SHONICA GOODEN
AEA, SAG-AFTRA
Height: 5’3”
Eyes: Dark Brown
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Voice: Alto/Mezzo-Soprano
Live/Stage Performances
Memphis (Cape Fear) Felicia Farrell Dir. Suzanne Agins;Chor. Ellenore Scott
Don't Bother Me I Can't Cope So Little Time Soloist Dir./Chor. Savion Glover
Sister Act (MT Wichita) Deloris Van Cartier Dir. Mark Madama; Chor. Robert Haartwell
CATS (Broadway Revival) Rumpleteazer Dir. Trevor Nunn; Chor. Gillian Lynn & Andy B.
Hamilton: An American Musical Featured Ensemble/”The Bullet” Dir. Thomas Kail; Chor. Andy Blankenbuehler
American Dance Machine Sweet GA Brown Dir./Chor. Wayne Cilento
Matilda (1st National Tour) Featured Ensemble/Understudy Dir. Matthew Warchus; Chor. Peter Darling
Mrs. Wormwood & Mrs. Phelps
Paint Your Wagon (City Center Encores) Ensemble Dir. Marc Bruni; Chor. Denis Jones
Piece of My Heart (Off-Broadway) Featured Ensemble/Understudy Dir./Chor. Denis Jones
Candace
Cinderella (Broadway) Featured Ensemble Dir. Mark Brokaw/ Chor. Josh Rhodes
Bring It On: The Musical (Broadway) Featured Ensemble/ Understudy Dir./Chor. Andy Blankenbuehler
Danielle & Nautica
Bring It On: The Musical (National Tour) Featured Ensemble/ Understudy Dir./Chor. Andy Blankenbuehler
Danielle & Nautica
Highmark Insurance Print Ad 2011 Legs with Pointe Shoes Model
The Point Magazine Fall 2010 Dancer
Video/TV/Film
Fosse' Verdon (FX) Damn Yankees Ensemble 1 Dir. Thomas Kail
"Manifest" (NBC) Detainee #3 Dir. Paul Holahan
The First Purge Co-star Dir. Gerard McMurray
“Ted 2” (Opening Credits) Feature Dir. Seth Macfarlane; Chor. Rob Ashford
“Ten Minutes Ago” The Late Show Ensemble Chor. Josh Rhodes
2012 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Ensemble Chor. Andy Blankenbuehler Parade “I Got You”
Ebru “I’m Bad” Dancer Dir. Yolande Geralds; Chor. Sean Bankhead
Training
Dance: Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Modern, Contemporary Ballet, Pointe, Musical Theatre
DanceMakers of Atlanta (Lynise Heard, Denise Heard, Adrien Bolton, Tangie Gibson)
Point Park University (Graduate May 2011 w/ BFA in Dance; Kiesha Lalama-White, Garfield Lemonius, Judith Leifer-Bentz, Doug Bentz, Dana Arey, Susan Stowe, Karen Simmons, Lindy Mandradjeff, Ron Hutson, Ernie Torentino, Nicholas Petrov)
The Ailey School (Pedro Ruiz, Martin Lofnes, Ana Marie Forsythe, Celia Marino, Edward Stockton, Carlos Dos Santos, Jr., Peter S. London, Troy Powell),
Dekalb School of the Arts (Dean Williams, Pamala Jones-Malave’, Marci Lefkoff, Dawn Axam-Hocker)
Complexions Choreography Workshop (Desmond Richardson & Dwight Rhoden)
Acting: Kelly Kimball Studios (Kelly Kimball and Janine DiTullio), Shenise Spann
Voice: Michael Goodrich, Deric Rosenblatt, David Dabbon, Doug Oberhamer
Special Skills: Cheerleading, Partnering, African dance, Swing dance, Stunts, Stepping, leadership skills, roller skating, improvisation (dance and acting), runway walk, jump rope, hula hoop, Lip Synching, Ice skating, Hair Braiding, swimming