Verena McBee – Actress
www.verenamcbeejazz.com
cell: 971-280-1976 \
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Height: 5'3'' Eyes: blue Hair: red Type: Irish
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1992-97 University Osnabrück (Germany)
German & music – piano, singing, flute,
1st state examination
Acting school: „Schule für Schauspiel O33“ Hamburg
1997-1999 - nationally recognized -
(1st price for the education concept
at the FRIEDRICH-SCHÜTTER-PRICE award
through ERNST-DEUTSCH-THEATRE/ Hamburg (Germany)
Additional Training
1997 Coblenzer-seminar, Breath-Voice-Speaking,
Zurich (Switzerland)
2004-10 Jazz Eduction/Vocals with different private instructors including
Cecil McBee, Jane Monheit, Roberta Gambarini, Brianna
Thomas, Nicole Zuraitis, John Di Martino, John Colianni
New York City
TV
PRODUCTIONS
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04/2000
“Die Rettungflieger” Daniela ZDF, Series
Studio Hamburg. Germany
Director: Rolf Liccini with Gerit Kling
07/2003
“The other Eva” Sr. Birgit ARD, Series
Director: Gloria Behrens
Munich, Germany
with Günther Schramm, Günther-Maria Halmer, Svenja Pages
01/2004
“Niedrig & Kuhnt” - Beate Giesken SAT 1, Series
filmpool
Inspectors investigate
Cologne, Germany
Synchronous
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02/2002
“Who wants to be a princess?”
PPA Film, Munich, Germany
08/2003
“Sitting Ducks”
Kika/Studio Hamburg. Germany NDR
12/2003
“Fairy Talers”
Studio Hamburg. Germany NDR
07 /2004
“Sopranos”
Studio Hamburg. Germany
Director: Jürgen Neu NDR
08/2004
“Wire in the Blood”
Studio Hamburg. Germany NDR
Director: Jürgen Neu
Theatre Productions
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12 / 1999 “You wish did he say” - own production
as ‚Lise’
City house Brussels (Belgium)
& Theaterbar Cologne (Germany)
Director: Jürgen Wolf
with Véronique Elling, Saskia Junggeburth,
Marion Schmitz, Helen Thamm
06 / 1998 “Tango” by Slawomir Mroszek
as ‚Ala’
Altona´s Theatre, Hamburg (Germany)
Director: Catharina Fleckenstein
with Erica Schramm, Matthias Pantel,K.-Heinz Lieven,
Frank Siebenschuh, Doina Weber
Season 1999/2000 “Munich`s theatre for children (Germany)
Director: Heinz Redmann
as “Little Tiger” in a Janosch-play
as “Sterntaler” in “Sterntaler” , as “Prusseliese
in “Pippi Longstocking, as “Papagena” in
“The Little Magic-Flute” & more
04 / 2002 “You can´t escape my love” - own production
as ‚Trude’
Cologne studio (Germany)
Director: Jürgen Wolf
with Saskia Junggeburth
12 / 2002 “Lottchen watches a tragic movie” by Kurt Tucholsk-
own production
as ‚Lottchen’
Theater at Hotel Olympic, Munich (Germany)
02 / 2002 “Robert Stolz night”
Show with some Robert-Stolz-songs (Light opera)
Ciarivari-Theatre Vienna (Austria)
Director: Helene Schmidt-Lévar
10 / 2002 “Robert-Stolz-night”
Show with some Robert-Stolz-songs
Summerplays Wolfsthal (Austria)
Director: Helene Schmidt-Lévar
07 / 2002 - “Jud Süss” by Lion Feuchtwanger
11 / 2002 as ‚Graziella’
Theatre Right Of The Isar, Munich (Germany)
Director: Hartmut Baum
with Miko Greza, Norber Heckner, Wolfram Kunkel, Arthur Loibl
Hans Martin, Jochen Strodthoff
12 / 2002 – 06 / 2003 “Biedermann and the fire raiser” by Max Frisch
as ‚Maid Anna’
Theatre 44, Munich (Germany)
Director: Horst A. Reichel
with Klaus-Peter Bülz, Angelika Fanai-Nimmesgern, Andreas J. Hertel, Franz Westner
2002-2003 “Come in my love alcove” - operetta night
as ‚Minou’/ Vocalist
Studio Cologne (Germany),
City house Brussels (Belgium)
Theatre Gallery Würzburg (Germany)
Playhouse Cologne (Germany)
Director: Jürgen Wolf
with Till Brinkmann, Ralph Peter, Bruno Wienzen, Birgit Wegemann
12 / 2003 “A bird´s dream”
Musical art performance with originals
Vocals & Piano.
