My Resume
Debbie Starker

  Editor of Deb's Web the Long Island Theater Buddy Newsletter
  e-mail address: tistar1@verizon.net
web.site address: www.debsliweb.homestead.com



Height 5' 2"   Hair-Dark Brown   Eyes-Blue   Age Range-45 to Death

Regional Theater Experience
2009
The Vicar                                     Maude             Theatre Three One-Act Festival
2008
A Christmas Carol                        Ghost of Christmas Present     Theatre Three
1968: Rock the World                   Laura Tolbert                          Theatre Three
Urinetown                                    Josephine Strong                    Theatre Three
Oliver!                                          Widow Corney                        Township Theatre Group
2007
A Christmas Carol                        Mrs. Dilber/Mrs. Fezziwig        Theatre Three
Man of La Mancha                        Housekeeper                          Playcrafters
Footloose                                     Aunt Lulu                               BroadHollow at BayWay
The Vagina Monologues                Various                                  Dermont Munna Productions
No One's The Wiser                      Rose                                     Theatre Three One-Act Festival
The Color of Water                        Ruth McBride Jordan               David Houston Literary Entertainments
2006
Nuncrackers                                 Mother Superior                     Smithtown Center
To Kill a Mockingbird                     Mrs. DuBose                         Smithtown Center Day Rep
The Crucible                                 Rebecca Nurse                      Smithtown Center Day Rep
The Seduction of Judith                 Ruth                                      Heartworks@Airport Playhouse
Along The Faultline                       Pat                                Theatre Three One-Act Festival
Once Upon a Mattress                  Queen Aggravain                    Airport Playhouse
2005
Greetings                                     Emily                                    Airport Playhouse
Jekyll & Hyde                               Lady Beaconsfield                  Theatre Three
Accomplice                   Rupert                                   Airport Playhouse
South Pacific                                Bloody Mary                          Plaza Productions
The Crucible                                 Rebecca Nurse                      Smithtown Center
The Duty of Saints                        Catherine Biselli                     Theatre Three One-Act Festival
Lend Me A Tenor                          Julia Leverett                          Theatre Three
2004
The Bacchae                                Agave                                    Loft Theatre/Dowling College
Man of La Mancha                        Housekeeper                          Theatre Three
My Fair Lady                                Mrs. Higgins, et.al.                 Smithtown Center
True West                                    Mom                                     Loft Theatre/Dowling College
Nunsense                                    Mother Superior                      Smithtown Center
2003
Love Letters                                 Melissa                                  Briarcliffe College & Libraries
Cabaret                                       Fraulein Schneider                   Theatre Three
Oliver!                                          Widow Corney                        Creative Ministries
South Pacific                                Bloody Mary                          Cultural Arts Playhouse
A Funny Thing Happened...Forum  Domina                                  Star Playhouse
The Shakespeare Cabaret             Portia,Cleopatra,Beatrice         Morrison Productions
2002
The Anniversary/The Wedding        Nastasya                               Author's Playhouse/Producer's Club NYC
Over the River/Through the Woods  Emma Christano                    Creative Ministies
Under Milk Wood                          Various Characters                 No Babylon Library
Lend Me a Tenor                          Julia Leverett                           Playcrafters of Bellport
Bermuda Avenue Triangle              Fannie Saperstein/Director      Star Playhouse
Broadway Showstoppers               Soloist                                   Clare Rose Playhouse
2001
Lost In Yonkers                            Grandma Kurnitz                    Creative Ministries
Don't Drink the Water                    Marion Hollander                    Airport Playhouse
The Mousetrap                             Mrs. Boyle                             Theatre Three
Side by Side by Sondheim            Narrator                                  Star Playhouse
2000
Annie                                           Mrs. Pugh                             BayWay
Crazy For You                              Patricia Fodor                        Star Playhouse
Romeo and Juliet                          Nurse                                    Arena Classical Players
Funny Girl                                    Rose Brice                             Broadhollow
Bermuda Avenue Triangle              Fannie Saperstein                   Broadhollow
Last Night of Ballyhoo                   Beulah "Boo" Levy                  Star Playhouse
Guys & Dolls                               General Cartwright,et.al.          Maguire/BayWay
1999
Deathtrap                                     Helga ten Dorp                       Airport Playhouse
Pippin                                          Berthe                                   BayWay/Centre Stage
Fiddler on the Roof                        Golde                                    Star Playhouse
Arsenic & Old Lace                       Abby Brewster                       Star Playhouse
Pirates of Penzance                      Ruth                                      Township Theater Group
Oliver!                                           Widow Corney                       BayWay/Centre Stage
1998
Prisoner of 2nd Avenue                 Jessie                                    BayWay
Postmortem                                 Aunt Lily                                BayWay
Nunsense                                    Mother Superior                      Take One
Zorba                                           Madame Hortense                  Broadhollow
My Fair Lady                         Mrs. Pearce                          Township Theater Group
The Secret Garden                        Mrs. Medlock                         BayWay/Centre Stage
1997
Beau Jest                                    Miriam                                   Purple Cow Playhouse
The Wiz                                      Pit Singer                               Theatre Three
Cabaret                                       Fraulein Schneider                  Star Playhouse
Nunsense                                    Mother Superior                      Theatre Three
1996
La Cage aux Folles                       Jacqueline                             Centre Stage
Pools Paradise                             Miss Skillion                          Centre Stage
South Pacific                                Bloody Mary                          BayWay/Centre Stage
Once Upon a Mattress                  Queen Aggravain                    BayWay
1995
Pirates of Penzance                      Ruth                                     Plaza Playhouse
The Secret Garden                        Mrs. Winthrop                        Theatre Three
My Fair Lady                                Mrs. Pearce                           Star Playhouse
Chicago                                Mama Morton                        BroadHollow BayWay
I Hate Hamlet                               Felicia Dantine                       BroadHollow BayWay
1994
Follies                                         Heidi Schiller                          Star Playhouse
Phantom                                      Carlotta                                 BayWay/Centre Stage
Into The Woods                            Jack's Mother                         BayWay/Centre Stage
Steel Magnolias                           Truvy                                      Theatre Three
Cabaret                                       Fraulein Schneider                  Plaza Playhouse
1993
My Fair Lady                               Mrs. Pearce                            BayWay/Centre Stage
Education of Hyman Kaplan          Mrs. Moskowitz                      Star Playhouse
Nunsense                                    Mother Superior                      Take One
Nunsense                                    Mother Superior                      BayWay/Studio Theater
South Pacific                               Bloody Mary                           Plaza Playhouse
On The 20th Century                     Imelda Thornton                      Airport Playhouse
1992
Fiddler on the Roof                       Golde                                     Plaza Playhouse
Pajama Game                              Mabel                                    BayWay
Zorba                                           Ensemble                              Theatre Three
Oklahoma                                    Aunt Eller                               Star Playhouse
Stepping Out                                Mrs. Fraser                            Studio Theater
Agnes of God                               Mother Miriam Ruth                Theatre Three
1991
A Christmas Carol                        Mrs. Dilber/Mrs. Fezziwig        Theatre Three
Man of LaMancha                         Housekeeper                          Theatre Three
Pirates of Penzance                      Ruth                                      James St. Players
La Cage aux Folles                       Jacqueline                              BayWay
Me & My Girl                                Lady Battersby                       Theatre Three
Sweeney Todd                              Ensemble                              Theatre Three
South Pacific                                Bloody Mary                          Star Playhouse
1990
Into The Woods                            Jack's Mother                         Plaza Playhouse
Evita                                            Ensemble                              Airport Playhouse
H.M.S. Pinafore                            Little Buttercup                      Theatre Three
The Importance of Being Earnest    Miss Prism                            Airport Playhouse
Crossing Delancey                        Bubbe                                   Star Playhouse
1989
Cabaret                                       Fraulein Schneider                  Plaza Productions
Singin' in the Rain                         Miss Dinsmore                       Theatre Three
Follies                                         Heidi Schiller                          Theatre Three
Twelfth Night                                Fabian/Sea Captain                 Blackfriars Shakespeare Company
Sherlock's Last Case                    Mrs. Hudson                           Theatre Three
1988
Barnum                                       Fortune Teller/et.al.                 Theatre Three
Mystery of Edwin Drood                Gwendolyn Pynn                     Theatre Three
Gypsy                                         Miss Cratchit                          Theatre Three
Jesus Christ Superstar                  Priest                                    Theatre Three
Measure for Measure                    Escalus                                 Blackfriars Shakespeare Company
A Murder is Announced                 Dora Bunner                           Theatre Three
Don't' Drink The Water                   Marion Hollander**                  Theatre Three/Harold Award Nominee
1987
Chicago                                       Mama Morton                         Theatre Three
Joseph & the Amazing...               Ensemble                               Theatre Three
Ten Little Indians                          Emily Brent**                          Theatre Three/Harold Award Nominee
The Water Engine                         Mrs. Varek/et.al.**                  Theatre Three/Harold Award Nominee
Amoebas on Parade                     Prof. Buffant                            Theatre Three
1986
Annie                                          Mrs. Pugh                              Theatre Three
Evita                                           Ensemble                               Theatre Three
The Mousetrap                             Mrs. Boyle                             Theatre Three
1985
Noahzark                                     Mrs. Noah                              Sayville Musical Workshop
1984
Sweeney Todd the Melodrama       Mrs. Tobias, et.al.                   Theatre Three
Sound of Music                            Mother Abbess                       Sayville Musical Workshop
1983
Fiddler on the Roof                       Fruma Sarah, Mirele                Theatre Three
1982
Pirates of Penzance                     Ruth                                       Broadhollow Theatre

