Melisa Breiner-Sanders

Appearance

Gender Female
Pronouns she/her
Height 5' 2''
Body Type Petite
Weight 125
Hair color Red
Hair length Shoulder Length
Eyes Hazel
Age range 30-34, 35-39
Ethnic appearance Caucasian
Trained Singing Voice Yes
Unions SAG, AFTRA, EQUITY
Representation Ann Steele Agency
212-629-9112
165 W 46TH ST, SUITE 815
NY, NY 10036

About Me

Graduate of the MFA Acting program at The Theatre School at DePaul University! Proud member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA. More information on my website at www.MelisaBS.com


Film

Being Here Charlie Sydney O'Haire
Dressed Lead Center for Digital Media, DePaul/Sydney O'Haire
The Third Option Lead Jason Bruffy
an inappropriate effect Mary (Supporting) Black Hole Productions
Unpaid Narrator Blair (Lead) Ben Holbrook
Women's Studies Beth (Lead) Nigen Manga Production
Conversations Molly (Lead) Sunjada Films
Holler Creek Canyon Bree (Lead) Capital Films Studio

Theater

Birds Of North America Caitlyn ThrownStone Theatre
Lear Cornwall Shakespeare Forum/Sybille Brune
Michael Jordan in Lilliput Mrs. Horton The Theatre School/Erica Weiss
Twelfth Night Malvolio The Theatre School/Stuart Carden
The Misanthrope Arsinoe The Theatre School/Brian Balcolm
God's Ear Mel The Theatre School/Andrew Peters
The Qualms Deb The Theatre School/Shade Murray
The Last Seder (Off-Broadway) Jane dir. Jessica Bauman
As Wide As I Can See (Off-Broadway) Charlotte HERE Arts Center, dir. Dan Horrigan
Lies We Tell Ourselves(NY Fringe) Willa CoLeavens Prod, dir. Jason Bruffy
As You Like It Celia Queens Players
Camp Wayne Sketch Comedy - Actor and Writer Broadway Comedy Club, Under St. Marks, UCB

Internet

We're Breaking Up Lead Breiner-Sanders Productions/Rob King
Interview with an Applicant Interviewer (Lead) Featured on HuffingtonPost.com
Fun Mosque Protestor College Humor
CaucAsian Lead BSB Media/ Joseph Conroy
My Secret Friend Lead (Angela) Think (iT) Film/Elin Gronblom
The Toy Collector Lead (Emily) g14 Productions/Matthew Balthrop

Training

The Theatre School at DePaul University MFA Acting See website for complete training
First Folio (Shakespeare) Chicago Shakespeare Theatre Larry Yando
Commercial Voiceover The Foxhole Tim Frank
Ensemble Workshop LAByrinth Theatre David Eblinger, Scott Hudson, Charles Goforth, and more
Casting Lab Laura Rosenthal and Maribeth Fox
Commercial Acting David Cady
Scene Study The Private Theatre John Gold Rubin
Sketch 101 Upright Citizens Brigade Eric Scott
Monologue Writing Craig Chester and Parker Posey
Voiceover 101 and 102 Diana Lote
Stage to Screen National Conservatory for Dramamtic Arts John Vreeke
Improv, Scene Study, Ensembvle Theatre, Acting Georgetown University Prof Karen Berman and Prof Maya Roth
Theatre Apprenticeship Georgetown University, Arena Stage Sarah Marshall and Molly Smith

Skills

SAFD Recommended Pass Broadsword (2016), Quarterstaff (2016), Unarmed (2016) and Knife (2017). Pass Rapier and Dagger (2017)
Fluent Spanish with native accent (Spain)
Dialects - Southern, Midwest, Country and Western US, British (RP and working class)

Other

Owner and Producer Breiner-Sanders Productions
Resident Artist CRY HAVOC Company
Actor and Producer Think(iT) Film Assembly