Bets is one of the Southland’s busiest actresses. In 2004 she spent half the year in the spectacle musical THE TEN COMMANDMENTS starring Val Kilmer and the other half in Wisconsin creating the role of Lana Mae in HONKY TONK LAUNDRY for the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre. This summer she will be seen in Kansas playing Princess Winnifred in ONCE UPON A MATTRESS for Music Theatre of Wichita, In Long Beach playing Miss Adelaide in GUYS AND DOLLS for Musical Theatre West and in Vista playing Betty Blake in THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES for Moonlight Stage Productions. She has been seen as Susie Ward opposite ex-“New Kid on the Block”, Joey McIntyre in BABES IN ARMS and as Martha Jefferson opposite Roger Rees and Orson Bean in 1776, both for L.A.’s Reprise! Broadway’s Best. Bets was a member of the MY FAIR LADY concert at The Hollywood Bowl starring John Lithgow and Roger Daltrey. She recently recreated the role of Suzy in the Robby Award-winning THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES at the Hermosa Beach Playhouse (she starred in the World Premiere at the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre in 1999). In fall of 2002, Bets originated the role of Gwen Lord in the new musical DORIAN , starring Robert Cuccioli, at the Denver Center for Performing Arts.
Favorite regional credits include: RAGTIME(MOTHER), THE SECRET GARDEN (Martha), I DO! I DO! (Agnes), EVITA (Eva Peron), THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD (Drood), OLIVER! (Nancy), CHILDREN OF EDEN (Eve/Mama Noah),ROMANCE/ROMANCE (Josefine/Monica), CABARET (Sally Bowles) INTO THE WOODS (The Witch), THE WINTER WONDERETTES (Suzy) A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (Petra), CRAZY FOR YOU (Polly), and LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Audrey) for such companies as Performance Riverside, Starlight Musical Theatre, Moonlight Stage Productions, Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities, Musical Theatre West, Music Theatre of Southern California, Utah Musical Theatre, Santa Barbara CLO, Fullerton CLO, and the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre. Bets was a featured soloist at the Mark Taper Forum’s Tenth Anniversary SALON AT THE TAPER singing “My Heart Belongs to Daddy” arranged specifically for her by the late Peter Matz. Bets resides in Los Angeles with her husband, Steve Glaudini.
