Judy Winegard – Actor, Singer, Comic – Los Angeles, CA

Judy Winegard was classically trained in the performing arts at Ithaca College having been awarded her BFA in Drama. She has performed in musical theater for over 25 years having performed in such productions as Jekyll and Hyde, West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, and many others. Since becoming observant 15 years ago, Judy has performed exclusively for female audiences. In addition to her acting career, her primary talents are singing and comedy. She has performed concerts for Jewish organizations all over the country. In the spring of 2005, Judy released her first solo album of Jewish and spiritual music, The Journey. Other recordings include music for the Disney Channel, as well as several albums released by artists such as Peter Himmelman and Sam Glaser, including the newly released album, Voices for Israel, a fundraiser to support those in need living in Israel. Since 1999 she has been on the staff of Kol Neshama, a performing arts conservatory summer program for Jewish girls based in Los Angeles. She has been a master acting teacher and coach in improvisation, scene study, voice and movement and singing. Judy will be starring in Kol Neshama’s soon-to-be-released full-length musical movie, A Light For Greytowers. It will be the first full feature musical film produced for Jewish women and girls. She also taught and performed lead roles in the two video companion-set, Together as One, and Inner Nature Hike. For the past three years, Judy was the writer, master teacher and director of Baila’s Dance and A Time For Dance. She wrote and revised a total of four plays, The Big Move, Aidel Weiss, The Queen’s Dream and Channie.