Sara Gettelfinger

Sara Gettelfinger
Bornc. 1977 (age 48–49)
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Cincinnati (BFA)
OccupationsActress, singer, dancer
Years active1999–present

Sara Gettelfinger (born c. 1977[1] in Louisville, Kentucky[2]) is an American actress, singer, and dancer.

Early life and education

Gettelfinger was raised in Kentucky and Jeffersonville, Indiana.[2][3] She graduated from the Youth Performing Arts School at duPont Manual High School in 1995.[4] Gettelfinger studied at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where she earned a BFA in 1999.[5][6]

Career

Three weeks after moving to New York City, Gettelfinger got her first professional acting role as "April" in the Helen Hayes Theatre Company's production of Stephen Sondheim's Company in Nyack, New York.[2][7]

Gettelfinger performed in regional theater across the country before being cast in her first Broadway role as "Bird Girl" in the musical Seussical. She subsequently was cast in her first leading Broadway role as "Carla" in the musical Nine with Antonio Banderas.[3]

Gettelfinger originated the role of "Jolene Oakes" in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,[8] with John Lithgow, Sherie Rene Scott, Gregory Jbara, and Joanna Gleason in 2004.[9] She briefly left the role to play "Little Edie" in the original off-Broadway run of Grey Gardens[10] (replaced by Erin Davie when the show moved to Broadway).

She is also a member of the singing trio Three Graces, which blends the musical styles of its three members' backgrounds: Broadway (Gettelfinger), Opera (Joy Kabanuck), and Pop (Kelly Levesque). Their first public performance was October 29, 2007, at the second annual Cole Porter-Like Salon, a Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS benefit.[11] In early 2008 the group toured the United States, Canada, and Mexico with Paul Potts, stopping in 20 cities.[12] Three Graces released its debut album on March 4, 2008.[13][14]

Gettelfinger played Morticia Addams in the first national tour of The Addams Family, which ran from September 2011 through December 2012.[15]

Theatre credits

Year Production Role Venue Category
1999 Company April Helen Hayes Theatre Company (Nyack, New York) Regional[2]
1999–2000 Fosse Featured performer First National Tour National tour[16]
2000 Seussical Bird Girl; ensemble; understudy for Mayzie LaBird Richard Rodgers Theatre Broadway[17][18]
2000 Anything Goes Ship's Passenger Vivian Beaumont Theater Broadway[17]
2000 Tenderloin Liz New York City Center Encores! Off-Broadway[19][20]
2000 Pippin Fastrada Paper Mill Playhouse Regional
2001 Lone Star Love Aggie Ford Great Lakes Theater (Ohio Theatre) Regional[21][22]
2002 The Boys from Syracuse Courtesan; understudy for Luce American Airlines Theatre Broadway[17]
2002 Carnival! Ensemble; Bluebird Girl; Carnival Person New York City Center Encores! Off-Broadway[20]
2003 Nine Maria; understudy for Carla and Stephanie Eugene O'Neill Theatre Broadway[17]
2003 Nine Carla (replacement for Jane Krakowski) Eugene O'Neill Theatre Broadway[23]
2004 Tom Jones Bridget Allworthy; Lady Bellaston North Shore Music Theatre Regional[24]
2004 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Jolene Oakes The Old Globe Regional[25]
2005 The Secret Garden (concert) Rose Manhattan Center Off-Broadway
2005–2006 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Jolene Oakes Imperial Theatre Broadway[17]
2006 Grey Gardens (world premiere) Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale Playwrights Horizons Off-Broadway[26]
2010 101 Dalmatians Musical Cruella de Vil National tour National tour
2011–2012 The Addams Family Morticia Addams National tour National tour
2014 The Witches of Eastwick Alexandra Spofford Ogunquit Playhouse Regional
2022 The Cher Show Star Ogunquit Playhouse Regional
2023 The Addams Family Morticia Addams Broadway at Music Circus Regional
2024 Water for Elephants Barbara Imperial Theatre Broadway
2025 The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse Mother Pershing Square Signature Center Off-Broadway[27]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
Unknown Guiding Light Unknown Unknown episodes[8]
2004 Ed Erin Episode: "Best Wishes"[28][29]
2004 Without a Trace Debbie Episode: "The Line"[28][29]

