Maria Akl

TELEVISION
HARLEY-DAVIDSON 100th Anniversary Co-Anchor, WGN Milwaukee, WI
WHAT’S UP CHICAGO (demo) Host Chicago, IL
HAIR AND CLOTHING TV Host CAN-TV Ch. 19
FILM__________________________________________________________________
SOAP OPERA (short) Cheryl Chicago, IL
THEATER
UNTIL WE SING AGAIN Actor/Singer/Dancer Foellinger Auditorium, Urbana, IL
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Scrooge Urbana Community Theater
THE DINING ROOM Actress 1 Kranert Center, Urbana, IL
CRIMES OF THE HEART Meg Kranert Center, Urbana, IL
GREASE Sandy Bolingbrook High School Theatre
COMMERCIAL
Empress Casino Principal Joliet, IL
America Online Principal Chicago, IL
Dove Shampoo (demo) Principal Chicago, IL
Electric Beach Tanning Principal Champaign, IL
INDUSTRIAL
Sam’s Club Principal Wheeling, IL
Walgreens Principal Palatine, IL
Walmart Principal Plano, IL
Dove Shampoo Principal Chicago, IL
TEACHING
Drama Instructor Housing Authority Youth Outreach Program
Director/ Choreographer Until We Sing Again Foellinger Auditorium
TRAINING
David O’Connor – 6-Week Commercial Seminar
Act One Studios - Commercial Techniques
Clair Sinnett Casting - Monologues
University of Illinois - Intro to Theatre, Intro to Acting, Relationships in Acting, Personal acting coach
IMTA - Improvisation, Cold Reading, Script Analysis, Character Development & Analysis, Memorization
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Fluent in Arabic, Basketball, Volleyball, Dance, Piano