Kathleen Antonia
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Photo by Tracy Merrill
"I'm Always Drunk in San Francisco", music and lyrics by Tommy Wolf
January 26, 2013 performance with the Tom Shaw Trio at Martuni's, SF
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Biography
A University of California, Berkeley and Harvard Law School graduate, Kathleen Antonia is an accomplished writer and activist in addition to Actor, singer, and dancer. She has published everything from law review articles to short stories to poetry and fundraises for the AIDS and Breast Cancer Emergency Funds, Women's Cancer Resource Center, and Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. An avid indoor rower and environmentalist, Antonia also logs more than 200,000 meters each holiday season to raise money for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Growing up with lessons in dance, martial arts, guitar, violin, and drums, it was a relatively easy transition from the practice of law to the entertainment industry. Antonia trained with the late, great Cliff Osmond and a number of other talented teachers including Carissa Blix and Beau Bonneau (Commercial On-camera), Dana Cory and Ed Hooks (Improv), Jim Jarrett (Meisner Technique), Kurtis Matthews (Stand-Up Comedy), Paoli Lacy (Physical Comedy), Carla Pantoja (Stage Combat), Tamisa A'awapuhi (Tahitian Ori), Amanda Grady (Odissi Indian Classical Dance), Ronnie Reddick and Christiane Crawford (Hip Hop Jazz), Toran McGill (Pole Dancing), Jake Kimball and Simon Rowston (Trapeze), Betty Shamieh and Josephina Lopez (Writing), Tina Mabry (Directing), and Ben Ferrer (Lighting).
First booking jingles for Mattel, Antonia now boasts credits that include on-camera and voiceover work for popular video games, commercials, and documentaries. She has acted in numerous films including Sundance Film Festival winner Dopamine and television shows House MD and Trauma. Antonia has also performed on stage with the American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Golden Thread Productions, San Francisco Opera, and a host of other theatrical companies as well as played the didjeridu in the Bank of America Down Under Tour for the 2000 Olympic Games. A long time singer of every genre, her credits include arias for Michael Kaulkin's opera The Ghost of Wu, live jazz performances with the Tom Shaw Trio and Marcus Shelby, and award winning dance vocals for The Body Electric as a member of Leo Frappier Band (LFB).
In 2007, Antonia established What The ... Productions which has since released her first solo CD Next Time, produced the webseries Cankles and a CombOver, web-pilots Blatinas and Bad Side, and parodies Twilight Kitty and Macy Gray: Hash Call, and earned her Honorable Mention for the documentary Getting Played: who's playing you? at the 2010 International Black Women's Film Festival, the trailers for which have over 35,000 views on YouTube.
Please join Fans of Kathleen Antonia on Facebook for the most current listings of her performances and appearances. Antonia's CD Next Time is available at CD Baby and What The ... Productions.
For booking, contact:
Look Talent
166 Geary Street, 14th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108 USA
p. (415) 781-2841
f. (415) 781-5722
"Kathleen Antonia is sublime" - Richard Connema, Talkin' Broadway
"Kathleen Antonia captivated the audience" - Dave Moodie, The Sneak Preview
"The acting tended toward the declamatory, with only Kathleen Antonia ... truly touching her character's heart--and ours." - Barry Wisdom, Backstage West
"The lovely Kathleen Antonia is a standout" - Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Examiner
"diva extraordinaire!" - Reid Dennis, Spectrum
"strong vocals, stage presence, and nuanced performance make [Kathleen Antonia] the highlight of the evening." - Karen Macklin, SF Weekly
"brilliant new CD release ... a baker's dozen of delicious standards to be sure." - Sister Dana Van Iquity, San Francisco Bay Times
"As the only black character who speaks ... Fanny bears the onus of representing all African natives and even the country itself. That's a lot to ask of a character and an actor, but [Kathleen] Antonia does it with a dignity that makes you wish this were her story and not Rhodes'." - Chad Jones, The Oakland Tribune
"I knew about the voice. I had no idea about the thighs!" - director John Fisher
"one of the best" - playwright Vonn Scott Bair
Now playing!
FILM
All the Others Were Practice
Getting Played
The Brothas
Centennial Celebration of Elationists
Booker T. Washington: Up From Slavery
Tall Trees
Approved
Jujuluv
Dopamine
Love's Arrival
Quartet for Three Characters & Cello
Stalemate
Speechless/efdpa
Convention
South Side Survivor
Doubting Rita Weaver
Shackled
Parthenogenesis
As I Lay Dying
INDUSTRIAL SPOKESPERSON
Cisco Systems
Federal Reserve Bank
Genentech
Long's Drugs
Macy's
Pottery Barn
Pottery Barn Kids
Safeway
Symantec
Wachovia Bank
Williams Sonoma
TELEVISION
House MD
Trauma
The Killen Report
Tales From The Other Side
I Love Rosa
WEBSERIES
Blatinas
Bad Side
Cankles and a CombOver
The Chris 'n' Kat Show
VOICEOVER
Air New Zealand
America Online (AOL)
ArQule
Ask Watson
Belotero
BPM
California Tomorrow
Capcom
Electronic Arts Games
Hewlett-Packard
Kabam
Kaleidescape
Learning Company
Lucasfilm
Mervyn's
NAMCO
Rabbit Content
Soliloquy Learning
Sony PlayStation
University of California
University of Phoenix
Warner Brothers
THEATRE
42nd Street Moon
Pipe Dream
Scandals, Follies, & a Bowl of Cherries
African-American Shakespeare Company
Pygmalion
American Conservatory Theater
The Colossus of Rhodes
ArtRise Theater
Absent Friends
Campo Santo
Finale: Finding the Future
Exit Theater
Marisol
Golden Thread Productions
Ukimwi
Heroes Theater Company
Antony and Cleopatra
Magic Theater
Quartet for Three Characters & Cello
Oakland Opera Theater
Queenie Pie
Oregon Cabaret Theatre
My Way - Musical Tribute to Sinatra
San Francisco Mime Troupe
Mr. Smith Goes To Obscuristan (tour)
San Francisco Opera
La damnation de Faust
SF PlayHouse
The Violet Hour
Shotgun Players
A Fairy's Tail
Theatre Rhinoceros
Design For Living
Hairstory - a musical with roots
Woman's Will
Comedy of Errors
Solo Shows
Too Much Meat For Me
When to Say WHEN!
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