Theater at Hotel Olympic, Munich (Germany)
12 / 2003 “Melancholy” – own production
as ‚Magdalena’
Cityhouse Brussels (Belgium)
Director: Jürgen Wolf
with Véronique Elling
04 / 2004 – 10 / 2004 “Die Bakchen” by Euripides
Bakche.
kampnagel Hamburg (Germany)
National Theater Prisdina/Theater Festival (Cosovo)
1st prize winner as a company
Director: Andreas Bode
With Kai Hufnagel, Patricia Nocon, Charlotte Pfeifer,
Marion-Gretchen Schmitz, Silke Steffen, Clara Vélez
05 / 06 2004 “Homeevening” by Greta Heldt
as ‚Marie’
tribühne Theater, Lübeck (Germany)
Director: Saskia Junggeburth
08 – 12 / 2004 “And why Goethe?” – own production
as ‚Charlotte v. Stein’, Christiane v. Vulpius’, ‚Suleika’
Theater in der Washingtonallee, Hamburg (Germany)
Director: Angelika Landwehr
05 / 2005 “Tristram Shandy” by Laurence Sterne
as ‘Lillian’, the musical interruption
Theater at Hotel Olympic, Munich (Germany)
Director: Jürgen Wolf
with Tine Bär, Till Brinkmann
06 / 2005 “Tristram Shandy” by Laurence Sterne
as ‘Lillian’, the musical interuption
Studio Eibelstadt, (Germany)
Director: Jürgen Wolf
with Tine Bär, Till Brinkmann
05 / 06 2005 “Jills True Love Stories” - own production
Solo- 1-Woman show
A scenic-musical journey
music & concept: Verena Gemsa (McBee)
compositon, singing, piano
Director: Ali Sommer
Theater in the Washingtonallee, Hamburg (Germany)
09 / 2005 Moderation (MC)
of the 333. Birthday of Wilhelmsburg/Hamburg (Germany)
06/ 2006 “Eve & Lillith”
Eve.
Galli Theatre at SAGE THEATER, 7th Ave/NYC
Director: Johannes Galli
With Anette Dorfmann.
2007 – current Performing in NYC with Verena McBee Band (Jazz)
& 2 CD productions ( 2013 & 2018 )
12/ 2013 “New Year’s eve performance event”
(1-Solo performance per hotel room by different actors)
‘Chantal” - Chanteuse (light opera)
Theatre at “Hotel Olympic”, Munich (Germany)
Director: Juergen Wolf
With Till Brinkmann, Stefan Loehman, Matthias Schwartz, Nicole Kersten, Inge Brings
Followed by
Verena McBee Jazz Trio
“Swing into the New Year”
with Cecil McBee/ bass, Hans Wolf/ piano
12 / 2019 “New Year’s eve performance event”
(1-Solo performance per hotel room by different actors)
‘Blind Woman’ by Juergen Wolf
Director: Juergen Wolf
Theatre at “Hotel Olympic”, Munich (Germany)
With Till Brinkmann, Felicitas Klessinger, Philomena Brinkmann, Till Brinkmann,
Nicole Kersten, Inge Brings
Followed by
Verena McBee Jazz Trio
“Swing into the New Year”
with Cecil McBee/ bass, Tizian Jost/ piano
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