MELISSA JESSEL

Eyes: Blue
Hair: brown
Height: 5'10"
Hair: Light brown

Regional Theatre/Summer Stock

Chicago / June / Dir. Brian Feehan, Summer Theatre in Meredith Village
Fiddler on the Roof / Dir. Brian Feehan, Summer Theatre in Meredith Village
Winnie The Pooh / Kanga / Dir. Toby Schine, North Shore Music Theatre YPA
Seussical, Jr. / Bird Girl 1/Dance Captain / North Shore Music Theatre YPA
Children of Eden / Storyteller / Dir. Robert Johanson, North Shore Music Theatre

Educational Theatre

Cabaret / Lulu / Dir. David Wanstreet, Syracuse University
Shipwrecked! / Louis / Edinburgh Fringe, Syracuse University
Room Service / Amelia Earhart / Dir. Bob Moss, Syracuse University
Superhero / Rachel / Dir. Timothy Davis-Reed Syracuse University
Little Person: An Original Piece / Syracuse University
Sweeney Todd / Beggar Woman / Dir. Toby Schine, North Shore Music Theatre YPA
Aida, School Edition / Dance Captain / Dir. Mark Robinson, North Shore Music Theater YPA
The Mystery... Drood / Moonfall Quartet / Dir. Jeremy James Taylor, North Shore Music Theatre YPA
Assassins / Sarah Jane Moore / Moonlight Productions
Dear Edwina / Kelly / Dir. Marty Johnson, North Shore Music Theatre YPA

Education and Training

B.F.A Musical Theatre, Syracuse University
- Tim Bond, Producing Artistic Director
- Ralph Zito, Chair, James A. Clark, Former Chair
Vocal Coaching: Daniel Blake, Marie Kemp, David Lowenstein
Acting: James Calleri, Craig MacDonald, Rodney Scott Hudson
Movement Training: Steven Cross, Felix Ivanov, Lauren Unbekant
Voice Training: Malcolm Ingram, Elizabeth Ingram
Dance: Styles: Ballet (14 years), Jazz (5 years), Tap (3 years), Hip-hop (1 year), Pointe (2 year)

Syracuse University: David Wanstreet, Karen Menter, Kim Hale, Andrea Leigh Smith

Special Skills

French (6 years), good with children and animals, some tumbling, basic stage combat (rapier), mask