Additional Performing Experience
1979-1985
The Gilbert & Sullivan Light Opera Company of Long Island
Played character leads in repertory
H.M.S. Pinafore, Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, Iolanthe, Trial By Jury, The Sorcerer, Patience
1970-1979
Idle Hour Gilbert & Sullivan Players
Played character leads in repertory-H.M.S. Pinafore, Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, Patience
Dowling College Alumni Theater / Antigone / the Nurse
North Fork Community Theatre / Ruth / Pirates of Penzance
1975-1984
Various Opera Companies/Opera on the Sound, National Grand Opera, Manhasset Bay Opera
Carmen(French), The Magic Flute(English) - 2nd Lady, Lucia de Lammermoor(Italian), MacBeth(Italian),
Don Pasquale(English), I Pagliacci(Italian), Cavalleria Rusticana(Italian) - Mamma Lucia, La Traviata(Italian),
Marriage of Figaro(English)
Circa 1990-1995
Interactive Murder Mystery at Club Getaway, Kent CT (opera diva)
Interactive Murder Mystery with Theatre Three Port Jefferson
Television
Frank Russo's Late Night Broadway Cablevision Channel 70 Public Access 2002, 2003
Local Lites, Cablevision Public Access Show 2004
QPTV 2001 The Realm of Never "There Must Always Be a Sammy" Myra Shelby
Knights of Columbus Benefit Opera Concert
African Children's Relief Telethon
Joel Martin Show
News 12
Ocean Janitorial Commercial
Radio
2007 WUSB interview re: Deb's Web
2001 LOVE FM 96.3 promo for Picasso at the Lapin Agile, wrote & directed
2001-2002 Montage Live Radio Theatre SUNY SUSB
WALK - Promos for Steel Magnolias & Sherlock's Last Case, actress
Interviews on WLIM 1580AM to publicize Long Island theatrical events
Interviews on WUSB 90.1FM to publicize Deb's Web & Long Island theater
Interview on WALK 1370AM to publicize Picasso at the Lapin Agile & Deb's Web
Interview on WALK 1370AM to publicize Lend Me A Tenor
Film
Daniel - Nancy (2005) Phenom
Happy Ever After (2002) Parallax Pictures - Mamma
K-Mart - industrial
Lonely in America - independent - extra
Children's Theater
The Fairy Princess        Witch McCracken            Theatre Three
Rip Van Winkle             Mrs. Cooper/Mrs. Morley  Theatre Three
Oh Say Can You See    Babe, et.al.                     Theatre Three
The Unwicked Witch      Witch Gobble                  Theatre Three
Elves & Shoemaker       Fairy Queen                    BayWay, et.al.