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Sex and the City Flight Attendant [30]

References

  1. ↑ Filichia, Peter (December 4, 2003). "Fabulous and Fickle (Gettel)Finger of Fate". TheaterMania.com. Retrieved May 18, 2022. The 26-year-old is still not sorry that she didn't change her name.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Gans, Andrew (September 30, 2005). "DIVA TALK: Chatting with Scoundrels' Sara Gettelfinger Plus News of Mazzie, Skinner and Brightman". Playbill.com. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Sara Gettelfinger". www.broadway.com. Retrieved June 18, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Manual High School Alumni Web Page > "Hall of Fame" > "D-G"". Retrieved January 8, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Communique Winter 2006" (PDF). CCM.UC.edu. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 22, 2006. Retrieved January 8, 2008.
  6. ↑ "UC alumni currently or recently on Broadway". UC Magazine. University of Cincinnati. Archived from the original on January 6, 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Sara Gettelfinger: CCM grad dances through musicals". The Cincinnati Enquirer. May 27, 2001.
  8. 1 2 "Gettelfinger bio". DirtyRottenScoundrelsTheMusical.com.
  9. ↑ "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (World Premiere, 2004) | Ovrtur: Database of Musical Theatre History". ovrtur.com. Retrieved June 18, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Gettelfinger Temporarily Leaves Scoundrels to Join Starry Grey Gardens Cast". BroadwayWorld.com. January 3, 2006.
  11. ↑ "BC/EFA's 2nd annual Cole Porter-Like Salon". BroadwayCares.org. October 29, 2007. Archived from the original on December 2, 2007.
  12. ↑ Three Graces official site - News Archived July 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ Three Graces official site Archived May 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  14. ↑ Newsday.com, see "Also in stores" paragraph, accessed 3/4/08 Archived March 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  15. ↑ "The Addams Family – Broadway Musical – Tour". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Windy City Will Sizzle Sept. 22, When Streamlined Fosse Tour Opens". Playbill.com. September 22, 1999. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 "Sara Gettelfinger Credits on Broadway". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved January 8, 2008.
  18. ↑ Wenger, Nanette Kass (October 21, 1998). Broadway Yearbook 2001-2002. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781853175817. Retrieved January 7, 2007.
  19. ↑ Suskin, Steven (2001). Broadway Yearbook 1999-2000. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195139556. Retrieved January 7, 2008.
  20. 1 2 "Queue-it". nycitycenter.queue-it.net. Retrieved June 18, 2026.
  21. ↑ "Great Lakes Theater Festival > Archives". www.greatlakestheater.org. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved June 18, 2026.
  22. ↑ Jones, Chris (November 11, 2001). "Review: Lone Star Love". Variety. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  23. ↑ Simonson, Robert (October 13, 2003). "Gettelfinger Officially Named as Nine's New Carla". Playbill.com. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  24. ↑ "North Shore Music Theatre - Tom Jones 2004". www.nsmt.org. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2026.
  25. ↑ "The Old Globe - Upstage Online - Jan/Feb Issue". www.oldglobe.org. Archived from the original on March 5, 2007. Retrieved June 18, 2026.
  26. ↑ "Photo Flash: Grey Gardens at Playwrights Horizons". BroadwayWorld.com. February 16, 2006. Retrieved January 8, 2008.
  27. ↑ Rabinowitz, Chloe. "Sara Gettelfinger, Keri René Fuller, Luke Islam and More to Star in THE LAST BIMBO OF THE APOCALYPSE". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved April 24, 2025.
  28. 1 2 "Sara Gettelfinger". TV.com. Archived from the original on September 16, 2009.
  29. 1 2 "Sara Gettelfinger". TV.Yahoo.com.
  30. ↑ Lipton, Brian Scott (May 29, 2008). "Review: Sex and the City". TheaterMania.com. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
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