Melisa Breiner-Sanders
Melisa@MelisaBS.com

Direct Contact - Melisa@MelisaBS.com
Located in New York, New York




Height: 5'2" Eyes: Grey Hair: Brown/Blond
AFTRA

Film

Women's Studies Beth (Lead) Ningen Manga Productions
Love Knot Angie (Lead) Poop Dog Productions
Conversations
Molly (Lead)
Sunjada Films
Holler Creek Canyon Bree (Lead) Capital Films
Blood Brothers
Lisa (Lead)
Sunjada Films
Nora's Choice Tyler (Lead) Abell Media Productions
Going Home (short) Allison (Lead) INH Productions
Life's Short (short) Jill (Supporting) INH Productions
Run Down
Baltimore 48-Hour Film Project 2006
Coach Joanne Murphy (Featured)
Be More Films
Deadlands
Female Evacuee (Featured)
WetNWild Radio Films
Fighting Words
DC 48-Hour Film Project 2006
Liza "Deathblow" Stauton(Lead)
Oozing Sarcasm
Love Sick
DC 48-Hour Film Project 2005
Dr. Deidre Joseph (Lead)
Talented Beasts

TV

All Worked Up
Melisa truTV
The Toy Collector (webseries)
Emily (Lead)
g14 Productions
One Life to Live Various ABC
Issues: The Series (webseries) Leader of the Flock (Supporting) Scott Napolitano, dir


New York Theatre

The Fabulous Lives of Hollywood Whores The Agent DAB Productions
Rosemary with Ginger Ginger Grit Theatre Company
BFF Soulmates Janey The Network's One-Act Festival
The Would-Be Room Woman Columbia University 2nd Year Playwright Presentation, dir. Greg Cicchino
God Bless You, Mr. Scrooge Belle, Charity Worker, Wives, Crachit Child GNOBS Productions, dir Greg Cicchino
Organic Mattress
Mary Anne Emerging Artist Theatre (EAT) Festival
As You Like It Celia Queens Player, dir Greg Cicchino
Little Bird Maura dir. Greg Cicchino
Becket

Prince Richard, Page,Monk,
Young Sentry, Choirboy

Twenty Feet Productions

Regional Theatre

The Women Miriam Tapestry Theatre
One Narrator Lanam Poetry Festival
Cinderella Matilda (Step-sister) Elden Street Players
Baby with the Bathwater
Angela and Susan Didactic Theatre
Stella Adler Narrator Washington Women in Theatre
Vinegar Tom Joan Noakes and Ensemble Program in Performing Arts,
Georgetown University
The Apple Cart George Bernard Shaw and Princess Alice Mask and Bauble,
Georgetown University
Laramie Project

Reggie Fluty, Catherine Connolly,
Zubaida Ula, others and Ensemble

Nomadic Theatre, Georgetown University


Comedy
Awkward Johnsons Company Member Online (Link coming soon)
Camp Wayne Sketch Comedy Company Member Camp Wayne Sketch Comedy
RandomBS Sketch Comedy Founder RandomBS Sketch Comedy
Punch59 Sketch Comedy Company Member 2008-2009 Punch59 Sketch Comedy
It's All Goode Dani's Worst Birthday Reality Aside Theatre, Laugh Factory
Talk Messy to Me Woman Tara's Comedy Cosmos

 


Industrial

CIVITAS: Classroom Training Josey (Lead) American University
Red Cross First Aid Video Student responder (featured) Red Cross

Books

Holy Headshot! A Celebration of
America's Undiscovered Talent
Two Featured Headshots
Simon&Schuster



Education and Training

Monologue Coaching - Brette Goldstein

Voice Over - Diana Lote

Stage to Screen - John Vreeke, National Conservatory for Dramatic Arts

Georgetown University: BA, Theatre minor, Inter Arts minor

-Ensemble Theatre Production; Georgetown University; Professor Maya Roth

-Acting II; Georgetown University; Professor Maya Roth

-Shakespearean Actor onstage and off; University of New South Wales, Australia

-Theatre Apprenticeship/Workshop; Georgetown University and Arena Stage; Professor Sarah Marshall with Molly Smith

-Acting: Improv for Social Change; Georgetown University; Professor Karen Berman

-Performance Workshop: Scene Study/Styles; Georgetown University; Professor Karen Berman




Special Skills

Dialects: Southern US, Midwest US, Country US, Western US
Can also impersonate people and learn dialects quickly

Languages: English and Spanish with native accent (Spain)

Licensed driver, Horseback riding, Running, Baton twirling,
Kick boxing, Pilates, Yoga, Minimal Jazz and Tap (have tap shoes),
Billiards, Darts, Bowling, Photography