Melissa Toomey

Appearance

Gender Female
Pronouns
Height 5' 5''
Body Type Petite
Weight 115
Hair color Red
Hair length Long
Eyes Blue
Age range 20-24, 25-29
Ethnic appearance Caucasian
Unions EQUITY

About Me

Recently returned to NYC after wandering the West for a number of years. Award winning playwright. Vocalist for The Cowards, a jam band with a grunge habit based in NJ. BFA SUNY Purchase

-April 2020- Most recently performed in"A Lie of the Mind for Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival, though we had to close early due to COVID-19

Television

Windmills (pilot presentation) Jess (Guest Star) International Emmy Award Conference/ Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award Winner
Girls Lisa's J.A.P. Friend HBO/Jesse Peretz
The Following Cult Member FOX/Marcos Siega
One Life to Live U/5 High School Girl ABC/Larry Carpenter

Film

Summer Home Lily (Lead) Columbia MFA/Dir. Nicholas Weiss-Richmond
"Happiness" Adaptation Joy Jordan NYU/ Yulia Fomenko
Miss Bunny (Supporting) NYU/ Dir. Taylor Ghrist
Timing is Everything Melissa (Lead) NYFA
Welcome Home Anna (Lead) NYU / Dir. Holly Bernal
Buggy Lisa (Lead) NYU / Dir. Travis Johnson
Once Upon a Mime Lisa (Supporting) SUNY Purchase / Dir. Nicole Favale

Internet

That's My Time (series) Selena Eastville Comedy Club/ Whitney St. Ours

Theater

A Lie of the Mind Sally Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival/Dir. Jennifer Vosters
Romeo and Juliet (Tour) Juliet Southwest Shakespeare Company/Dir. Joshua Murphy
Indecent The Ingenue (Chana) Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival
Pericles, Prince of Tyre Marina Southwest Shakespeare Company/Dir. Quinn Mattfeld
Frankenstein William/Ensemble Southwest Shakespeare Company/Dir. Patrick Walsh
Ladies in Waiting: The Judgement of Henry VIII Jane Seymour Southwest Shakespeare Company/Tier 5 Theater Project
Merry Wives of Windsor Anne Page/Robin Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival
Onyx Falling (reading) Onyx Premiere Stages/John Wooten
As You Like It Phoebe Montclair Shakespeare Series
A Midsummer Night's Dream Titania Montclair Shakespeare Series
The Widow of Tom's Hill Aideen Luna Stage Company/Dir. Rachel Black Spaulding
"Our Bar" Sketch Series Regular Performer Project: Theater/Dir. Jessi Blue
Heartbreak House (special event) Ellie Dunn The Pearl Theatre Company/Dir. Dan Daily
Tar Beach (reading) Reenie Luna Stage Company/Dir. Cheryl Katz
Boleros for the Disenchanted (reading) Flora Luna Stage Company/Dir Cheryl Katz
Jailbait Claire Alliance Repertory Theatre/Dir. Michael Driscoll
Accidental Death of an Anarchist Secretary The Shakespeare Theatre of NJ/Dir. Paul Mullins
The Tempest Ceres The Shakespeare Theatre of NJ/Dir. Joe Discher
Pericles, Prince of Tyre (workshop) Diana The Shakespeare Theatre of NJ/Dir. Brian B. Crowe
The Evening (reading) Judy New Plays Now/Dir. Kip Fagan
Soaked (reading) Katey New Plays Now/Dir. Linsay Firman
Rachelle and the Moon (reading) Rachelle New Plays Now/Dir. Linsay Firman
Scattered Poems: E.E. Cummings (workshop) pity this busy monster, man unkind... The Shakespeare Theatre of NJ/Dir. Jay Liebowitz
It's a Wonderful Life: Radio Play Young Mary 12 Miles West Theater Company/Dir. Liz Zazzi
A Piece of My Heart Sissy Purchase Repertory Theatre/Dir. Trazana Beverley
The Seagull Nina Purchase Repertory Theatre/Dir. David Gideon
Mother Courage and Her Children Eilif/Lieutenant Purchase Repertory Theatre/Dir. Dennis Reid
Twelfth Night Fabian Purchase Repertory Theatre/Dir. Christopher McCann
Trojan Women Chorus Purchase Repertory Theatre/Dir. Rachel Dickstein

Training

BFA in Acting SUNY Purchase, Conservatory of Acting Chair: A. Dean Irby
Acting SUNY Purchase, Conservatory of Acting Christopher McCann, A. Dean Irby, Charles Tuthill, David Gideon
Voice SUNY Purchase, Conservatory of Acting Craig Bacon, David Wells, Robin Christian-McNair
Speech, Dialects SUNY Purchase, Conservatory of Acting Leigh Dillon
Movement SUNY Purchase, Conservatory of Acting Jill Echo, Ronni Stewart
Improv SUNY Purchase, Conservatory of Acting Frank Deal, Trey Lyford
Lecoq Technique, Commedia Dell'arte SUNY Purchase, Conservatory of Acting Richard Crawford, Mace Perlman
On Camera SUNY Purchase, Conservatory of Acting Rosalyn Coleman-Williams
Audition/Business of Acting SUNY Purchase, Conservatory of Acting Philip Carlson
Graduate Acting Summer Program (GASP) NYU Grad Acting Chair: Mark Wing Davey
Acting NYU Grad Acting Summer Program Janet Zarish, Mark Wing Davey
Chekhov NYU Grad Acting Summer Program Lisa Benavides
Voice NYU Grad Acting Summer Program Scott Miller
Movement NYU Grad Acting Summer Program Jim Calder