MELISSA CANCILLER - SAG-AFTRA

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IMPROV/SKETCH

Bubble Tea Party

Ensemble:Actor, Singer, Dancer, Improv

Stir-Friday Night!

Bloodrush

Ensemble:Actor, Singer, Dancer

Fool For Thought

Rock Out With Your Wok Out

Ensemble:Actor, Improviser, Singer

Stir-Friday Night!

Silent But Deadly (Director's Showcase)

Ensemble:Actor, Dancer

The Second City

Yes We Can't: The Whirled News Tonight Sketch Show

Ensemble:Actor, Improviser

iO

Horry Kow: That's Lacist

Ensemble:Actor, Singer, Dancer

Stir-Friday Night!

Chicago SketchFest 2006-2008

Ensemble:Actor, Singer, Dancer, Musician

SFN! & Fool For Thought

Buddha Call

Ensemble:Actor, Singer, Dancer

Stir-Friday Night!

National Asian American Theatre Festival (NY)

Ensemble:Actor, Singer, Dancer

Stir-Friday Night!

Disposable Nation

Understudy

The Second City

Some Jerk Stole Our Pants

Ensemble:Actor, Singer

Fool For Thought

The Caste and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Ensemble:Actor, Singer, Dancer, Musician

Stir-Friday Night!

Knobsession

Ensemble:Actor

Fool For Thought

Yellow!

Ensemble:Actor, Singer, Dancer, Musician

Stir-Friday Night!

Kid Tested, Mother Arrested

Ensemble: Actor, Singer, Musician

Fool For Thought

Chicago Improv Festival

Ensemble: Actor, Singer, Dancer

Stir-Friday Night!

Saving Face Festival

Ensemble: Actor, Singer, Dancer

Stir-Friday Night!

Takeout to the Ballgame

Ensemble: Actor, Singer, Dancer

Stir-Friday Night! (SFN!)

THEATRE

Conference of the Birds

Ensemble

Silk Road Rising

The Doctor is Indian

Narrator

Silk Road Rising

Par Avion (Scrapbook Festival 2012)

Cara

Chicago Dramatists

Lunchbox Love (Scrapbook Festival 2012)

Woman

Chicago Dramatists

The Rock Pile

Yin Le

Chicago Dramatists

Number Three

Ensemble

Silk Road Theatre Project

Calligraphy

Hiromi Jameson

Silk Road Theatre Project

Bordello

Lotus

Chicago Dramatists

Jade Heart*

Mei Blackmore & Lead Understudy

Chicago Dramatists

M. Butterfly*

Comrade Chin, Suzuki, Shu-Fang

Bohemian Theatre Ensemble

365 Plays/365 Days

Ensemble

Silk Road Theatre Project

Golden Child*

Ensemble & Understudy

Silk Road Theatre Project

Balacarita: The Adventures of Young Krishna

Ensemble

Silk Road Theatre Project

Miss Saigon

Gigi, Female Ensemble

JedlickaPerforming Arts Center

Black Friday

Liz, Motel Owner

Chicago ScriptWorks

The Five Lotus Blossoms

Lead: Yong Chi

Tireswing Theatre

Saving Face Festival

4 Part Lead: Flor Contemplacion

Pintig Cultural Group

Alamat

Young Clarita, Bagobo, Ensemble

Pintig Cultural Group

Red Carnations

Lead: Girl

Squaresville Theatre

FILM

Defining Haley

Principal: Mother

Chicago Filmmakers

Everyman

Lead: Morgan

Chicago Filmmakers

The History Channel's Conspiracy Series:The Oklahoma Bomber

Waitress

Towers Productions

COMMERCIALS & INDUSTRIALS & PRINT (Client List)

Bayer Animal Health

SC Johnson (Shout!)

Kraft

Miller Lite

Babybel Cheese

A & E's Billy The Exterminato

Southwest Airlines

Horseshoe Casino

Sony PlayStation

Illinois State Lottery

Harrington College of Design

Kentucky State Lottery

Northshore Hosptials

Bank of America

Sears

Hewlett-Packard

Qwest Communications

Buick

Advocate Lutheran General

Alltel Wireless

Sanford Brown

Walmart

Budweiser

Converse

McDonald's

Aldi

State Farm

LA Times

WCKG-FM (Chicago)

SBC Communications

Jimmy John's

MODELING

Activewear

Runway

Axcelerate/Speedo

TRAINING

Theatre

Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

Instructor: Susan Hart

Victory Gardens Theatre

Instructor: Linda Gillum

Chicago Actors Studio

Instructor: Edward Fogell

TV/Film

Acting Studio Chicago

Instructors: Jane Alderman

Rachael Patterson

TV Audition Workshop

Instructor: Geoffrey Soffer

Auditioning For Theatre Intensive

Instructors: Camille Hickman

Peter Kaiser

Sketch & Improvisational Comedy

The Second City

Instructors: Tim O'Malley

Joe Yau

Annoyance Theatre

Instructors: Tony Mendoza

Susan Messing

Rebecca Sohn

Kyle Doyle

Rich Sohn

Megan Johns

iO Improv

Instructor: Jason Chin

ComedySportz

Instructor: Rance Rizzutto

Voice

VoiceQuest, Inc.

Instructors: Gillian Kelly

Claire Bigley

Fine Arts Voice Studio

Instructor: Sarah McIntyre

Old Town School of Folk Music

Instructors: Carol Kagy

Jonathan Mastro

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

UIUC Women's Choir

UIUC Black Chorus

Dance

Chinese Ribbon Dance

Instructor: Ling-Ling Pao

Old Town School of Folk Music

Instructor: Jeff Gandy

The Tap Studio (The Chicago Human Rhythm Project)

Instructor: Frances Lawrence

Stage Combat

Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

Instructor: Kevin Asselin

Writing

The Second City

Instructors: Ranjit Souri, Joe Janes

Stir-Friday Night!

Instructor: Keith Uchima

Additional voice, acting & writing instruction

Music Theatre Workshop

SPECIAL ABILITIES & INTERESTS

Singer (Mezzo Alto)

Dancer

Guitar

Piano

Volleyball

Basketball

Basic French

Licensed Practical Nurse

Accents:

Standard British

Filipino

French

Dialects:

Southern

Urban

*Jeff Recommended (Honored Excellence in Chicago Theatre)

Physical Characteristics / Measurements

Height: 5'5"

Weight: 115 lbs

Aerobics, Basketball, Billiards/Pool Player, Combat - Stage, Volleyball, Weight Lifting, Comedian, Dance Hip Hop, Dance Jazz, Dancer, Guitar, Improvisation, Licensed Driver, Medical Equip., Modeling, Piano, Singer, Teleprompter, Vocal Range: Alto, Vocal Style: Belt, Whistler, British - BBC English Accent, Filipino Accent, French Accent