouette had it's premiere screening at the Delancy Street Screening
Room on August 15 at 7:30PM.

Click Here to see stills and recent press for "Pirouette"