Melinda Buckley - actress, comedian, director

Melinda Buckley is an actress, comedian, director, choreographer, and writer who's been seen on Broadway, TV, and film. On this episode we chat about her solo show, “MOTHER (and me),” working in the biz, having a casting director as a neighbor, and a fun Audra McDonald tidbit.

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MELINDA BUCKLEY Broadway and national tours include Crazy For You, A Chorus Line, Raggedy Ann, Sally and Bob Fosse’s Sweet Charity. She has performed improv/sketch and stand up all over NYC as well as written and performed several solo shows. Her latest is the critically acclaimed MOTHER (and me).‘One Up! Solo, is a program she designed to guide other artists in crafting their own stage worthy stories. On the other side of the table, highlights include directing Broadway By The Year, with a Tony award winning cast, and choreographing Paramour, starring Len Cariou at the Old Globe. She choreographed Columbia Pictures’ Stuart Little I and II with Geena Davis and Hugh Laurie, the independent film 1999, starring Amanda Peet and Jennifer Garner, and assisted Pat Birch on Working Girl as well as many episodes of Saturday Night Live. Other TV credits: choreographing One Life to Live and award-winning promos for CBS including a Super Bowl spot forGirl Power, named one of the top ten ads by Paste magazine. She assisted Lonny Price (as SDC Fellow) in the filming of Company at the NYP, which starred Neil Patrick Harris, Patti Lupone, Stephen Colbert, Martha Plimpton, Jon Cryer among many others. She has been a creative director, writer, director/choreographer and speaker coach for a diverse range of clients including Bloomberg Philanthropies, Fox, ESPN, Sesame Street, McDonald’s, Microsoft, IBM, American Express, and the Port of LA...to name a few! She is a proud member of AEA, DGA, SAG-AFTRA and SDC.

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