Over the past few years she has been seen in several Shotz plays in NYC and SF. With the Denver Center Theatre Company she appeared in Richard III, and A Christmas Carol. Favorite roles include Edward in Cloud 9, Rhonda in Surf City, Echo in Eleemosynary, and Ophelia in her one woman show Assured Loss Before the Match be Played. Melissa appeared as Red in the world premier of Uncle Sam’s Satiric Spectacular at Actors Theater of Louisville. Christian Haines- is the Founding Artistic Director of Amios is NYC, the Producing Artistic Director of AmiosSF. Former Associte Artistic Director at the Tides Theatre, Member of Actors Theatre of SF and Member of Wits End. He has developed new work for the theater with dozens of playwrights and actors. As an actor you can see his work in the Elephant Man coming up in May. He has been seen in Romeo and Juliet, Miss Julie, Death of a Salesman, Aloysius in New York, The Affair, Escape from Roosevelt Island, Bartleby the Scrivener, Cloud 9, Macbeth, King John, 5th of July, This is Our Youth, The Altruists, Murder, Woyzeck, Snake in Fridge, Richard III, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Trip to Bountiful and dozens more. Directing credits include: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tides Theatre), A Message (Arabian Shakespeare Festival), Heroes and Other Strangers (Best of Fringe NYC), Strictly Convenience (Fourfold Productions), Icarus' Mother (Actors Theatre of San Francisco) and a bunch of plays for Shotz. Ensemble creations include: Brundibar (The Actors Center), Aloyisius in New York (Amios), Woyzeck, Three Weekends in June, and Water Freezes Hexagonally or the Five Star Hotel (Wits End). As a producer his projects include: The New York Cycle Vols 1-4, longShotz NYC, Shotz, and Miss Julie (Amios), Sean Sexton and the Suicidal Superhero and Strictly Convenience (Fourfold Productions). He holds and MFA from the National Theatre Conservatory.
