Yolanda London Dwyer
(480) 612-2806
Height: 5'7” Weight: 170lbs Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Voice: Alto/Mezzo/Belter/Lyric-Soprano
Theatre
Around the World in 80 Days | Actor 5/Aouda | Arizona Theatre Company |
Oliver | Nancy | Phoenix Theatre/Phoenix Symphony |
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill | Billie Holiday | Phoenix Theatre |
Rent | Joanne | Phoenix Theatre |
Avenue Q | Gary Coleman | Phoenix Theatre |
Hairspray | Ensemble (Motormouth u/s) | Phoenix Theatre |
Hunter Gatherers | Wendy | Actor’s Theatre of Phoenix |
This | Marrell | Actor’s Theatre of Phoenix |
The 1940s Radio Hour | Geneva Lee Brown | Actor’s Co. of PA |
The Wizard of Oz | Ensemble | Actor’s Co. of PA |
A Christmas Carol | Charwoman | Actor’s Co. of PA |
Joseph...Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Pit Singer | Fulton Theatre |
Aida | Chorus Singer | Phoenix Metropolitan Opera |
Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar And Grill | Billie Holiday | Black Theatre Troupe |
One Mo’ Time | Ma Reed | Black Theatre Troupe |
Gem of the Ocean | Black Mary | Black Theatre Troupe |
The All Night Strut | Alto | Black Theatre Troupe |
The Life | Queen | Black Theatre Troupe |
Songs for a New World | Woman 1 (Soprano) | Black Theatre Troupe |
Pluto | Cerberus | Stray Cat Theatre |
Wolves | Narrator | Stray Cat Theatre |
Motherfucker with the Hat | Victoria | Teatro Bravo |
The Crucible | Tituba | Stagebrush Theatre |
Doubt | Mrs. Muller | Ephrata Playhouse |
Ragtime Newsies | Sarah Medda Larkin | Ephrata Playhouse Ephrata Playhouse |
Theatre For Youth
A Wrinkle in Time | Mom/Mrs.Who/Aunt Beast | Childsplay, Inc |
Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type | Cow 1 | Childsplay, Inc |
Rock the Presidents | Amy | Childsplay, Inc/Geffen Playhouse |
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse | Lilly | Childsplay, Inc |
A Year With Frog and Toad | Bird | Childsplay, Inc |
Tomato Plant Girl | Little Girl | Childsplay, Inc |
Ferdinand the Bull | Cochina | Childsplay, Inc/Geffen Playhouse |
Seussical | Bird Girl/Mrs. Mayor | Childsplay, Inc |
Charlotte’s Web | Fern | Childsplay, Inc |
Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood | Petite | Childsplay, Inc |
Lost and Foundling | Pryce | Childsplay, Inc/Geva Theatre |
Tomas and the Library Lady | Library Lady | Childsplay, Inc (For Laura Bush) |
Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business | That Grace | Childsplay, Inc |
Interrupting Vanessa | Vanessa | Childsplay, Inc/Geva Theatre |
Power Play | DeeCee | Childsplay, Inc |
Bocon | La Llorona | Fulton Family Theatre |
The Jungle Book | Kaa/Bagheera | Fulton Family Theatre |
Sundiata | Djata | Fulton Family Theatre |
The New Kid | Mencha | Fulton Family Theatre |
Adobe | The State of Arizona | Rising Youth Theatre |
Venus in Stitches | Big Momma | Rising Youth Theatre |
First Stories | Mom | Rising Youth Theatre |
The Jungle Book | Raksha | Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre |
CrackerBarrel | Ensemble | Smithsonian Institute’s Discovery Theatre |
Vocal Recordings
Featured Artist for the Grammy nominated jazz band The Reese Project.
Original cast Recording of Childsplay’s Rock The Presidents. (Available on iTunes)
Awards
ariZoni Award Actress in a Major Role Contracted Musical Click Clack Moo at Childsplay
ariZoni Award Actress in a Major Role Contracted Musical Rent at Phoenix Theatre
ariZoni Award Actress in a Supporting Role Non-Contracted Play Pluto at Stray Cat Theatre
ariZoni Award Actress in a Supporting Role Non-Contracted Play Wolves at Stray Cat Theatre
Industrials/commercials
Bryan University eLearning Tutorial | Sandra - Paralegal | Bryan University |
Belco Credit Union | Union Member | Belco Credit Union |
Rite Aide Training Video | Employee | Rite Aide Corporate Television |
Rite Aide Union Video | Employee | Rite Aide Corporate Television |
Special Skills and Interests
Teaching Artist: workshops, and residencies
Accents: RP, cockney, spanish, urban,
Singing: jazz, legit, gospel, r&b, weddings, pop
Dance: jazz, hip-hop, freestyle, singer who moves well
conversational Spanish, knitting, crochet