Piper Goodeve

Happy New Year!!   2010 is off to a busy start!

Tuesday January 19th: Piper will reprise her role as Laura in BLUE ROSES, a new musical of The Glass Menagerie, for a backers reading at the Snapple Theater, opposite Anita Gillette. Jason Danieley, and Edwin Cahill.

Thursday January 21st: Piper will sing Rebel Girl and some other ditties in honor of the 150th Anniversary of Cooper Union. Please see cooper.edu/great-evenings-in-the-great-hall-radical-politics/  for details.

Monday February 1st: Piper will play Laura (another Laura!) in a reading of Buddy's Tavern, a new musical by Raymond DeFelitta, Kim Oler and Alison Hubbard, directed by Peter Flynn, based on the film "Two Family House."

February 7th: Piper will play the President's mistress Lucy Mercer in Einstein At The Roosevelts, a new musical by Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer.

After 3 years with wonderful Don Buchwald & Associates, a lot of soul searching and a lot of thought, Piper has switched management. She is now represented by Stewart Talent. Please see Contact section for details.

December 5th: Piper returned to The York Theatre Co. to perform the role of Karen in a concert version of The Taxi Cabaret for Prospect Theater Company.

November 7th: Piper journeyed to her hometown in New Hampshire to perform A Way Back to Then from Title of Show at the Peterborough Players annual auction. She raised $13,000 for the Ascending Stars program, a program run by the Players for high school seniors wanting to pursue a career in the theater.

October 15th: Piper played Laura in BLUE ROSES, a new musical of The Glass Menagerie, with music by Nancy Ford and Lyrics by Mimi Turque. It was produced as part of the York Theatre Co's Developmental Reading Series and directed by Albie Marre. It starred Anita Gillette as Amanda, Jason Danieley as Tom, and Edwin Cahill as The Gentleman Caller.

Summer 2009: Please Spell Hilarious! Piper is playing Logainne Schwarzandgrubinnerre in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at The Weston Playhouse in Weston, VT.

April/May 2009: Piper originated the role of Elinor Dashwood in a new musical adaptation of Sense and Sensibility at the Berkshire Musical Theatre Workshop in gorgeous Lennox, MA. Music by Neal Hampton, lyrics by Jeffrey Haddow, and directed by Sam Scalamoni.

March 2009: Anne of Green Gables Original Cast Recording is released in stores and the cast performs selections at the CD signing at Barnes and Noble at Lincoln Center.

Dec 2008: Anne of Green Gables CD is named one of Talkinbroadway.com's Top Ten Cast Recordings of 2008.

Dec 2008-Jan 2009: Piper takes a hiatus to travel Nepal and India. Words cannot describe.

Fall 2008: Piper stars as Luisa in The Fantasticks at Merrimack Rep in Lowell, MA, directed by Jonathan Silverstein.

Summer 2008: Piper returns to The Hangar Theatre to play Laurey in Oklahoma. Directed and Choreographed by Tony nominee Dan Knegchtes, there is no "Dream Laurey." Piper also dances the Dream Ballet!

May 2008: GRADUATION!!!! Piper graduated with her MFA in Acting from Brown University/Trinity Rep in Providence, RI.

*2007 Drama League Award Nomination for Distinguished Performance as Anne in Anne of Green Gables.

*2007 Syracuse Area Live Theatre Award Nomination for Best Actress of the Season as Sheila in HAIR.

