Christie Rotarius (she/her)

Vocal Studies

• Dr Brian Gill (NYU and private studies - CCM styles, classical, and functional training)
• Jeremy Aye (private studies - CCM style functional training)
• Jeffrey Gall (Montclair State University - classical)
• Dr. Stephen Oosting (Montclair State University - classical)
• Virginia Bivonia (private study - MT Belting)
• Dr. Craig Hodges (Asbury University - classical)

Piano Studies

• Dr. Donald Zent (Asbury University - piano minor)
• Norma Meyer (private study 8 years)
• Bill Garten (jazz performance studies 3 years)

Cello Studies

• Elizabeth Gartenmeyer (private study 4 years)

Percussion Studies

• Bill Garten (private study 2 years)

Woodwinds, Brass, Strings, Guitar

• 2 semesters each as part of music education training

Acting Studies

• Gene Frankel Theatre Professional Actor Training - Scene Study, Acting, Improv (Gene Frankel)

• Master Class with Matt Edwards (CCM and MT Vocal Styles) - moderator, 2021
• Creating a Culture of Belonging in the Online Classroom with Aaron Normal, 2021
• Navigating Conflict in the Classroom with Jay O'Leary-Woods, 2021
• Voice Affirming Workshop with Alexandra Plattos Sulack from the Voice Lab, 2021
• Creating Inclusive Curriculum with Jay O'Leary Woods, 2020
• Trauma Informed Practice with Jay O'Leary Woods, 2020
• Cultivating Equity: Interrupting Bias and Oppression with Daemond Arrindell and Tina LaPadula of HeARTwork, 2019
• Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Training with Racial Equity Consultants LLC, 2019
• Northwest Voice's Art and Science of the Performing Voice Conference, 2019, 2020
• Northwest Chapter of the Voice Foundation - monthly meetings and lectures
• NYU's International Voice Symposium, 2014
• NYU's Fall Voice Conference, 2012
• Acting As a Business with Brian O'Neill
• Vocal Health and Science Workshop with Dr Jared Wasserman

Guest Lecturer:

• University of Washington Graduate Vocal Pedagogy Class - Musical Theatre Technique and Pedagogy

Workshops:

• Mississippi Theatre Alliance - Enhancing Your Musical Theatre Audition
• NATS Puget Sound - Choosing Musical Theatre Rep for Teens
• University of Mississippi Potential Student Day - Enhancing Your Musical Theatre Audition
• Everett High School Drama Department - Audition Skills for Musical Theatre Performers
• Village Theatre Institute - Audition Skills for Musical Theatre Performers
• Village Theatre Institute - How Does Your Voice Work? -an intro to vocal anatomy and physiology for curious MT performers
• Village Theatre Institute - Self-tape Auditions for Actors and Singers
• Village Theatre Institute - Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract Exercises - What are they and why do them?
• Shorecrest High Shool Drama Department - Caring for the Performing Voice
• Seattle Opera - Acting Through Song for Classical Singers
• Seattle Children's Theatre - Auditioning for Musical Theatre
• TakeLessons.com - Student Recruitment and Retention for Independent Music Teachers
• TakeLessons.com - Applying the Theory of Multiple Intelligences in the Voice Studio ***I no longer teach this due to continuing research and newer information
• Nishuane School - Sing Your Part: Exploring the Relationship Between Emotions and How to Express Them Through Singing
• Montclair Community Preschool - Around the World in Song: an interactive exploration of folk music from around the world

Masterclasses:

• Pacific Lutheran University and Holly Boaz Voice Studio - Musical Theatre Master Class
• The Salty Voice Teacher Studio - Musical Theatre Master Class

Selected Performance Experience:

Musical Theater

• Wicked, For Good (Glinda, Audeince Host) - Broadway's George Gershwin Theatre and other regional theatres
• Moon Landing (Jan Armstrong) - The Museum of Flight
• Annie (Frances Perkins/Mrs Pugh/Ensemble) - Seattle Musical Theatre
• My Fair Lady (Mrs Pearce) - Seattle Musical Theatre
• The Boys from Syracuse (Adriana) - Living Arts Repertory Theatre

Theatre

• Strange Happenings at the School Library (Librarian) - Luna Stage
• Kimberly Akimbo (Pattie) - As If Theatre Company
• The Thanksgiving Play (school child voiceover) - Seattle Public Theatre
• I Don't Know Why He Loves Me (original lead) - The Producer's Club
• Breaking Up is Hard to Do (original lead) - The American Theatre of Actor's Chernuchin Theatre
• Trav SD's Theatre of Attractions (lead) - St Mark's Theatre
• Devoe...That Girl is Poison (original lead) - The Kraine Theatre

