DEBORAH MARKS BERTLING
NON-UNION
Cell: 805-698-0952
E-mail: Deborah@DeborahMarksBertling.com
Hair: Auburn
Height: 5’8”
Eyes: Hazel
Valid Passport
Agent:
DTA/DeCayette Talent Agency
Stephen DeCayette / 424-284-3569
stephen@dt.agency
Manager:
The Robb Company
Sherry Robb / 818-384-0848
therobbcompany@gmail.com
FILM WEB & PODCAST TV THEATER OPERA CONCERTS
FILM
Earthquake Country
Lead: Ruth Osbourne
Hallie & Audrey McPherson, Directors
Deja Vu
Lead: Mom
Andrew Han, Director (SBIFF 2017)
Salsipuedes Street
Supporting: Sheila
Dennis Sandoval, Director
Community Film Studio Santa Barbara
RESCUED
Supporting: Aunt Bea
Crister De Leon, Director / Samala Pictures
★Winner best film (USA) in Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival 2019
The Beat That Her Heart Skipped
Lead: Donna
Daniel Pico, Director
★Official Selection for Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival 2015 and San Luis Obispo International Film Festival 2015
Transcendence
Supporting: opera singer
Darryl Hill, Director
Forced Angels
Supporting: Newscaster
Erik Choquette Director
★Santa Barbara International Film Festival
WEB & PODCAST
EXTREMING
Lead / Podcast Series
Lee Troxler, Creator/Director
Lived Experience
Co-Star
Red Rocket Productions
Cepheid
Co-Star
OddioWorks
TV
The Bay: The Series
Guest
Gregori J. Martin, Director
Unusually Thicke
Guest
Mike Ward, Director
Thicke of Things Two, Inc. Producer
Paul Merton’s Birth of Hollywood
Guest
Paul Merton, Director
BBC/Bristol Producer
THEATER
(partial list)
Fun Home
Helen Bechdel
Out of The Box Theater Company
Samantha Eve, Director
Amelie, The Musical
Amandine/Philomene
Out of the Box Theater Company
Samantha Eve, Director
Circle Mirror Transformation
Marty
SLO Rep / The Little Theatre
Gregory Gorrindo, Director
High Society
Margaret Lord
Santa Barbara City College Theater Group / Garvin Theater
R. Michael Gros, Director
What Rhymes With America
Lydia
The Producing Unit
Peter Frisch, Director
The Wild Party
Madelaine True
Out of The Box Theater Company
Samantha Eve, Director
Next To Normal (Musical)
Diane Goodman
Out of The Box Theater Company
Samantha Eve, Director
★INDIE Award: Best Actress in a musical
August: Osage County
Karen Weston
The Little Theatre
Anet Carlin, Director
Bonnie & Clyde (Musical)
Emma Parker/Stella
Out of The Box Theater Company
Samantha Eve, Director
A Little Night Music
Malla, Liebeslieder
Ensemble Theater Company
Jonathan Fox, Director
Carrie, The Musical
Margaret White
Out of The Box Theater Company
Samantha Eve, Director
My Fair Lady
Mrs. Eynsford-Hill
Ensemble Center For the Performing Arts with Santa Barbara Symphony
Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Director
Spring Awakening (Musical)
Adult Woman (5 roles)
Out of The Box Theater Company
Samantha Eve, Director
Life Support
Carol Stewart Brennan
Elite Theater Company
Howard Leader, Director
It Runs In The Family
Jane Tate
Circle Bar B Ranch Theater
Joseph Beck, Director
Sylvia
Kate
Ojai Art Center Theatre
Steve Grumette, Director
Oliver!
Widow Corney
Camarillo Community Theater
Lisa Brady, Director & Choreographer
Leonard Bernstein’s Peter Pan
Liza/Adalante/Whibbles
Santa Barbara Theater Company-Lobero Theatre
Albert Ihde, Director
The World Goes ‘Round
Soloist/Musical Revue
Santa Barbara City College Theater Group-Garvin Theater
Rick Mokler, Director
David Potter, Music Director
OPERA
(partial list)
Suor Angelica/Gianni Schicchi
Genovieffa/Nella
Opera Santa Barbara - The Granada Theatre
Fendon Lamb, Director
Séance On a Wet Afternoon
Reporter
Opera Santa Barbara – The Granada Theatre
(World Premiere - Stephen Schwartz, composer)
Scott Schwartz, Director
Madama Butterfly
Kate Pinkerton
Opera San Luis Obispo – Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo
Robert Ashens, Conductor
Merry Widow
Olga Kromov
Opera Santa Barbara – The Granada Theatre
Yefim Maizel, Director
Magic Flute
Queen of the Night
Opera Santa Barbara – Marjorie Luke Theatre
Miller James, Director
La Traviata
Annina
Opera San Luis Obispo - Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo
David Cox, Director
Hansel & Gretel
Sandman/Dew Fairy
Opera Santa Barbara – Marjorie Luke Theatre
Miller James, Director
Italian Girl in Algiers
Elvira
Opera Santa Barbara – Lobero Theatre
Joseph Bascetta, Director
CONCERTS
Handel’s Messiah
Soprano soloist
El Montecito Presbyterian
Power of the Pipes
Soloist
Cal Poly Center for Performing Arts
Witches, Bitches & Britches
Three divas/opera scenes
Opera San Luis Obispo
Love Songs With a Twist
Cabaret
Soho Restaurant/Music Club
Missa Magnus (Eglin)
Soprano soloist
El Montecito Presbyterian
Bach Cantata IV
Soprano soloist
El Montecito Presbyterian
Mozart Requiem
Soprano soloist
El Montecito Presbyterian
COMMERCIALS & PRINT ADS
List upon request.
TRAINING
Impro Theatre (LA) - Improv Shakespeare with Brian Lohmann - 2020
Keep It Real Acting (LA): Improv-A-Thon with Paul Hungerford - 2019
Keep It Real Acting (LA): Advanced Call-Back, The Castable Actor, Business of Acting - 2018
The Frisch Studio (SB) : 2007-present / various classes
American Academy of Dramatic Arts (LA) : 2010 Summer Intensive
Actor’s Bootcamp/John Randle (SB): 2008-2009
Movement/Audition coaching with Chuck Hudson (NY), James Marvel (SB)
Improvisation: Barbara Scott (ACT), Kelly McGrath (AADA), Bill Steinkellner (Santa Barbara City College Theater Group)
Voice Teachers: Christa Habegger, Dr. Gail Gingery, Frances White, Elizabeth Mannion
Vocal Coaches: Val Underwood, Armen Guzelimian
Voice & Speech: Branda Beck (AADA)
B.A. Vocal Performance from BJU
SPECIAL SKILLS
Singing: Opera, Broadway, jazz, and caroling style
Accents/Dialects: British (standard, cockney) French, German, American (Southern, New York, Brooklyn)
Aerobics
Ballroom dancing (Arthur Murray)
Keyboard
DOG MOM