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Piper Goodeve

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Theater Credits
The Fantasticks	Luisa	Merrimack Rep	Jonathan Silverstein
Oklahoma	Laurey (& Dream Laurey)	Hangar Theater	Dan Knegchtes
Anne of Green Gables* (Drama League nom)	Anne	Lucille Lortel	Tyler Marchant
Desdemona, A Play About A Handkerchief	Desdemona	Trinity Rep/Brown	Peter Sampieri
A Christmas Carol	Lucy/Mrs Dilber	Trinity Repertory Co.	Fred Sullivan
HAIR (SALT Award nom)	Sheila	Hangar Theater	Kevin Moriarty
What Once We Felt*	Macy	Brown New Plays Festival	Makaela Pollock
Twelfth Night	Maria	Brown/Trinity Rep	Makaela Pollock
Hydriotaphia	Ruth	Brown/Trinity Rep	Liesl Tommy
Dido, Queen of Carthage*	Nameless Concubine	Brown/Trinity Rep
A Mouthful of Birds	Lena	Brown/Trinity Rep
House of Gold*	Woman	Brown New Plays Festival
Bruise Easy	Girl	Brown New Plays Festival
A Christmas Carol	Charlotte Fezziwig	McCarter Theater Center	Rob Asford/Michael Unger
The Pursuit of Persephone (2 Drama Desk noms)*	Marie Hersey	Prospect Theater Co.	Cara Reichel
The Play About the Baby	Girl	Battersea Arts Center, London	Ashlie Corcoran
Jekyl and Hyde	Lucy (cover)	Arvada Center, Denver	Jamibeth Margolis
Oklahoma	Ado Annie	Weston Playhouse	Tim Fort
Private Lives	Louise	Weston Playhouse	Steve Stettler
Gypsy	Agnes	Weston Playhouse	Tim Fort
Threepenny Opera	Dolly	Weston Playhouse	Malcolm Ewen
Swingtime Canteen	Katie	Weston Playhouse
A Midsummer Night's Dream	Helena	Peterborough Players	Gus Kaikkonen
The Who's Tommy	Nurse/Ensemble	Greenwich Street Theater	Jared Stein/Michael O'Brian

Film Credits
Bereft	Jill	Showtime Independent Films	Tim Daly

*World Premiere

Education and Training

MFA in Acting Brown University/Trinity Rep
Curt Columbus, Annie Scurria, Thom Jones, Stephen Buescher, Christopher Bayes, Paula Vogel, Stephen Berenson, Brian McEleney, Annie Piper
Shakespeare Performance, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London
Acting for Television: Geoff Soffer

Special Skills

Belt to high F, legit to high C, legit, rock, and pop sound, excellent music reading ability, jazz and modern dance, physical theater, clown, horseback riding, choreography.
Dialects include: RP, Cockney, Irish, New England, Southern
Voice and Speech Teaching Assistant for 2007-2008 at Brown/Trinity Rep
Assistant Dialect Coach: A Christmas Carol at Trinity Rep

Awards and Recognition

Drama League Award nomination for Distinguished Performance
Syracuse Area Live Theater (SALT) Award nomination for Actress of the Season
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Awardee--Musical Theater

Anne of Green Gables (Off-Bway, Lucille Lortel)

"Piper Goodeve is sensational." - Talkentertainment.com

"...a winning performance by Piper Goodeve as Anne." - New York Post

"Piper Goodeve captures Anne's effusive enthusiasm...the casting is impressive, particularly the three principals." - New York Times

"This is Goodeve's show and it's uncanny how she reproduces the Sturm und Drang of the turn-of-the-century pre-teen without being completely ridiculous."
- Edge NYC

"Piper Goodeve makes an ebullient Anne, fiercely embodying both her irrepressible hopes and her melodramatic tirades. Her giddy solo "I Can Stay," in which she celebrates Marilla's decision to keep her at Green Gables, is a triumph of voice, personality, and athleticism. The little girls seated around me let out contented sighs at their favorite Anne moments they clearly embraced this live and rambunctious version of their heroine. "- Off-Off Online

"[Piper Goodeve] is a charmer who shows just about every emotion that a young, confused girl could ever go through. And then some. Piper Goodeve has a long and luminous career ahead of her."
- Talkentertainment.com See entire article here:
www.theatreworksusa.org/uploads/review/review_694.pdf

"Piper Goodeve is touching and funny as Anne."
- Associated Press

"Piper Goodeve as the title character, Anne, is pure enchantment...Without a sensational actress to portray Anne, the show-- no matter how well written as is this production-- wouldn't work for five seconds let alone ninety minutes. And Piper Goodeve is sensational." - Talkentertainment.com

"a plucky performance by the talented Piper Goodeve." - CurtainUp

"As Anne, Goodeve looks like someone Maurice Sendak might have drawn had he ever illustrated the children's classic. In David H. Lawrence's wig of red braids, she exudes about as much pluck as could be wished for by anyone who loves the Montgomery book." -Theatermania

