DESIREE BAXTER
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- SAG-AFTRA
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Veteran Talent Agent (Performance Video) Quicktime
Wily agent seizes opportunity to launch cross-dressing newbie.
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Desiree Baxter_Mezzo-Soprano_Sacred (Audio Tracks) Quicktime
"The Baptism of Christ" - John Weaver "Tears are my daily food" - G. F. Handel
Résumé Print Résumé
TELEVISION | ||
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Shadow Unit (Pilot) |
Series Regular |
Knight Studios |
Étoile (Ep 105) |
Co-Star |
Amazon Studios |
FILM | ||
Off Duty (Short) |
Supporting |
Shetal Shah - Producer |
Gift of Giving: A Little Women Holiday |
Lead |
Mary Candler - Producer |
THEATRE | ||
The Cherry Orchard |
Lubya |
Greenbrier Valley Theatre |
Countess |
All's Well That Ends Well |
Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre |
Parent/Lear |
Lear |
The Shakespeare Forum |
Hamlet |
Gertrude |
Greenbrier Valley Theatre |
Little Women |
Marmee |
Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre |
Be A Good Little Widow |
Hope |
Refracted Theatre Company |
Dauber/Prof. Mamie |
The Cradle Will Rock |
Theater 2020 |
Quilters |
Sarah |
Greenbrier Valley Theatre |
The Stone Host |
Doña Mercedes |
Expand the Canon: Do This Play |
War and Mercy |
Velasco |
Expand the Canon: Legacy Comm |
The Journey |
Gloria |
Yellow Bicycle Collective |
Greenbrier Ghost |
Mary Jane Heaster |
Greenbrier Valley Theatre |
The Martyr |
Varinia Howell |
Greenbrier Valley Theatre |
House of Desires (Reading) |
Celia |
Expand the Canon: Do This Play |
The Guys (Reading) |
Joan |
Chinatown Soup Gallery |
My Fair Lady |
Mrs. Pierce |
Lyric Opera Cleveland |
OPERA/OPERETTA | ||
Cavalleria Rusticana |
Mamma Lucia |
New Rochelle Opera |
The Mikado |
Katisha |
Village Light Opera |
L'Enfant et les Sortilèges |
L'Enfant |
Lyric Opera Cleveland |
Il Barbiere di Siviglia |
Berta |
Opera Roanoke |
Die Fledermaus |
Orlofsky |
Southwest Virginia Opera |
DIRECTING | ||
Son of Anarchy |
Director |
Queens Short Play Festival |
Vignettes from Vienna |
Director - Mozart |
dell'Arte Opera Ensemble |
Salieri - La Cifra |
Assistant Director |
dell'Arte Opera Ensemble |
Mozart - Abduction from the Seraglio |
Assistant Director |
Bronx Opera |
Donizetti - Elixir of Love |
Assistant Director |
North Shore Music Festival |
Verdi - Falstaff |
Assistant Director |
Bronx Opera |
Rossini - Cinderella |
Assistant Director |
Bronx Opera |
Britten - Rape of Lucretia |
Assistant Director |
Queens College |
Training and Education | ||
Acting on Camera |
Improvisation, Scene Study |
SAG-AFTRA Conservatory |
Shakespeare Text |
Rob Clare |
Rob Clare Workshops |
Acting - Scene Study |
Alexandra Neil |
The Freeman Studio |
Dialects |
Amanda Quaid |
The Talk Shop |
Shakespeare Acting |
Tyler Moss/Sybille Bruun |
The Shakespeare Forum |
Directing |
Karen Kohlhaas |
The Art & the Audition |
Physical Theatre |
Claire Warden |
The Shakespeare Forum |
Acting - Audition Technique |
Tom Todoroff |
Tom Todoroff Studio |
Master of Music |
Opera Performance |
Manhattan School of Music |
Bachelor of Music Education |
Vocal/Choral K-12 |
Virginia Commonwealth Univ |
Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 5'6" |
Weight: 130 lbs |
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Snow Skiing - General, Swimming - ability - general, Dance Ballroom, Dance Cha Cha, Dance Rumba, Dance Salsa, Dance Swing, Dance Tango, Licensed Driver, Singer, Vocal Range: Alto, Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano, American - New York Accent, American - Southern Accent, American - Standard/General Accent, British - BBC English Accent, British - Cockney Accent, Irish Accent, Scottish Accent
Desirée Baxter is a seasoned storyteller whose characters display both vulnerability and grit. After a career in opera, she transitioned to theatre in 2012 delving into the classics and exploring new plays. While advocating for gender equity in the classics with ExpandtheCanon.com, she supports new plays and developing playwrights with The Drawing Board. Her love of languages, history and travel have made working in regional theaters and on location a joy.