Patricia McElwee

Ditzy wife, old barfly gruff lady. I love to impersonate Mae West.

Way back in the old days, when I had tiny babies, I was hired to record a local PSA to encourage Low wage women with children to use WIC. I auditioned for an animatation program called, "The Beverly Hills Bears" for Marvel. The cartoon was not made. Studied voice over with Rick Zieff, Kalmenson and Kalmenson and Valley College. I studied theater at the University of Pittsburgh and Strasberg Institute. I was an actress at the Pittsburgh Laboratory Theater and Group Theater. I taught improv classes for nine years at the McGroarty Arts Center,and workshops for the Shouting Coyote Festival, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts I can sing. I homeschooled both my sons,so I did a lot of reading aloud, and taught them that, too. I had to read stories, poems and instructions so my sons could understand and actually enjoy lessons. When I was a gourmet caterer , I had to read recipes to the staff so they could understand what we were about to do and how to do it.