Briana Skye Bauer
Play Review
PLAY REVIEW /// ‘Sweet Charity’ by Cary Ginell ~ Camarillo Acorn
Aug. 23, 2019
"Briana Bauer does a terrific job as Charity. In a red dress and tousled wig she bears more than a passing resemblance to Gwen Verdon, who created the role on Broadway.
Charity is on stage for nearly the entire show, and Bauer knows her well: a soft touch who is also a little soft in the head. Bauer’s fluid, limber dancing skills and endearing facial expressions tell you all you need to know about Charity’s eager, sweetly naive personality."
Play Review
PLAY REVIEW /// ‘Damn Yankees!’ by Chris Daniels ~ The Show Report
March 14, 2025
"Ms. Bauer, luscious as a decadent ganache in a fluffy Molly Ringwald wig and slinky dress, is bittersweet, titillating, funny and somewhat ruthless as bad girl, Lola — formerly “the ugliest woman in Providence, Rhode Island.” Initially contrived as a "home wrecker" for the Devil, Ms. Bauer’s Lola ultimately develops genuine feelings for Joe, the man she's tasked with seducing. Ms. Bauer executes the signature numbers, the striptease “Whatever Lola Wants,” and the hipster mambo “Who’s Got the Pain?” with skill and determination, those wiggling hips and rolling shoulders transmitting sizzling jolts of electricity in her victim. She’s even better in the free-form “Two Lost Souls” — steamy enough to boil the water in the dugout cooler. Sexy in a 1955 sort of way."
Play Review
PLAY REVIEW /// ‘You Can't take it With You’ by Cary Ginell ~ Thousand Oaks Acorn Jan. 16th, 2020
"Briana Bauer, in reality a skilled dancer, does a magnificent job executing Essie’s clumsy moves in a delightfully ditzy way that is ingratiatingly adorable. Every move she makes is an attempt at being graceful, even when she elegantly cloaks dipsomaniac actress Gay Wellington..."
ABOUT
Briana holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and a minor in Dance from California State University Northridge. Bauer currently resides in Los Angeles, CA, but has performed all across the country. You can catch her as Lola in Damn Yankees! performing at The GEM Theatre in Garden Grove, CA March 6-April 13, 2025. Favorite roles include Charity Hope Valentine in Sweet Charity and Morticia in The Addams Family.
Bauer comes from a classical ballet background where she studied under Master Ballet instructors, Patrick Frantz & Yuri Grigoriev. Briana continued her dance education at The University of Utah Ballet program where she rigorously trained for two years.
Briana's ballet training plays a pivotal part in her Musical Theater career and acts as the center attraction for her coaching company, Position2Power which empowers people through mind, body and voice. Briana can't wait to continue her journey through the arts and empower as many people as she can, along the way!
RAVE REVIEW
RAVE REVIEW /// 'West Side Story' by Devery Holmes ~ Director
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"Briana is beauty in motion with extraordinary dancing skills that move us to our core. You simply can't take your eyes off her as her dance drives much of the emotion and passion of our West Side Story production. Briana is going to do amazing things in her career and we look forward to seeing where she goes from here!"
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