Eileen DeSandre is an American stage actor and a member of the Actors' Equity Association. Known for much of her career as a character actor in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, she has in recent years taken lead roles in a variety of theaters. She has an M.F.A. in acting from Pennsylvania State University and a B.A. in French and theater from Seton Hill University.
2014. Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Becoming Dr. Ruth, Virginia Repertory Theatre, Richmond, VA.
2013. Miss Helen, The Road to Mecca, Profile Theater, Portland, OR. This role earned her critical acclaim and a Drammy Award for Actress in a Lead Role.
2012. Louise, Private Lives, Rubicon Theatre, Ventura, CA.
2011. Mom, Spin Cycle, Innovation Theatre Works, Bend OR.
2011. Joan of Arc, Joan of Arc at the Stake (Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher), Oregon Bach Festival, Eugene, OR.
2010. Nurse, Romeo and Juliet, The Riverside Theatre, New York, NY.
2015. Verges, in Much Ado About Nothing
2009. Brighella, Ensemble in The Servant of Two Masters
2009. Bertha Katz in Paradise Lost (play)
2008. Flute in A Midsummer Night's Dream
2008. Madaniḱā in The Clay Cart
2007. Mme. Pernelle in Tartuffe
2007. Gertrud in On the Razzle
2006. Emilia, Ensemble in The Winter's Tale
2006. Speed in The Two Gentlemen of Verona
2005. Sasha Smirnoff in Room Service
2005. Holofernes in Love's Labor's Lost
2004. Dr. Pinch, Ensemble in The Comedy of Errors
2004. Della in The Royal Family
2003. Monica Reed in Present Laughter
2003. Juliana Tesman in Hedda Gabler
2002. Popilius Lena and Clitus in Julius Caesar
2002. Aunt Meme in Saturday, Sunday, Monday
2001. Heidi in Fuddy Meers
2001. Andromache in Troilus and Cressida
2000. Nurse Preen in The Man Who Came to Dinner
1999. Go-to-Hell Kitty in Chicago
1999. Mrs. Helseth in Rosmersholm
1998. Mrs. Candour in The School for Scandal
1998. Maria Vasilyevna in Uncle Vanya
1997/98. Maddalena Guarneri in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Kennedy Center productions of The Magic Fire
1997. Amira in Pentecost
1996. Emilia in The Winter's Tale
1996. Bessie Berger in Awake and Sing!
1995. Maria in Twelfth Night
1995. The Maid in Blood Wedding
1994. Rhea in You Can't Take It with You
DeSandre has also performed with Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, Theatre of East Carolina, Fulton Opera House, St. Vincent Theatre, Theatre for the New City, Promenade Theatre and INTAR.
