Melissa Lyons

SAG-AFTRA; AEA    

Height: 5’3   

FILM/ANIMATION & TELEVISION

Barbie and the Diamond Castle          Barbie (singing Liana)        Universal/Gino Nichele

Barbie as the Island Princess               Barbie (singing Rosella)       Universal/Greg Richardson

Barbie as the Princess & the Pauper   Barbie (singing Annaliese)   Lion’s Gate/William Lau

Barbie in A Christmas Carol                Barbie (singing Eden)          Universal/William Lau

Barbie in A Mermaid Tale Barbie (singing Merliah) Mattel Entertainment/Adam Wood

Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses Singing Barbie Mainframe Entertainment/Mattel

Passions (Wicked parody)                  Under 5—singer/dancer   NBC/Phideaux Xavier

See Movement (short)                       Lead                           Imaginings/Gordon Goodman

BROADWAY NATIONAL TOUR

Les Miserables (3rd National Tour)        Eponine         Cameron Macintosh/Jason Moore & Evan Ensign

REGIONAL THEATRE (selected)

Chicago                                           Singer/Whistle soloist      Hollywood Bowl/Brooke Shields

How To Succeed In Business...            Miss Gabor                   Reprise Theatre Co/Marcia Milgrom-Dodge

Jane Eyre (Williams/York—world prem.)    Jane Eyre (original cast)   Fullerton Civic Light Opera/Jan Duncan

Cats                                               Grizabella                     Cabrillo Music Theatre/Dana Solimando

Peter Pan                                        Peter Pan                     Cabrillo Music Theatre/Gary Gardner

The Spitfire Grill                               Shelby                         Musical Theatre Guild/Linda Kerns

City of Angels                                  Bobbi/Gabby                 Musical Theatre Guild/Joel Bishoff

The Mystery of Edwin Drood Drood Musical Theatre Guild/Calvin Remsberg

Chess                                             Svetlana                      Musical Theatre Guild/Kirsten Chandler

Bat Boy Shelly Musical Theatre Guild/Joel Bishoff

Sister Act                                        Nun                            Sacramento Music Circus/Glenn Casale

Loving Repeating                              Alice B. Toklas              International City Theatre/caryn desai

South Street (world premiere)               Chloe s/b (original cast)   Pasadena Playhouse/Roger Castellano

The Secret Garden                            Rose Lennox                 MTW Reiner Series/David Lamoureux

Louisiana Purchase Jazz Quartet (sop.) MTW Reiner Series/Cynthia Ferrer

Little Women Beth                     Musical Theatre Guild/Kirsten Chandler

Annie                                              Star-To-Be/Boylan         McCoy-Rigby/Glenn Casale

Annie                                              Star-To-Be                   Sacramento Music Circus/Leland Ball

The Marvelous Wonderettes                Suzy                           El Portal Theatre/Roger Bean

Thumbelina                                      Thumbelina/Sandy         Falcon Theatre/Joseph Leo Bwarie

Carousel Julie Jordan Moonlight Amphitheatre/Kathy Brombacher

My Fair Lady Eliza Doolittle Candlelight Pavilion/Greg Henrichsen

CONCERTS/WORKSHOPS

California Philharmonic                               2013 Principal Soloist         Walt Disney Concert Hall/Victor Vener

Rated R.S.O. (Boston Court)                       Soloist                                Ryan Scott Oliver

The Water                                                  Becca                                 ANMT/Georgia Stitt/Elise Dewsberry

Monday Nights, New Voices Soloist The Duplex NYC/Scott Alan/Kerrigan Lowdermilk

VOICE-OVER

Learn Through Music Barbie Fairytopia     Singing Toy                                    Fisher Price

Barbie (several dolls & toys)                        Interactive & Singing Toys Mattel

Hallmark Cards                                           Musical greeting cards       Hallmark

SOUNDTRACKS (selected)

BARBIE IN A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Soundtrack plus songs), BARBIE AND THE DIAMOND CASTLE (Original Movie Soundtrack), BARBIE AS THE ISLAND PRINCESS (Orig. Movie Soundtrack), BARBIE SINGS! THE PRINCESS MOVIE SONG COLLECTION

TRAINING

Master of Music, Vocal Performance           Bob Cole Conservatory at Cal State University Long Beach

B.A. Music, Vocal Performance                   University of California at Los Angeles

Voice/Opera Workshop                              Reid Bruton; Timothy MacDougall; Calvin Remsberg; Juliana Gondek; Kari Windingstad

Acting                                                        Svetlana Reed; Jim Gleason, Margie Haber Studios

Ballet, Tap, Jazz                                          Cheryl Clark, Rikki Lugo, Broadway Dance Ctr., De Fore Dance

SPECIAL SKILLS   Excellent sight singer; Fantastic with tight harmonies; Opera/Classical voice; Piano; ZFX Flying; Dialects: Standard British, Cockney; Diction: Italian, Spanish, French & German; Whistling!