From New York to Los Angeles, Rena Strober is praised for her Broadway performances, TV roles, Voice-Over Work and her upcoming short film Spaghetti & Matzo Balls!. She has received multiple awards for her recent Sesame Street album Imagine That: The music of Joe Raposo & Jeff Moss. This magical album features Jason Alexander, French Stewart and the Dotz Blind Children’s Choir. www.renastrober.bandcamp.com Proceeds go to Guide Dogs of America
Some favorite New York Credits include appearing on Broadway as Cosette in Les Miserables, starring opposite Betty Buckely, Peter Scolari and Tuc Watkins in the Off-Broadway comedy White’s Lies, Belle in Beauty & The Beast among many others. Her 1- woman show, Spaghetti & Matzo Balls! ran Off-Broadway in NY, Los Angeles and in Leeds, England to enlightened and entertained, sold out houses. Rena toured the country with Fiddler on the Roof as Tzeitel playing opposite Topol, Harvey Fierstein & Theo Bikel. Rena originated the role of Tonya in the pre-Broadway production of Zhivago (Directed by Des McNuff) at the La Jolla Playhouse for which she was awarded the Outer Critics Circle Award.
TV audiences know Rena as Becky Bickelhoff on Disney’s Liv & Maddie playing, Chuckie’s Lawyer Emily Knowland on Shameless, Jonah’s successful date on VEEP and multiple wacky roles on Nickelodeon. Rena has also voiced hundreds of characters for DisneyXD, Nickelodeon, Netflix, Nintendo, Sega and many Anime games & Cartoons. Some fan favorites include Ever After High, Penn Zero, Dogs in Space, Sailor Moon and the entire series of Fire Emblem as Azura.
Los Angeles stage credits include STONEFACE: The Rise & Fall of Buster Keaton at the Pasadena Playhouse where she played Norma Talmadge & Eleanor Keaton alongside French Stewart.(3rd Rock from the Sun & MOM) Rena worked with Jason Alexander in the LA premiere of When You’re in Love the Whole World is Jewish.
Some of Rena’s proudest moments are singing ‘God Bless America’ at home plate at Shea Stadium and belting out the National Anthem on the dais for the infamous Friar’s Roasts. Rena also sang the national anthem for NASA for rocket launches and most recently at JPL for the landing of the Mars Rover Curiosity.
When Rena is not working as an actor she teaches voice to young singers and focuses on singers that are blind. She also serves as a Cantorial Soloist for multiple Jewish congregations around Los Angeles.
Rena currently lives and works in LA.