Gray Talent Group 312-663 -1659 Melanie Keller AEA/SAG [email protected] Hair: Red Eyes: Blue 773-758-4514 [email protected] Height: 5’4” Weight: 126 • THEATRE PRODUCTION CHARACTER THEATRE DIRECTOR Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice Shakespeare Project of Chicago Peter Garino Women in Jeopardy Liz First Folio Theatre Jan Blixt Infinity Carmen Storefront Theatre of Indy Ronan Marra Macbeth* Lady Macbeth Oak Park Festival Barbara Zahora Talley’s Folly Sally Artists Ensemble Richard Raether Feathers and Teeth Carol Goodman Theatre Henry Godinez Twelfth Night/Richard III Olivia/Duchess of York Lakeside Shakespeare Matt Kahler, Scott Cummins Salvage* Sarah First Folio Theatre Alison Vesely Tom Jones* Jenny Jones, Mrs. Waters Northlight Theatre Bill Brown 12th Night, King John, She Stoops Viola, Blanche, Kate Hardcastle MI Shakespeare Festival Jan Blixt, Robert Kauzlaric 2014 Wilde Nomination—Best Actress, Viola in Twelfth Night The Merchant of Venice Portia First Folio Theatre Alison Vesely The Turn of the Screw* The Governess First Folio Theatre Alison Vesely East of Berlin/The Russian Play* Sarah/Sonya Signal Ensemble Theatre Ronan Marra 2012 Jeff Award—Best Actress in Principal Role The Fox on the Fairway Louise Peninsula Players Linda Fortunato Blithe Spirit* Elvira First Folio Theatre Alison Vesely A Life* Mibs Northlight Theatre B.J. Jones Love’s Labour’s Lost Maria Stratford Shakespeare Festival Michael Langham Romeo and Juliet Margery Marchpane Stratford Shakespeare Festival Des McAnuff Caesar and Cleopatra Egyptian and Iras U/S Stratford Shakespeare Festival Des McAnuff Twelfth Night Olivia Birmingham Conservatory Martha Henry Macbeth Lady Macduff/ Second Witch Birmingham Conservatory David Latham The Weir* Valerie Signal Ensemble Theatre Christopher Prentice Jeff Nomination—Best Supporting Actress & Best Ensemble Hamlet* Ophelia/Player Queen U/S performed Chicago Shakespeare Theatre Terry Hands Marathon ’33* Pearl Schwartz Strawdog Theatre Company Shade Murray Jeff Award—Best Ensemble Private Lives* Amanda First Folio Theatre Alison Vesely The Long Christmas Ride Home Puppeteer Next Theatre Jason Loewith Landslide* Sarah Signal Ensemble Theatre Ronan Marra King John* Blanche U/S performed Chicago Shakespeare Theatre Barbara Gaines * Joseph Jefferson Award Recommendation • FILM/TV TITLE ROLE PRODUCTION COMPANY DIRECTOR Lowes Principal Talent Solutions Matt Miller Boston Market Principal Ogo Films Joe Otting Chicago Fire Co-Star NBC Universal Jeffery Hunt UberEx (independent film) Neah-Principal Kentalago/Thunderlab Digital Karissa Bruin Mutual of Omaha Principal Radical Media Brett Froomer Church’s Chicken Principal Made Movement LLC Danny Leiner US Bank Principal One Michael Chaves All State Insurance Featured Company C Chris Williams • TRAINING • Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre Training, Canada • Teaching certificate from York University, Canada • Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), London; Illinois Wesleyan University: BA in Theatre Arts & English SPECIAL SKILLS Singer: mezzo soprano, high A, strong belt Musical instruments: Autoharp and Bodhran (skill level: not especially proficient, but I try) Dialects: Russian, British (R.P., Cockney, West Country), Northern Irish & Dublin Irish, Romanian Social dance: waltz, foxtrot, Charleston, swing, polka, Elizabethan dance, mazurka Movement stuff: basic stage combat (armed and unarmed), Alexander Technique, yoga, flag corps Other stuff: archery, puppet work, substantial knowledge of French, some Spanish, good with children