Film

• Quarter Life Crisis (supporting) - Signs of Love Productions, LLC, Dir. Kiran Merchant
• Bamboo Shark (supporting) - Mental Ward Films, Dir. Dennis Ward
• A Glimpse of Death (lead) - Dir. Andressa Holiday
• Hide and Seek (supporting) - Dir. Sarah Friedland

TV

• When to Use the N Word (co-star, 3 episodes) - Seeing Eye Films & Media
• The Wisdom Tree (guest star) - Ebru TV
• The Adventures of BWT (series regular) - NAV Productions, Dir. Dave Diomedi
• Bathing With Toasters Live at the Improv (special appearance) - NAV Productions, Dir. Laurence Caso

New Media

• American Actor (series regular as herself - voted fan favorite) - New Century Television
• Celebrity Fantasy Idol (Day Player, Gwen Stefani impersonator) - New Century Television

Opera/Concert/Symphony Work

• Windows (soprano soloist) *NATIONAL SEMI-FINALIST: The American Prize in Opera Performance—professional division, 2023- Lowbrow Opera Collective
• Lord of the Rings Symphony (vocalist) - NJ Symphony at NJPAC

Professional Ensemble and Other Vocal Engagements

• Dickens Carolers of Seattle (full time soprano)
• Funk Seminary (funk band back up vocalist for studio album recording)
• Lights Acapella Ensemble (full time alto)

Sketch Comedy/Improv

• (1999-2005) performed with the sketch comedy troupe, Bathing with Toasters, (featured in Time Out New York) at various venues, including a nine-month run at the Duplex Cabaret and a ten-month run at the Triad. As a group, we were qualifying finalists for HBO’s U.S. Comedy Arts Festival and performed at Madison Square Garden’s Comedy Garden. Directed by Joe Schiappa. Video available.
• (1999-2020) company member of, The Killing Kompany, a mystery comedy improv company based in NYC that performs for clients such as American Express, IBM, and Pepsi.

Other related experience:

• staff writer for The Adventures of BWT sitcom, NAV Productions
• Proofreader for William Wesbrook's, Dramatic Circumstances: On Acting, Singing, and Living Inside the Stories We Tell
• Audience Host: The Late Show with David Letterman 1999 - 2000
• Website design, marketing, and social media skills related to acting as a business
• Proficient in Garage Band, Audacity, LogicPro, iMovie, Finale

• Neurodiversity Allies - Founding Director and current board member of this non-profit who's mission is to bring the joy of live theatre and other arts experiences to neurodivergent community members. www.ndallies.org
• Puget Sound Chapter of NATS - Current VP of Student Auditions, Fellowship Committee, and former Board Member at Large and Auditions Committee, Adjudicator
• NATS Western Washington District - Co-Audition Coordinator and Adjudicator
• NATS Maine Chapter - Guest Musical Theatre Festival Adjudicator
• NATS National - National Student Auditions Adjudicator
• University of Mississippi Department of Music - Served as a reader on an Honor's Thesis Committee
• University of Mississippi Department of Theatre & Film - Served on the Recruitment and Scholarship Committee
• Puget Stound Chapter of NATS - Serve as a Fellowship Teacher
• Westminster Choir College and Mississippi University for Women - Volunteer as mentor teacher for vocal pedagogy classes - students observe lessons I teach and I spend time with them answering their questions and exploring the reasons for choices I make during the lessons

• Member of Actors Equity Association
• Licensed and Bonded to work with professional actors who are minors in the state of California
• Vocal Health First Aide Certified, NCFE Level 2 Certificate
• Board Member at Large, NATS Puget Sound Chapter
• Member of National NATS
• Member of The Voice Foundation

• Featured Actress in Backstage February 2009 cover story, "Family Matters"
• TakeLessons.com Teacher of the Month June 2009
• Fan Favorite on American Actor TV show

Rory Ledbetter

Associate Professor & Head of Acting for Stage & Screen Program

Department of Theatre & Film at the University of Mississippi

relationship: program head and colleague

rledbett@olemiss.edu

Lauren Bone Noble

Assistant Professor of Movement for the Actor

Department of Theatre & Film at the University of Mississippi

relationship: colleague

leboneno@olemiss.edu

Casey Craig

Institute Manager

Village Theatre Kidstage, Issaquah, WA

relationship: supervisor

caseyadamcraig@gmail.com or 206-795-7644

Allison Guinn

Broadway and Television Actress

Hair, On the Town, Les Miserables National Tour, Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Only Murders in the Building

relationship: private voice student

allisonguinn@yahoo.com or 423-737-1596