On Stage
In 2008, under the banner of her company, Fault Line Theatre, Melissa premiered her first one-woman show called Lupe: Undone. The show was a site specific extravaganza as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival and went on to be named a Critic’s Pick, Best Production and Best Performance for Melissa. Lupe: Undone was awarded Best of the Fringe and held over at the Diesel Playhouse. The show was subsequently invited to be a part of the UNO Festival (Intrepid Theatre) in Victoria, British Columbia and the Oh Solo Mio Festival in London. Lupe: Undone continues to shake up audiences, and was nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award in the category of Best Solo Show in 2009.
On the heels of the success of Lupe: Undone, Melissa wrote and produced the sold-out hit A Very Lupe Xmas and the original musical Lupe’s Next Top Lupe. The character Lupe was even crowned a Hero of 2008 by popular website torontoist.com alongside politicians and business tycoons!
ACTOR
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| Lupe: Undone |
Lead |
Live Show |
Fault Line Productions |
| Apricots |
Officer/Sarit |
Live Show |
Summerworks – Adam Lazarus |
| Coast Of Utopia |
Teresina/Various |
Live Show |
Canadian Stage – Claire Calnan |
| Luminato Love |
Mariangela |
Live Show |
Luminato-Young Centre For The Arts |
| A Very Lupe XMas |
Lead |
Live Show |
Fault Line Productions |
| Mambo Italiano |
Anna |
Live Show |
Bellweather Prod – Mary Long |
| Lupe’s Next Top Lupe |
Lead |
Live Show |
Fault Line Productions |
| Mambo Italiano |
Pina |
Live Show |
Sudbury Theatre Center – Mary Long |
| Vox Animae |
Lead Performer |
Live Show |
Young Center – Gina Lori Riley |
| The Maddest Kind Of Love |
Mary Alice |
Live Show |
Summerworks – Bruce Hunter |
| Inanna |
Anunna/Young Woman |
Live Show |
Toronto Fringe – Claire Cainan |
| Downtown |
Esther |
Live Show |
Question Company – Julia Grey |
| Mambo Italiano |
Pina |
Live Show |
Waterloo Stage – Mary Long |
| In Translation |
The Actor |
Live Show |
Nightwood Theatre – Keira Loughran |
| Happy |
School Girl |
Live Show |
Urban Spine Theatre – Kelly Fanson |
| Tall Tales |
Narrator/Mom/Martha |
Live Show |
Solar Stage – Thom Currie |
| Charlotte’s Web |
Goose |
Live Show |
Stage West – Autumn Smith |
| Macbeth |
Lady Macbeth |
Live Show |
Essex Hall – Brian Rintoul |
| Vinegar Tom |
Alice |
Live Show |
Experimental Theatre – Brian Taylor |
| It’a All True |
Jean |
Live Show |
Capitol Theatre – Craig Guthrie |
| Things We Never Said |
Lead |
Live Show |
Fault Line Productions |
WRITER
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| Lupe: Undone |
Writer |
Live Show |
Fault Line Productions |
| A Very Lupe Xmas |
Writer |
Live Show |
Fault Line Productions |
| Lupe’s Next Top Lupe |
Writer |
Live Show |
Fault Line Productions |
| Commedia Dell’Fringe |
Writer Emcee Script |
Fundraiser |
Toronto Fringe Festival |
| Luminato Love |
Writer |
Live Show |
Luminato Festival |
| DIRECTOR/DRAMATURGE |
| 9/11/11 The Musical |
Director/Dramaturge |
Live Show |
The Specials Sketch Troupe |
| Wonderland |
Director/co-creator |
Live Show |
Summerworks/Quiptake Productions |
| So You Think Your Life Sucks |
Dramaturg/Mentor |
Live Show |
Paprika Festival |
| Duck |
Director/Dramaturge |
Live Show |
Festival of Ideas and Creation, Canadian Stage |
| REGULAR FEATURED PERFORMER |
| The Carnegie Hall Show |
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| Lunacy Cabaret |
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| FESTIVALS |
| The Rhubarb Festival |
Featured Performer |
2012 |
| Luminato Festival (New Waves) |
Featured Performer |
2009 |
| Toronto Festival Of Clowns |
Featured Performer |
2008, 2010 |
| Uno Festival |
Lupe (Lupe: Undone) |
2009 |
| Oh Solo Mio Festival |
Lupe (Lupe: Undone) |
2009 |
| Festival Of Ideas And Creation |
Featured Perfomer, Director |
2009 |
| Toronto International Circus Fest |
Performer |
2005 |
| HOSTING & CORPORATE |
| Commedia Dell’ Fringe |
Host |
Toronto Fringe 2009 |
| Girls’ Night Out |
Featured Performer |
Belinda Stronach Foundation 2010 |
| Speed Dating With Politicians |
Host |
Summerworks 2007 |
| International Day Of Dance Event |
Host |
Dance Umbrella Of Ontario 2010 |
