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 ten 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, Ma Strong in Urinetown with the Village Light Opera Group, and Denise in The Baker's Wife at the Ridgefield Theater Barn. She is always thrilled to hear her voiceover on a Vanguard commercial that's currently airing.
Cathy has studied at HB Studios, Actors Connection, T. Schreiber Studios, and Bova Actors Workshop. Currently, her wonderful teachers are Andrea Green (voice) andMary Workman (acting and voiceover) .
Cathy lives in Connecticut with her husband and her cat Bibi Tanga. She gardens, plays tennis, practices yoga, cooks, and loves to travel. But most importantly, she is thrilled to be on stage and on set.
Click to download Cathy's Biography!
Click to download Cathy's Resumé!
ON CAMERA
STATS
Fiction | NYU Graduate Film
Nona
Friend of Dorothy's | SVU Film
Diane
Saccarappa Falls | Ezziebaby Productions
Claudia
Miss Paris County | NYU Film
Aunt Jill
Hell Is Other People | Columbia University Film
The Maid
Just Another Week | Hofstra University
Guidance Counselor
Affliction | NYU Film
Judge McCabe
Evil Lives Here, "I Will Always Be Scared of Him" | Investigation Discovery
Older Deborah
Grave Secrets, “Secret Vows” | Investigation Discovery
Melody
The Old Place | NYU Film
Ida
Abrogation | Franklin Livingston
Cathy
Godmother Death | Pratt Institute
Godmother Death
Blue Devils | Independent Film
Sebastian's Mother
Dreamers | Independent Film
Anna
Black Box | Sacred Heart University
Mom
Living the Dream | New York Film Academy
Psychiatrist
Mars Marr | NYU Film
Beth Marr
Valley High | IndieWorks Theatre Company
Jury Forewoman
The Truth About Meeting Women | Paul Gale Comedy
Mom
THEATER
The Baker's Wife | Ridgefield Theater Barn
Denise
Illusion | Spark Theatre Festival
Louella Parsons
Jekyll & Hyde | The Wilton Playshop, Wilton, CT
Lady Beaconsfield
Moon School | Staged Reading, NYC
Linda Moon
Death of a Salesman, Biff Dream Sequence | Columbia University MFA Directing Class
Linda Loman
The Sound of Music | Musicals at Richter, Danbury, CT
Sister Margaretta
Triangle Cruise | The Cutting Room
New Age Mystic
The Divas | Ridgefield Theater Barn
Olivia Trent
Tuck Everlasting | White Plains PAC, Stage 2
Nana
Shakespeare In Love | Curtain Call, Stamford, CT
Mistress Quickly, Madrigal
Unaffordably Unhealthy | The Tank, NYC
Featured Monologist
Insanity in the City | New York Theater Festival
Danielle Van Holden
Into the Woods | Musicals at Richter, Danbury, CT
Cinderella's Mother
Urinetown | Village Light Opera Group, NYC
Josephine Strong
The Family Table | Manhattan Repertory Theatre
Teri
Ragtime | Village Light Opera Group, NYC
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
Ensemble
Height: 5’4”
Eye color: Brown
Voice: Mezzo-soprano (low A to F above high C)
TRAINING & WORKSHOPS
Musical Theater | Kimberly Vaughn, Cheryl Stern
Voice | Andrea Green
Acting | Mary Workman
Basic Tap | Jill Kenney
Voice & Piano | The Peabody Conservatory
B.A. in English | Douglass College, Rutgers University
SPECIAL SKILLS
Accents: Southern; Cockney, British RP
Sight Reading
Piano
Yoga
Tennis
Valid Driver's License
DIGITAL THEATER
How To Survive Being in a Shakespeare Play | Alpha NYC
Narrator #2
Miles To Sleep, Before I Go | Potomac Playmakers
Lizzie Leister
Imitation of Life | Incarn Live Virtual Theater
Lora
Rent-a-Meemaw | Playzoomers
Meemaw
Sharon's Play | Playzoomers
Vera
Talk! Talk! Talk! | Playzoomers
Whistler's Mother
I'm Herbert | Playzoomers
Muriel
Various Readings | Chaos Theatre Collective
Various Roles
VOICEOVER
Walpurgisnacht | The Garden of Voices
Vicky
Bill and Mary's Pandemic | The Garden of Voices
Mary
Joan and Nancy | Primary Stages Audio Drama
Nancy
The Shadow Radio Plays | Chaos Theatre Collective
Announcer, General
CABARET & OTHER
Connecticut Yuletide Carolers | MiLo Productions
Caroler
Kimberly Vaughn & Justin Boccito's
Broadway Performance Project
Featured Soloist
Cabarets | Don't Tell Mama, The Duplex, West End, Magnolia Room
Featured Soloist