Other Talents and Related Experience:
Piano/keyboard, violin, guitar
4 part a capella Christmas Caroling
Board Member - Brookhaven Arts & Humanities Council 2008-

Artistic Director/Performer- debsweb entertainment: library/fund raiser/private party/touring
             Currently available:            The 75th by Israel Horovitz
                                                         Karaoke for Seniors
                                                         Love Letters by A.R. Gurney
              Can be made available:     Rodgers & Hammerstein a la carte
                                                         Gershwin a la carte
                                                         Gilbert & Sullivan a la carte
                                                         Opera Cabaret a la carte
                                                         Broadway a la carte
                                                         Three Sopranos a la carte
                                                        
                                                        
Stage Management-
The Chairs/The Dumbwaiter-Dowling College Alumni Theater                                                                                               Professionally Speaking-Theatre Three Second Stage     
Gypsy-Theatre Three Main Stage

Directing Credits:     
H.M.S. Pinafore...United Methodist Players 1978
The Pirates of Penzance...North Fork Community Theater 1979
Visiting Mr. Green...Suffolk "Y" Theatre March 2001
Neil Simon's Rumors...Township Theatre Group June 2001
Picasso at the Lapine Agile...Playcrafters of Bellport Nov 2001
The Bermuda Avenue Triangle...Suffolk "Y" Theatre March 2002
Carousel...Township Theatre Group Jan 2003
Social Security...Township Theatre Group June 2004
Father of the Bride...Township Theatre Group Nov 2006
Along the Faultline...Township Theatre Group April 2007
The 75th...debsweb entertainment Traveling Library Show 2008 -
The Pirates of Penzance...Longwood High School March 2008
Witness for the Prosecution...Township Theatre Group Sept 2008
Coming Apart...Theater at the Glen Oct 2008
Pippin...Longwood High School...April 2009
"P" is for Perfect & The Income Tax...Theatre at the Glen...in rehearsal for Oct 2009
 

Dialects:  "you name it-I'll learn it"
High British, Cockney British, Scottish, Irish, French, Italian, Russian, German, Yiddish, New York,
Southern American, Brooklynese, Spanish, Tonkinese...
as Bloody Mary
in South Pacific
at CAP
as Mother Superior
in Nunsense
at Take One
as Queen Aggravain
in Once Upon a Mattress
at BroadHollow.
as Berthe in
Pippin
at
BroadHollow
as Carlotta in
Phantom
at BroadHollow
as Fraulein Schneider
in Cabaret
at Theatre Three
as Bloody Mary
in South Pacific
at Plaza
as Jack's Mother
in Into the Woods
at Broadhollow
as
The Ghost of Christmas Present
in A Christmas Carol
at Theatre Three