Parker Tenney

Mid-Atlantic (slight British clip), Posh British,Cockney and Cornish. Irish (maid,wise and witchy,upwardly mobile Boston),Yiddish,French (shopkeeper,chanteuse, sex kitten),German (Heidi, Marlene Dietrich, Frau Blucher),Spanish, Italian,Indian (Colonial India), Country Southern (Appalachian, trailer trash, Snake oil salesman), Cultivated Southern (Ole Miss co-ed, Charleston matron, Virginia socialite), Mid-western, New York (commuter from Queens, Long Island suburban housewife, Jersey Girl, Classic Jewish Princess, Manhattan socialite). Impersonations include: Katharine Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Hellen Reddy, Dolly Parton, Cher, Barbra Streisand, Rosie Perez, Lois Griffin(Family Guy),Lisa Simpson (The Simpsons), Pepe Le Pew, Adelaide (Guys and Dolls) and Glinda, the Good Witch, as well as the Wicked Witch of the West. But, who doesn't. On stage and on the radio, have played Mary Poppins, Ricky Tiki Tavi (all characters in the story), multiple roles in Noel Coward's Tonight at 8:30, all the characters in Wind in the Willows, all characters in Alice Through the Looking Glass, all characters in The Wizard of Oz.

The most current work on air has been for commercial copy advertizing a Edmonds Community College(2008)and in creating the voices for email comments broadcast on KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio, July 2009. For 3 years, I was the creator and producer of the children's radio show, "Just So Radio," for the NPR affiliate in Montgomery, Alabama. For 30 minutes every week, I performed polished, theatrical readings of classic children's literature. These broadcasts included The Elephant's Child, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, Heidi, Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates, Mary Poppins, Rikki Tiki Tavi, Tom Sawyer, The Wind in the Willows (set in Cajun country, Louisiana), Black Beauty and The Gift of the Magi, as well as some classic Japanese folk tales. I have a degree in psychology from the University of Pittsburgh, with a minor in fine arts. Graduated summa cum laude. Two years traing with HB (Herbert Bergdoff) studio, NYC, two years with NYC teacher and agent, Michael Hartig, two intensive commercial voice over training sessions, lasting 6 weeks each, with Seattle voice over professional and teacher, Kathy Levin. I am currently employed by KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio as the major gifts officer, have worked on stage and behind the scenes in professional theater for more than 10 years and lend my voice to local theater projects, commercial copy and on air announcements whenever the opportunity arises. M-Audio "NOVA," Large-Capsule Condenser Microphone Digidesign Mbox 2 Audio Pro Tools LE 7.3.1