Well, well, well, you made it this far.
You must want to know what she's up to!
JUNE 2-11
Melissa will be playing Sister James in
Doubt
at Pax Amicus Castle Theatre in
Budd Lake, NJ.
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Melissa's second film with
Open Iris Entertainment,
The Writer, is an official selection of the Garden State Film Festival and is a
finalist for best cast at the
Toronto Alternative Film Festival.
2015-2017
Melissa is in her third year of playing
the goddess Athena in
New Jersey Young Audiences &
Experiential Theatre Companies
northeastern tour of
The Adventures of Perseus.
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Exciting news!!
In September of 2016, Melissa launched STOMPING GROUND THEATRE CO. with co-founder Angela Shultz. SGTC, a partner of Rauschenbusch Metro Ministries and Metro's Sanctuary Arts in Hell's Kitchen, is a non-profit theatre company creating a home away from home for the socially conscious.
To learn more about Stomping Ground, visit www.stompinggroundnyc.com
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