RESUME

ETHEL BEATTY BARNES
AEA   SAG   AFTRA
VOICE MAIL (973) 373-0249 / PAGER  (908) 807-8697 / FAX (973) 373-3340

BROADWAY
SHOW BOAT: / Standby “Queenie”. DREAMGIRLS: /Standby/ “Deena” and “Michele”.
EUBIE: / Featured Principal/ Original Cast.  BUBBLING BROWN SUGAR:/ Featured Principal
/Original cast/ “Ella”

OFF BROADWAY
FORT EVIL: F.E. Productions/ Lead, “Sister McDaniel”.  SUGAR HILL: Musical Theater Works/
Lead-“Beatrice”   BLUES IN THE NIGHT: Standby 3 lead roles.  PEOPLE NEEDING PEOPLE: Toshi
Studio Production/ Lead.
BINGO LONG: Amas Repertory Theater/ Lead- “Nightclub Singer”. THE COTTEN CLUB ON
PARADE: Aladdin Hotel, Las Vegas/ Co-star. BUBBLING BROWN SUGAR: Westbury Music Fair/
Lead- “Ella”. THE PRODIGAL SISTER: Henry Street Settlement/ Lead “Sissy”.

FILM
The Cotten Club/ “ Pink Polka Dot” Musical Number-“Bandana Babies” / Francis Ford Coppolla
Garbo Talks/ Jail scene with Anne Bancroft/  Sidney Lumet

VOICE OVERS / JINGLES
Eubie/ I Love New York
Ultra Sheen Cosmetics
Sprite/ I Like the Sprite In You!/ TV and Radio
Cocoa-Cola/ “Coke Is”/ TV and Radio

NIGHT CLUB & CABARET ACT
Sweetwater’s/ New York
Don’t Tell Mama/ New York
Mikell’s/ New York
The Grand Finale/ New York

RECORDING/VOCALIST
Soft Music/ Joe Kurasz/ REN Music
Baby I Need Your Lovin’ / Joe Kurasz – REN Music
Kleer & The BB&Q / Atlantic & Capitol Records
The Reddings / BID Records/ Columbia
You Send Me, Love Fantasy /Roy Ayers, Polydor Records
Stairway To The Stars /Roy Ayers, Polydor Records
I Know You Care / Roy Ayers, Uno Melodic Records
Our Moments Together / Gene Dunlap, Capitol Records
Don’t Wanna Stop The Lovin’ / Tyrone Brunson, BID Inc.
Love Zone / Billy Ocean, Zomba Music
Until You Believe / George Benson, Warner Bros. Records Stephanie / George Benson, Warner
Bros. Records
Working Week / Working week, Virgin Records Johnathan Butler / RCA Records, Concert Tour
Tom Jones / Zomba Music
Sugar Hill/ Cast CD
Eubie / Cast Album
Bubbling Brown Sugar/ Cast Album

RECORDING/ PRODUCER
Strangers/ Miss Ethel’s Kids / Zenox Music
Serious/ Miss Ethel’s Kids/ Zenox Music
Anything/ Miss Ethel’s Kids/ Zenox Music
Expeer-e-ence/ Youth Entertainment Inc.
Y.E.A./ Youth Entertainment Inc.
Guns/ Zenox Music

LEGIT VOCAL EXPERIENCE
Mexico: Grand Opera, Guadalajara, Guanajuato, Rome: St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican Radio.  
England: Westminster Abbey France: Palace of Versailles, Cathedral of Chartres.  Luxembourg:
Royal Palace.  
Chamber & Madrigal Singers: 3 world tours.
EDUCATION
C.W. Post, Long Island University: BA Music Ed.      
Shiloh Theological Seminary: Ph.D. Music.  
Vocal Instructor/ Mr.Therman Bailey, Renowned Operatic Tenor
SPECIAL SKILLS
Street Dance, Driving, Knowledge of French. Dialects: American Southern\West Indian.
Embroidery, crocheting.
Great manner with children and youth. Good comedic skills. Basic Nurse skills. Teaching and
tutoring English.