Rebecca Shrom (Los Angeles), a classically trained actor and comedian with over a decade of training and experience. Rebecca grew up in the south, majoring in theatre and media arts at The University of South Carolina and studied Shakespeare and classical theatre at The British American Drama Academy in Oxford. During her time at USC she lead and organized the school’s improv group, self produced a 10 minute play festival every semester, in addition to performing in one mainstage or lab production every semester. Her most notable roles include Cassandra - The Trojan Women, James Lingk - Glengarry Glen Ross, Foreman (Juror #1) - 12 Angry Men, and many more.
Post undergrad she performed in some region theater productions, including Cassidy - Appropriate and Linda - Talk Radio. She then spent 5 years in Chicago, studying sketch and improv in theaters across the city, taking classes at the Second City conservatory, IO Chicago, The Annoyance and more. In this time she also produced, wrote and performed in over 8 full sketch shows, one solo show, and countless improv shows in theaters across the city.
She now resides in Los Angeles, CA, where she performs improv and stand up around the city.
She writes, shoots, and performs sketch with her two teams Nat + B and Extra Chunky!
You can find her tabletop RPG podcast Blank City: Nowhere wherever podcasts are found.
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| Name: | Rebecca Shrom |
| Hair: | Blonde|
| Eyes: | Brown|
| Languages: | English (fluent), Spanish (basic), Japanese (basic)|
Experience
Commercial
Oscars Experience Promo — Featured — Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Stasis — Host (Principle) — DOTTOB
Television
America’s Court with Judge Ross — Iris Pitman — Allen Media Group/Justice Central TV
Real Murders of Atlanta — Lori Shriner — Matt Mazany
Comedy/Sketch Comedy
Nat + B presents ShameCo Employee Summit — Writer/Cast Member — The Broadwater
Just Girly Bits — Writer/Cast Member — The Yard Theater
Sorry Sorry Sorry — Writer/Cast Member — The Yard Theater
Scotch and TV Dinner — Writer/Cast Member — The Annoyance/Justin Parlette
Drink the Kool-aid — Cast Member — The Second City
We’ll Burn That Bridge... — Cast Member — The Second City/Tyler Dean Kempf
Pandora’s Soapbox — Cast Member — The Second City/Jay Steigman
Casual Anxiety: Comedy Panic — Cast Member — The Second City/Josie Benedetti
Casual Anxiety: Keepin’ It Casual — Cast Member — The Second City/Dustin Bales
History of The Internet — Cast Member — The Second City/Michelle Leatherby
Uncle Bobo — Performer — Second City/IO/The Annoyance
Dr. Genevieve Gives Good Advice — Performer — The Crowd Theater/Self
Out on a Whim: Improvised D&D — Performer — The Second City/Otherworld Theatre
Improvius Commedius (Improvised Greek Theatre) — Performer — Otherworld Theatre
Dork Court — Performer — Otherworld Theatre
Voice Over
97th Oscars Accessibility Promo — Principal VO — The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences
The Onion Podcast: The Topical — Various — The Onion/Go Media
Blank City: Nowhere — Reoccurring — Audio Mint
AM 1066 — Reoccurring — Thomas Graham
Please Make This — Reoccurring — Machine Culture
Dead Sirius — Cecily/Reoccurring — Alchemical Nonsense
New Media
D*CKS — Principle — Will Presley/Jane Barbe Productions
Quarantine: The Game Show — Performer/Writer — Chris Iannucci
OverQualified — Performer — iO Comedy Network
Proper Clown — Performer — iO Comedy Network
Filthy Feathers — Performer/Writer — CHCN Network
Short Film
Metal A** — Supporting — Christian Cerezo
Excellent Business — Principal — Jordan Young
Toilet Sisters — Principal — Problemagic Comedy
Drifts — Principal — Campus Movie Fest/Nick Ducko
Getting It — Principal — Campus Movie Fest/Joe Pennebaker
Sagitta — Principal — OK Keyes Graduate Thesis Film
A-Cup — Principal — UofSC/Maggie Calton
50% — Supporting — OK Keyes/Campus Movie Fest
Blank Pages — Principal — Art Institute of Charlotte/Alexis Heaps
Bonded — Supporting — Art Institute of Charlotte/Alexis Heaps
Theatre
Murder Mystery Co. — Detective — Murder Mystery Co.
Fancy Bones: Side Two — Sadie — Chemically Imbalanced Comedy
Appropriate — Cassidy — Trustus Theater - Columbia, SC
Talk Radio — Linda/Denise/Rose/Agnes — Flowertown Theater - Charleston, SC
Ajax In Iraq — Magnux — University of South Carolina
Glengarry Glen Ross — James Lingk — Benson Theater/Columbia, SC
Wednesday — Jess (Principle) — Otherworld Theater
August Snow — Roma Avery — University of South Carolina
Hamlet — Ensemble — University of South Carolina
Training
British American Drama Academy — Acting/Classical Theatre + Shakespeare — Joe Mydell, John Gorrie
UCB Los Angeles - Long form Improv - 201 Marissa Strickland, 301 Ari Voukydis, 401 Mel Cowan
University of South Carolina — Acting/Physical Theatre/Clowning — Erica Toboloski, Sarah Barker, Robert Richmond
Killian’s Workshop — Commercial + On Camera Acting
Ramani Leah — Co-Star on camera class — ACE Studios
Brent Hagata — On Camera casting workshop — In the Act Studios
Julie Garber — On Camera casting audition workshop — In the Act Studios
The Second City, Chicago — Sketch Writing/Improv — Rachel Mason, Jay Steigman
The Acting Studio Chicago — Voice Over — Jeff Lupetin/Norm Boucher
Green Room Studio — On Camera Acting -- Sean Bradley
IO Chicago — Long Form Improv — Adal Rafai, Nnamdi Ngewo, Patrick Rowland
The Annoyance Theater — Long form Improv — Bill Stern, Cassidy Russell
Chemically Imbalanced Comedy — Long form Improv — Farrell Walsh
WE Improv - Character Improv — Jake Jabour
Skills
Language: English (Native), Spanish (A1 basic), Japanese (A2 Basic)
Movement (Clowning, Suzuki), Southern Accent, Visual Artist (Advanced Painting, Drawing, and Sketch), Photography, Machine and Hand Sewing, Costumes, Barista