"Piper Goodeve, who demonstrated her excellent comic timing in Peter Mills' The Pursuit of Persephone several seasons ago, is winsome and endearing as Anne, growing stronger in the role as the character gets older." - Broadwayworld.com

The Original Cast Recording of Anne of Green Gables
(available on jayrecords.com and amazon.com)

Voted one of the TOP TEN Cast Albums of 2008
(Talkinbroadway.com)

"The pluck and talkativeness of the loose cannon Anne as performed might remind you of Sutton Foster's performance of the determined and sometimes giddy Jo in the musical adaptation of another girl-friendly classic novel, Little Women."
-Talkinbroadway.com

The Fantasticks (Merrimack Rep, Lowell, MA)

“Luisa, is played brilliantly by Piper Goodeve…And remember you will. You'll remember these wonderful, timeless tunes. But the one thing you will never forget is Piper Goodeve who, last night, WAS Luisa at her best. She was the perfect giddy teenager who, through the trials and tribulations that love presents, turns into a woman before our eyes.” - www.pmpnetwork.com

“Her voice -- sweetly resonant in such numbers as "Much More" -- evokes the excitement and passion of youth, seeking adventure and being anything but ordinary. The performance of the classic "Soon It's Gonna Rain" is a dazzler.”
- The Lowell Sun

“Piper Goodeve (Luisa) and Nick Mannix (Matt) are suitably callow at the outset and both give tender performances as their romance blooms, ebbs, and renews. Goodeve's voice is simply lovely and the joy in it is matched by her very expressive face when she sings. She blends beautifully with Mannix in their duets…They may be playing ingénues, but they sing with undeniable and heartfelt maturity.”
- Broadwayworld.com

“Piper Goodeve as Luisa beautifully captures young love and the self-absorption it often involves. One of the most moving scenes in the show involves Luisa watching Matt being beaten and tortured in silhouette until El Gallo insists she look through an elaborate party mask which makes it all seem fun and exciting. It's a beautifully acted scene…” - Metro West Daily News

***Oklahoma!* *(Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY)***

"Piper Goodeve makes a strong impression as Laurey."
- Mr. Teachout for the Wall Street Journal

"One reason this production feels new is that three leads are cast somewhat against type. Piper Goodeve is Curley's match as the independent-thinking Laurey; she shines vocally, as in their terrific duet "People Will Say We're in Love."
- Ithaca Journal

"Goodeve is properly independent and strong as she reluctantly resists the advances of Curly (Whit Baldwin), and has several sweet vocal turns in tunes such as "People Will Say We're in Love"..."
- Post-Standard critics, Syracuse.com

"The casting in "Oklahoma!" is phenomenal, thanks to casting director Alan Filderman. Joanna Krupnick (Ado Annie) and Goodeve (Laurey) both shone brightly among the giant cast of last year's production of "Hair" at the Hangar; here, they work together seamlessly and seize the spotlight when their turn comes."
- Ithaca Times

"Goodeve, blessed with a soaring, almost Viennese, soprano, can complete for the versatility prize. Last summer she was Sheila in Hangar's production of Hair, for which she was nominated for a Syracuse New Times Syracuse Area Live Theater Award." - Syracuse New Times

HAIR (Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY)

"Piper Goodeve, as Berger's girlfriend Sheila, exhibits head-turning vocals on 'I Believe in Love,' 'Easy to be Hard,' and 'Good Morning Starshine.'"
- Post-Standard Critics at www.syracuse.com

"Piper Goodeve has a powerhouse voice as Sheila, the anti-war activist."
- The Ticket (Ithaca Journal)

"Sheila, played by Goodeve, is a pretty girl with a vigorous voice."
- The Ithaca Times

The Pursuit of Persephone (Connelly Theater, NYC)

"Piper Goodeve holds her own as Ginevra's sensible sidekick." -The New York Times

"Special bravos are also due to David Abeles as Edmund Wilson and Piper Goodeve as his romantic (a Mills/Reichel invented character) interest, and Ginevra's finishing school roommate." -CurtainUp

"Piper Goodeve, as the supporting romantic comedienne, conjures images of Andrea Martin with her flawless comic timing, and her awkward chemistry with David Abeles' smart and wry Edmund Wilson is utterly endearing."
-Broadwayworld.com