Valletta Gaylord
Irvine,CA
Summary
Dedicated student actor with experience in main stage and blackbox productions, including lead, side-lead, and small-line roles. Skilled in audition preparation, rehearsal coordination, and dramatic range, with added technical experience in lighting, sound, and stage support. Recognized with multiple theater awards and honors for performance excellence.
Overview
5
5
Languages
1
1
Certification
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Actor
Theatre
08.2020 - Current
- Delivered 3 lead roles in 3 main stage productions.
- Delivered 8 side-lead roles across 8 main stage and blackbox productions.
- Performed 13 character roles over the career.
- Built 6 years of acting experience across stage productions.
- Earned Best Female Actor in Dramatic Duologue at Lake Travis High School, Adjudicator Award for selected Best Female Lead in district at Portola High School, Outstanding Junior Award, Certificate of Achievement for Outstanding Theatrical Work, Superlative Award for Lead in Production, and additional Thespian Society honors at Portola High School.
- Contributed 2 years of lighting and sound for 5 black box productions.
- Superlative Award for Lead in a production at Portola High School, and some other minor awards from the Thespian Society at Portola High School.
- Currently inducted into High Level Thespian Honors Society as well as the Drama Club, and Comedy Sports troupe at Portola High School.
- Currently and have been working to help construct stage design and have overall helped with stage design and construction over the last 6/7 years.
Skills
- Script analysis
- Character development
- Stage blocking and presence
- Audition preparation
- Rehearsal coordination
- Ensemble collaboration
- Technical stage design
- Creative problem-solving
- Professional communication
- Performance improvement
- Emotional expression
- Character research
- Body language
- Vocal tone and enunciation
- Television and film experience
- Improvisation techniques
- Understudy experience in live performances
- Accents and dialects
- On-screen acting
- Comprehensive tech training
- Improvisation techniques
- Understudy experience
- Researching characters
- Body language
- Cold reading
- Vocal tone
- Reading scripts
- Camera awareness
- Auditioning
- Acting
- Performance improvement
- Voice projection
- Scene analysis
- Line memorization
- Character creation
- Live performances
- Vocal control
- Rehearsing scenes
- Rehearsal coordination
- Character research
- Script adherence
- Adaptable
- Accents and dialects
- Choreography notation
- Movement choreography
- Rhythmic performance
- Character portrayal
- Stage performance
Languages
Maltese
Professional
French
Limited
Russian
Limited
Spanish
Limited
Japanese
Limited
Certification
- Certificate of Achievement for Outstanding Theatrical Work in the CETA Thespian Honors Society Banquet, 2025.
Accomplishments
- Best Female Actor in a Dramatic Duologue. Lake Travis High School Freshman Year, 2023.
- Lead Role - Night of the Living Dead - Superlative Award. Portola High School, Junior Year, 2026.
- Outstanding Junior. Portola High School, Junior Year, 2026.
Affiliations
- Drama Club, member.
- Thespian National Honors Society, member.
- Comedy Sportz Improv, member.
Timeline
Actor
Theatre
08.2020 - Current