Stella by Starlight, a solo performance by acclaimed actress and musician Heidi Tokheim, follows the journey of Stella, an aspiring jazz piano player, whos female, white and cant swing what chance does she have? One fateful night, she meets Herbie Hancock who teaches her how to groove which changes everything. Tokheim is thoroughly delightful. Showmag.com Heidi Tokheim proves herself the chameleon MetroActive Stage
Heidi Tokheim is a professional actor and jazz piano player. In Los Angeles, she received a Robby Award Nomination for Hay Fever at the acclaimed classical theatre company, A Noise Within. Regionally, she has also performed at PCPA Theaterfest (Gypsy, Cinderella, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Amadeus Backstage West Garland Award), California Theatre Center (The Nightingale, Pinocchio), SRT -Santa Rosa, CA (Noises Off, Sylvia, A Chorus Line), Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival (The Tempest) and has toured numerous shows nationwide and internationally. Tokheim is a Founding Member of New Yorks Coyote REP Theatre Company (www.coyoterep.org) where she recently performed in The Naked Eye Planets at the American Theatre of Actors and can be heard in the sound play Coyote Rising, available via the companys website or iTunes in the fall. Other New York shows include The Closet Contender, I Prefer My Apocalypse Medium Rare, Vichyssoise. Her film credits include Black Mary (Waterfront Film Festival - Independent Feature), Shadow Boxing (Independent Feature), Windows (Short). Tokheim received her training at PCPA Theaterfests Two-Year Actor Training Program, The Neighborhood Playhouse and received her B.A. from Whitman College.
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