Martha Ramírez Luehrmann

5'4" 160 lbs
hair: brown and gray,
eyes: brown
tel: 510-548-7239
MarthaL@california.com
http://www.MarthaL.com/Act2/Act2.html

Theatre

Year

Production

2005 George W. Bush in Playfest for Women's Will
Julia Gibbs in Thornton Wilder's Our Town directed by Kate Christ & Mary Galde for Broadway West
2004 Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Ernest directed by Sean Lim for the Asian American Theater Company
Gertrude in Lorees Yerby's Save Me A Place At Forest Lawn directed by Martha Luehrmann for Kendall Center
Suzie in Theresa Rebeck's and Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros' Omnium Gatherum directed by Frank Gado for Dartmouth College

2003

classes at Berkeley Repertory School of Theatre with Amy Potozkin and Hector Correa

2002

acting class at Berkeley Repertory School of Theatre with Bob Ernst

1981

Mrs. Montgomery in The Heiress directed by Herbert Kennedy for Chabot College

1977

MBA from The Amos Tuck School, Dartmouth College

1975

Female leads in Hecuba to Him: A Shakespearean Collage directed by Eric Forsythe for Dartmouth Players

1973

Mother in Lyle Kessler's The Watering Place

directed Save Me A Place At Forest Lawn by Lorees Yerby at the Norwich Arts Association

directed Kate Rewa and Jim Atkinson in The Attic by Nicholas Biel

directed Nora Jacobsen and Tim Rieser in Here We Are by Dorothy Parker

The Spinster in Tennessee Williams' Lord Byron's Love Letter at the Norwich Arts Association directed by Kate Rewa

Laura in Strindberg's The Father directed by Rod Alexander

Mother in Lyle Kessler's The Watering Place for the Dartmouth Players directed by Barry Grove

1972

both acting and directing in Thy Name is Woman, an evening of scenes from various plays, the abortion scene in the Diary of Anais Nin, Solange's mad scene from Genet's The Maids, Countess Aurelia from The Madwoman of Chaillot, at the Norwich Arts Association

Martha in Erogenous Jones, Ph.D. directed by Michael Litle

Claire in Genet's The Maids for Contant Productions, Inc.performed under the auspices of The Jamaica National Theatre Trust and the St. Thomas Theater Association, directed by Herbert Lutz

1967-1972

Hostess of Pooh Corner, weekly hour-long children's radio show on WDCR

1968-1971

Weekly news commentary on WDCR

1971

Mrs. Stigman in a Green Mountain Theater Guild production of Peter Maeck's A Little Rain directed by Daniel Chodos

produced Arthur Kopit's Indians for Dartmouth Players

Flora in Pinter's A Slight Ache for Dartmouth Players directed by William Partlan

Dizzy Blonde in TV ad for Jordan Marsh of Boston

Thyatira in Robert Frost's Masque of Reason for the Dartmouth Players directed by Peter Phillips

Mrs. Stigman in premiere of Peter Maeck's A Little Rain directed by William Partlan

Director and actress of theatrical production for the 1971 Dryfoos Conference

Flora in Tennessee Williams' 27 Wagon Loads of Cotton

1970

Virgo and 3 small roles in e.e. cummings' him produced for N.E.T. (National Educational TV) and shown twice over the Boston network television during the following year

Martha in Irwin Shaw's Bury the Dead directed by Eric Forsythe

Chorus in Aleksandrovich Blok's The Puppet Show for Dartmouth Players directed by Mark Bradley

The Singer in Nikolai Nikilayevich Yevreinov's The Theatre of the Soul for Dartmouth Players directed by Mark Bradley

Mrs. Mercy in Marcus' Killing of Sister George

1969

Imogen in Shakespeare's Cymbeline for Dartmouth Players directed by Peter Saccio

Armande in Jean Giraudoux' The Enchanted for the Dartmouth Players directed by Nanalee Raphael

Queen of the Fairies in Alissa Bixson's Eliza and the Seven Swans for Dartmouth Players directed by Nanalee Raphael

She in The Loveliest Afternoon of the Year

1968

Rosita/Guitar/Poetry Reader/Puppet in An Evening With Garcia Lorca directed by Arthur Ferguson

Mrs. Partlett in Gilbert & Sullivan's The Sorcerer for the Dartmouth Players directed by Henry Williams

Penelope in A.R. Gurney Jr.'s The Comeback for the Dartmouth Players directed by Arthur Fergenson

1967

Sonya in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya for Dartmouth Players directed by Steve Coy

Ensemble in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in Equity summer repertory company

Martha in Eric Forsythe's The Cliff for Dartmouth Players directed by Nathaniel Fuller

Moira in Robert Reich's When the Moon Shines Over the Garbage Pits of Peoria, Illinois for the Dartmouth Players

First Witch in Barbara Garson's MacBird directed by John Pendleton

Miss Gilchrist in Brendan Behan's The Hostage directed by John Pendleton

1966

Sarah in Robert Reich's I Met Her Only Yesterday In The 84th Street Sewer for the Dartmouth Players directed by William Yaggy

Siu in Max Frisch's Chinese Wall for the Dartmouth Players directed by James Clancy

Lady in Mary Rodgers' Once Upon a Mattress for the Dartmouth Players directed by Bradford Stein

1965

BS in physics with honors from Illinois Institute of Technology

1954

Old Woman in play at the Georgetown Theater Club directed by John Wentworth

theatre training at the Washington Theatre Club with Hazel and John Wentworth

1952-1954

regular panelist on weekly children's science TV show, Washington, DC

Special Skills

Languages: English, Spanish, American Sign

physics, computing

fencing, violin

Last updated 5/5/05