Height: 5’6” CASSANDRA BISSEll cel phone: 773.430.2190
Weight: 115 AEA/SAG-AFTRA
PRODUCTIONROLE COMPANY/DIRECTOR
Sense and Sensibility (Jan - Mar 2016)Elinor Dashwood People’s Light/Joseph Hanreddy
A Christmas Carol (currently performing)Mrs. Cratchit Great Lakes Theater/Sara Bruner
King LearCordelia Idaho Shakes/Great Lakes Theater/Joseph Hanreddy
The Secret GardenMrs. Winthrop Idaho Shakes/Great Lakes Theater/Victoria Bussert
HarveyMyrtle Mae Simmons freeFall Theatre/James Rayfield
Proof ClaireCompany of Fools/Denise Simone
Amelia Amelia Renaissance Theaterworks/Laura Gordon
Sense and Sensibility Elinor Dashwood Utah Shakespeare Festival/Joseph Hanreddy
The Comedy of ErrorsAdriana Utah Shakespeare Festival/Brad Carroll
The UnderstudyRoxanne Renaissance Theaterworks/Mallory Metoxen
Detroit ’67Caroline Northlight Theatre/Ron OJ Parson
Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice Great Lakes Theater/Idaho Shakes/Sharon Ott
OpusGrace Peninsula Players/Brendon Fox
In the Next Room or The Vibrator PlaySabrina Daldry Actors’ Theatre of Louisville/Milwaukee Rep/Laura Gordon
Crumbs from the Table of JoyGerte Schulte Renaissance Theaterworks/UPROOTED/Dennis Johnson
My Name is Asher LevRivkeh Lev, et al Milwaukee Repertory Theater/Aaron Posner
**Mary’s WeddingMary Chalmers Rivendell Theatre Ensemble/Mark Ulrich
Noises Off Poppy Norton-Taylor Cleveland Play House/Maltz Jupiter Theatre/David Bell
The Lady’s Not for BurningAlizon Elliot Peninsula Players/Greg Vinkler
Pride and PrejudiceMary Bennet Cleveland Play House/Peter Amster
Doubt Sister James Peninsula Players/Todd Schmidt
ArcadiaChloë Coverly/Hannah Jarvis Court Theatre/Charlie Newell
Short Shakespeare!Macbeth Lady Macbeth Chicago Shakespeare Theater/David Bell
Memory HouseKatia Victory Gardens/Sandy Shinner
Red HerringLynne McCarthy Peninsula Players/Tom Mula
Memory House (Humana Festival)KatiaActors’ Theatre of Louisville/Sandy Shinner
Electra (Stage Door Series)Electra Goodman Theatre/Steve Scott
King John Blanche Chicago Shakespeare Theater/Barbara Gaines
Romeo and Juliet Juliet NEA Shakespeare in American Communities/Kate Buckley
ProofCatherine Peninsula Players/Todd Schmidt
A Man for All Seasons Margaret Peninsula Players/Michael Halberstam
Short Shakespeare!Romeo and JulietJuliet Chicago Shakespeare Theater/Gary Griffin
Measure for MeasureIsabella/Mistress Overdone Next Theatre Co./Jason Loewith
In the BloodAmiga Gringa/Beauty Next Theatre Co./Lisa Portes
Othello Desdemona Shakespeare on the Green/Karla Koskinen
The TempestMiranda Chicago Shakespeare Theater/Barbara Gaines
HamletOphelia Court Theatre/Charlie Newell
Richard IIQueen Chicago Shakespeare Theater/Barbara Gaines
The Berlin Circle Ensemble Steppenwolf Theatre Co./Tina Landau
**Jeff Nominated, Best Actress in a Principal Role
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
BA with Honors in Gender Studies University of Chicago
Advanced Acting Shakespeare Gavin Witt University of Chicago
Acting Chekhov Curt Columbus University of Chicago
Acting Internship Tina Landau Steppenwolf Theatre Co.