Melissa Joyner
• actor • director • professor • storyteller • Peabody, Emmy, Webby, PGA Nominated
- Role
- Professor at Pace University
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Melissa Joyner
AUDELCO AWARD WINNING ACTRESS • Director• Professor• As a graduate of The New School with her MFA in Acting she has studied under some of the most inspiring, respected & accomplished Playwrights, Directors, Actors & Singers in the industry. Some of these include: Program Director Robert LuPone, Acting Chair Ron Leibman, Robert Walden, Arthur Storch, Paul Rudd, Austin Pendleton, Nova Thomas, Christopher Shinn, Pippin Parker, Michael Weller, Laura Maria Censabella, Elinor Renfield, Rick Sordelet and Patricia Fletcher. Joyner\'s NY theatre credits include: Melissa in He Said, She Said, I Said, Yes (The Public Theatre), Jermaine in Generation Graffitti (Playwrights Horizons), Angela Metcalf in Fell (NY Fringe Festival), Anna in Old Times (59 East 59th), Sparkle in Body Shots (The Atlantic Theatre), Portia in Street Lights, A Musical (NY Musical Theatre Festival). Regional Credits include: Kanika Weaver in Permanent Collection (Human Race Theatre), Erzulie in Once on this Island (Northwest), Lady in Orange in For Colored Girls.(The Ring Theatre). Television:\"FBI\"(CBS),\"Madame Secretary\"(CBS),\"The Today Show\"(NBC),\"Redrum\"(Investigation Discovery ID),\"Damages\"(FX),\"The Morning Show\"(FOX). Film: Three Blind Mice (supporting).
Experience
Professor
Jan 2024 — Present · New York, NY, US
Commercial Acting - BFA Acting for Film, Television, Voiceovers, and Commercials
Education
Wake Forest University
Bachelor of Arts - BA
Wake Forest University
Bachelor's degree
The New School
Master of Fine Arts - MFA
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