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melissa carsten

Managing director/
Founding Member

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Melissa graduated from The Ohio State University. She has had the privilege of learning from such artists as Anne Bogart, the SITI Company, and Marcel Marceau. Other Cleveland credits include an acting internship at The Cleveland Playhouse and founding member of Socks Improv Troupe.

Since moving to Chicago, Melissa has worked with companies such as The Velvet Willies, Runamuck Productions, Chemically Imbalanced Comedy and Beyond That. She was also a founding member of I Miss High School improv troupe. Melissa continued her education studying with the masters of British Theatre and Film at The British American Drama Academy of Oxford University, England. Favorite credits include Stephano in The Tempest, The Woman in Dario Fo’s A Woman Alone and of course my run of characters with big hair, Marlene in Careless Love and Faye in Making Peter Pope. Melissa is playing the part of Elaine in the upcoming TE production of Two Rooms.

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melissa carsten Managing director/ Founding Member A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Melissa graduated from The Ohio State University. She has had the privilege of learning from such artists as Anne Bogart, the SITI Company, and Marcel Marceau. Other Cleveland credits include an acting internship at The Cleveland Playhouse and founding member of Socks Improv Troupe. Since moving to Chicago, Melissa has worked with companies such as The Velvet Willies, Runamuck Productions, Chemically Imbalanced Comedy and Beyond That. She was also a founding member of I Miss High School improv troupe. Melissa continued her education studying with the masters of British Theatre and Film at The British American Drama Academy of Oxford University, England. Favorite credits include Stephano in The Tempest, The Woman in Dario Fo’s A Woman Alone and of course my run of characters with big hair, Marlene in Careless Love and Faye in Making Peter Pope. Melissa is playing the part of Elaine in the upcoming TE production of Two Rooms.