Live Performance
Melanie started working as a theatre artist in 2015. She performed all over Bay Area til 2020. Friends made. Waves made. More to come…
Nominated Best Actress 2016 Theatre Bay Area:
A Streetcar Named Desire
Shotgun Players
Women Laughing Alone with Salad
by Sheila Callaghan
Meredith (Regina Morones)
Guy (Caleb Cabrera)
Sandy (Melanie DuPuy)
Tori (Sango Tajima)
Director: Susannah Martin
Photographer: Ben Krantz
“Martin’s cast is crackerjack. As dowager Sandy, DuPuy channels the effortless magnetism of a mid-century Hollywood star…”
- San Francisco Chronicle, Lily Janiak
“The second act in this 135-minute production is a role reversal of the sexes. Regina Morones, Sango Tajima and Melanie DuPuy play male advertising/marketing executives in suits, who are creating a campaign for a new women’s anti-depressant. They report to a woman, who is Caleb Cabrera, well-dressed in a skirt and heels. Here we see how talented this crew of actors is. Their body language is right-on.”
- Berkeleyside, Emily S. Mendel
Cutting Ball Theater
Avant GardARAMA! The Wasps
by Guy Zimmerman
Jenna Bush (Melanie DuPuy)
Barbara Bush (Danielle O'Hare)
Director: Paige Rogers
Photographer: Norman Fung
Shotgun Players
Vinegar Tom by Caryl Churchill
Director: Ariel Craft
Photographer: Ben Krantz
“Craft has assembled a cast of some of the most powerful, thoughtful and rigorous female performers in the Bay Area, from Melanie DuPuy to Sam Jackson to Sarah Mitchell.”
- San Francisco Chronicle, Lily Janiak
The Eugene O’Neill Festival
A Streetcar Named Desire
by Tennessee Williams
Blanche DuBois (Melanie DuPuy)
Stella Kowalski (Samantha Behr)
Stanley Kowalski (Rob August)
Harold ‘Mitch’ Mitchell (Tim Holt Jones)
Nurse (Kim Doppe)
Eunice Hull (Tina Rutsch)
Steve Hull (Justin Rodriguez)
Nick Dennis (Cesar Reyes)
Paper Boy (Konnor Herrera)
The Doctor (Randy Anger)
Director: George Maguire
“Newcomer Melanie DuPuy is incredibly moving and tragic as Blanche, struggling desperately with street fighter Stan, a physically realistic Rob August. They are more convincing and visceral than the famous stars of the movie, and no theater lover should miss their no-holds-barred performance.”
– The Independent, Susan Steinberg
“Melanie DuPuy gives a compelling performance as Blanche DuBois. She first plays the role like a Southern aristocrat who uses lies and fantasy to cope in the real world. She captures the fragile spirit of the character, especially in the second act when she talks about her early love affair in Mississippi. DuPuy is wonderful flirting with the newspaper boy. The last scene when she goes completely from neuroses to psychos is fantastic.”
– Talkin’ Broadway, Richard Connema
Heroine
Written and performed by Melanie DuPuy
Produced by Trademark Entertainment
at the 3rd Street Theatre, Los Angeles
The Voice (Ron Davis)
Director: Michael Kearns
Photographer: Howard Wise
Editor: Kristie M Fleming
For audiences 18 and older.
