CATHY BELIEVES IT'S NEVER TOO LATE!
After a dream career in magazine publishing, where she was at the top of the mastheads of magazines such as McCall’s, Seventeen, Country Living, Rosie, and many others, Cathy Cavender decided to return to singing and acting, earlier loves her busy career didn’t allow for. Flash forward six years later and so much has happened!
Cathy has been cast in musicals in Connecticut and NYC, acted in dramas off-off Broadway, sung in cabaret showcases all over NYC, and appeared in dozens of film projects (often playing “Mom”).
Favorite roles include Nana in Tuck Everlasting at the White Plains Performing Arts Center's Stage Two, and Ma Strong in Urinetown with the Village Light Opera Group. She also sings with Different Drum, a Linda Ronstadt tribute band.
Cathy has studied at HB Studios, Actors Connection, T. Schreiber Studios, and Bova Actors Workshop. Currently, her wonderful teachers are Andrea Green (voice), Mary Workman (acting and voice over) and Kimberly Vaughn (musical theater).
Cathy lives in Connecticut with her husband and her cat Bibi Tanga. She gardens, plays tennis, practices yoga, cooks and travels as much as possible when she’s not in class, on stage or on set.
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THEATER
Tuck Everlasting | White Plains Performing Arts Center, NY
Nana
Mistress Quickly, Madrigal
Shakespeare In Love | Curtain Call, Stamford, CT
Featured Monologist
Unaffordably Unhealthy | The Tank, NYC
Danielle Van Holden
Insanity in the City | New York Theater Festival
Into the Woods | Musicals at Richter, Danbury, CT
Cinderella's Mother
Josephine Strong
Urinetown | Village Light Opera Group, NYC
Teri
The Family Table | Manhattan Repertory Theatre
Ragtime | Village Light Opera Group, NYC
Ensemble
Ensemble
Anything Goes | Village Light Opera Group, NYC
Ensemble
Follies | Curtain Call, Stamford, CT
Ensemble
Meet Me In St. Louis | Curtain Call, Stamford, CT
Ensemble
A Sketch of New York (Comedy) | The Producers Club
STATS
Height: 5’4”
Eye color: Brown
Voice: Mezzo-soprano (low A to F above high C)
TRAINING & WORKSHOPS
Musical Theater | Kimberly Vaughn
Voice | Andrea Green
Acting | Mary Workman
Voice & Piano | The Peabody Conservatory
B.A. in English | Douglass College, Rutgers University
SPECIAL SKILLS
Accents: Southern; Cockney
Sight Reading
Yoga
Tennis
Valid Driver's License
ON CAMERA
Grave Secrets, “Secret Vows” | Investigation Discovery
Melody
Ida
The Old Place | NYU Film
Godmother Death
Godmother Death | Pratt Institute
Mars Marr | NYU Film
Beth Marr
Jury Forewoman
Valley High | IndieWorks Theatre Company
Mom
The Truth About Meeting Women | Paul Gale Comedy
Honda/Ford Commercials | Perfect Pitch Productions
Customer
Wife
Snoring PSA, AAOMS | Harrington Talents
Psychiatrist
Living the Dream | New York Film Academy
CABARET
Kimberly Vaughn & Justin Boccito's Broadway Performance Project
Featured Soloist
Cabarets | Don't Tell Mama, The Duplex, West End, Magnolia Room
Featured Soloist