Makeda Tene'
"Love - In Concert: A One Woman Show"
Character: Kiki McCall
Biography
Makeda Tene'
Height:5'4"
Hair:Black
Eyes: Dark Brown
Vocal: Coloratura Soprano
Film & Television
Basketball Wife Singer / Guest Star Director: Michael Ajakwe, Jr. BET Centric
Love That Girl Laquita/ Co-Star Director: Bentley Evans TV One
Lounge Act Sheila /Guest Star Director: Greg Buyous MTV
Alias Lacey/ Co-Star Director: Ken Olin ABC
Emeril Assistant/ Co-Star Director: Harry Thomason NBC
One on One Lacey/ Co-Star Director: Ken Whittingham UPN
Off-Broadway
The Colored Museum MIss Pat & Medea/ Leads Theresa Lang Theatre, NYC
Road Valerie & Molly Theresa Lang Theatre, NYC
Theatre
Love In Concert Kiki McCall The Zephyr Theater, Hollywood
Fool for Love May/ Lead The Box Theatre, NYC
Impromptu Winifred/Lead The Box Theatre, NYC
If You Don't Believe Spain The Zephyr Theater, Hollywood
(NAACP Nomination for Best Play) Producers Michael Ajakwe & Deniece Williams
The Crucible Tituba Davidson Performing Arts, AGS
The Tempest Ariel Davidson Performing Arts
Madwoman of Chaillot Madwoman Davidson Performing Arts
Music/Dance
2010 - present
2010 - present
Verizon Wireless Competition "How Sweet The Sound" The Forum, LA
(Soloist for VC Chorale, Winner for Best Small Choir in Los Angeles)
Holy Ghost Congress Lagos Nigeria
(Televised Life from Lagos, over 1 million in attendance and viewership)
Gospel Extravaganza International Guest Soloist Belize City
LA Jubilee Singers Soprano Dr. Albert McNeil, Dir.
Choir of Vicenza / Italy Soprano Maestro Fracasso, Dir.
Training
New York: Marymount Manhattan College BFA Acting
Pepperdine University: MA
TVI Actors Studio: Soaps, Cold Reading, & Acting for Sitcoms
Mike Pointer: Hey I Saw Your Commercial
Vocal Techniques: Roger Burnley
Opera: Carlo Hester, Metropolitan Opera
Piano: Wycliff Gordon, Wynton Marsalis Jazz Quintet
Special Skills
Vocal Styles: Opera, Jazz, Gospel, Musical Theatre
Dance Training: Jazz, Ballet, Tap
Instrument: Piano
Languages: English & Spanish
Dialects: Southern, High British Cockney, West Indian, Nigerian, New Yorker, Spanish
Voice Over Demo: @youtube: Makeda Tene Voice Over Demo