Renée Bang

…is a professional actress, singer, musician and playwright who made her Broadway debut as “Sarah” during the intermission of Stephen Sondheim's, Company when the role she was covering suddenly needed her to go on. They needed a multi-hyphenate actress who could sing, play several instruments and/or throw back a vodka stinger depending on the performance.

Renée made her professional debut in the first international tour of Broadway’s Grand Hotel - The Musical, directed by 9-time Tony Award® winner Tommy Tune. Off Broadway credits include Secrets of A Soccer Mom - directed by Judith Ivey, Lies My Father Told Me - directed by Bryna Wasserman and several one-act productions at Ensemble Studio Theatre, including Horton Foote's The Midnight Caller and Getting Frankie Married. Regionally she appeared in a memorable production of Spring Awakening at ReVision Theatre in Asbury Park, NJ and starred as Ado Annie (Oklahoma!) and Rosa Budd (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) at the award winning Weston Playhouse in Weston, VT.

On television Renée guest starred in the original web series Small Miracles starring Judd Hirsch and Kathryn Kates and co-starred in Blue Bloods (CBS) and German TV series, Katie Fforde. In film she played titles roles in viral short Bernadette, etc. and Evening Film Club Project’s, Mother Dearest as well as supporting roles in indie hits Sex Farce and coming-of-age drama, C.I.T. 

Renée is founder and director of [the collective] - a creation studio in Asbury Park, NJ. Notable mentors and teachers include Fred Kareman (theatre), Joanna Gleason (musical theatre) and Curt Dempster (playwriting), director and founder of the legendary Ensemble Studio Theatre in NYC, of which she based [the collective] on. Notable work includes her full length jukebox musical, 54 - the musical, (based on events and characters from the notorious discotheque, Studio 54) which is in development for Broadway.

Renée is a Danish citizen who speaks fluent Swedish & conversational French. Instruments include piano, flute, saxophone and ukulele. She is a member of the Jersey Shore Chapter of The SurfRider Foundation and when she’s not cleaning the beach she’s writing about it in her (unauthorized) autobiography.