Sara Gettelfinger (born 1977 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American actress, singer, and dancer.
Early life and education Gettelfinger was raised in Kentucky and Jeffersonville, Indiana. She graduated from the Youth Performing Arts School at duPont Manual High School in 1995. Gettelfinger studied at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where she earned a BFA in 1999.
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.
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.
Gettelfinger originated the role of "Jolene Oakes" in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, with John Lithgow, Sherie Rene Scott, Gregory Jbara, and Joanna Gleason in 2004. She briefly left the role to play "Little Edie" in the original off-Broadway run of Grey Gardens (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. In early 2008 the group toured the United States, Canada, and Mexico with Paul Potts, stopping in 20 cities.Three Graces official site - News Three Graces released its debut album on March 4, 2008.Three Graces official site Newsday.com, see "Also in stores" paragraph, accessed 3/4/08
Gettelfinger played Morticia Addams in the first national tour of The Addams Family, which ran from September 2011 through December 2012. Theatre credits YearProductionRoleVenueCategory1999CompanyAprilHelen Hayes Theatre Company (Nyack, New York)Regional1999–2000FosseFeatured performerFirst National TourNational tour2000SeussicalBird Girl; ensemble; understudy for Mayzie LaBirdRichard Rodgers TheatreBroadway2000Anything GoesShip's PassengerVivian Beaumont TheaterBroadway2000TenderloinLizNew York City Center Encores!Off-Broadway2000PippinFastradaPaper Mill PlayhouseRegional2001Lone Star LoveAggie FordGreat Lakes Theater (Ohio Theatre)Regional2002The Boys from SyracuseCourtesan; understudy for LuceAmerican Airlines TheatreBroadway2002Carnival!Ensemble; Bluebird Girl; Carnival PersonNew York City Center Encores!Off-Broadway2003NineMaria; understudy for Carla and StephanieEugene O'Neill TheatreBroadway2003NineCarla (replacement for Jane Krakowski)Eugene O'Neill TheatreBroadway2004Tom JonesBridget Allworthy; Lady BellastonNorth Shore Music TheatreRegional2004Dirty Rotten ScoundrelsJolene OakesThe Old GlobeRegional2005The Secret Garden (concert)RoseManhattan CenterOff-Broadway2005–2006Dirty Rotten ScoundrelsJolene OakesImperial TheatreBroadway2006Grey Gardens (world premiere)Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier BealePlaywrights HorizonsOff-Broadway2010101 Dalmatians MusicalCruella de VilNational tourNational tour2011–2012The Addams FamilyMorticia AddamsNational tourNational tour2014The Witches of EastwickAlexandra SpoffordOgunquit PlayhouseRegional2022The Cher ShowStarOgunquit PlayhouseRegional2023The Addams FamilyMorticia AddamsBroadway at Music CircusRegional2024Water for ElephantsBarbaraImperial TheatreBroadway2025The Last Bimbo of the ApocalypseMotherPershing Square Signature CenterOff-Broadway
Television YearTitleRoleNotesUnknownGuiding LightUnknownUnknown episodes2004EdErinEpisode: "Best Wishes"2004Without a TraceDebbieEpisode: "The Line"
Film YearTitleRoleNotes2008Sex and the CityFlight Attendant
References
External links Broadway.com profile.
Sara Gettelfinger - Myspace Music Page Three Graces web site Three Graces Fan Forum