Lissy Gulick
actress • singer • songwriter • arts-educator
I have been passionate about creating and performing theater and music since age 5, when, after my mother's community theater rehearsal, I ran straight up onto the stage and started singing and dancing as if I knew what I was doing! After a childhood and youth filled with acting, singing, writing and song-writing, I headed into a professional acting career, with a detour into opera singing, eventually returning to Cleveland in the late ‘70’s.
Acting, Singing.....
Since returning to Cleveland, I have had the good fortune to appear at many major area venues (for more detail, see resumé page). Highlights include Cleveland Opera (Cousin Hebe in “H.M.S. Pinafore"); Carousel Dinner Theater (Yente in “Fiddler”); Great Lakes Theatre Festival's "A Christmas Carol" (Mrs. Fezziwig); Playhouse Square’s “Shear Madness” (the snooty Mrs. Shubert) and "Unbeatable" (Mom); Cain Park (Salome in "Robber Bridegroom," the Mayor’s wife in “The Music Man,” and The Old Lady in “Violet”); Porthouse Theater (Aunt Eller in “Oklahoma!” and Mae Petersen in "Bye Bye Birdie"), and, more recently, the title role in "The Receptionist" for Dobama, and a really nasty old lady in the notorious "Jerry Springer - the Opera!" at Beck Center .
Film credits include a mean nun in WELCOME TO COLLINWOOD, and a pivotal 5-line role as the nice social worker in ANTWONE FISHER.
...and Creative Stuff
On the writing end, I have written and performed lecture-concerts on Ohio History for the Western Reserve Historical Society, the Oberlin Heritage Society, and even the Canal-Lovers’ Society of America! Although not a household word as a composer, I have several anthems making the rounds of churches, synagogues, and commitment ceremonies; KIDS’ COUNTRY, a musical co-written with Dave Cockley, has enjoyed a small national notoriety in summer programs and community theaters. A one-act play, WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN, was produced at Chesterland Community Church in 2005.
