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Film and TV

Law & Order: Organized Crime
Beyond the Fog
Out and About
Being Here
Dressed
The Third Option
Next Time
We're Breaking Up (Webseries)
Interview with An Applicant
CaucAsian (Webseries)
My Secret Friend (Webseries)
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Underpaid Narrator
Fun Mosque
Women's Studies
The Toy Collector (Webseries)
Holler Creek Canyon

Co-Star
Lead
Supporting
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Supporting
Lead
Co-Star
Lead
Lead
Lead 

John Poulson
Desiree Abeyta
Peter Callahan
Sydney O'Haire
Sydney O'Haire
Jason Bruffy
Jason Bruffy
Melisa and Robert King
Paul Del Vecchio
Joseph P. Conroy
Elin Gronblom
Russ Martin
Ben Holbrook
Josh Ruben
Lonnie Martin
Matthew Balthrop
John Poague

NBC Universal
Be But Little Productions
Out and About LLC
Center for Digital Media, DePaul
Center for Digital Media, DePaul
BSB Media
BSB Media
Breiner-Sanders Productions
BSB Media
Triple E Productions
Think(iT) Film
Black Hole Productions
Full Metal Productions
CollegeHumor.com
Ningen Manga Productions
g14 Productions
Capital Films

Off-Broadway

The Last Seder
As Wide As I Can See

Jane
Charlotte

Jessica Bauman
Dan Horrigan

Theatre Three
HERE Arts Center

Theatre

Birds of North America
King Lear
Michael Jordan in Lilliput
Twelfth Night
The Misanthrope
God's Ear
The Qualms
Lies We Tell Ourselves
The Fabulous Lives of Hollywood Whores
Rosemary with Ginger
As You Like It

Caitlyn
Cornwall
Mrs. Horton
Malvolio
Arsinoé
Mel
Deb
Willa
The Agent
Ginger
Celia

Jason Peck
Sybille Bruun
Erica Weiss
Stuart Carden
Brian Balcom
Andrew Peters
Shade Murray
Jason Bruffy
Dean Bradford
Anotonia Santoro
Greg Chiccino

ThrownStone Theatre (Connecticut)
The Shakespeare Forum (NYC)
The Theatre School, DePaul University
The Theatre School, DePaul University
The Theatre School, DePaul University
The Theatre School, DePaul University
The Theatre School, DePaul University
NYC Fringe Festival
DAB Productions
American Theatre for Actors
The Queens Players

“BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA” REVIEWS

“As John and Caitlyn, J.R. Sullivan and Melisa Breiner-Sanders are two tremendously talented actors who connect with the material, the dialogue, the story arcs and their roles so effortlessly, you'd swear the playwright wrote "Birds of North of America" with each of them in mind.…And as the story evolves, they bring a mastered passion, honesty and practicality to the proceedings that makes each and every one of their character turns (the play takes place over a 12-year period) resonate with complete believability, illumination and practicality…The two member cast is outstanding” -Jim Rucco, Connecticut Critics Circle

“The writing and acting here is at its strongest with Breiner-Sanders doing exemplary work without overplaying the emotional aspects of what she is saying.” -Tom Holehan, Connecticut Critics Circle

“…this highly talented two person cast of J.R. Sullivan and Mélisa Breiner-Sanders…have such an excellent stage chemistry with each other that, combined with the intimate setting of the venue makes it easy for the audience to forget that we are watching a show, and not eye-witnessing a real father and daughter interacting…Mélisa Breiner-Sanders effectively conveys a myriad of emotions through her various facial expressions, including making it clear that something was wrong, before the audience hears about her loss of her baby. Her delivery of her lines is spot on and resonates as real and natural with the audience.” -Sean Fallon, BroadwayWorld Connecticut

“…I couldn’t help but lean in to the stage to look for the birds too. That is how convincing the scene is.” - Joanne Greco Rochman, The Ridgefield Press

Voice Over / Podcast

Readings

Training and Education

DePaul University - The Theatre School, MFA in Acting 

New York, NY

Bob Krakower Studios
LAByrinth Theatre Ensemble Workshop
Casting Lab
Commercial Acting
Scene Study
Upright Citizens Brigade
Monologue Writing
Voice Over

Dexter Bullard (Stanislavski), Kymberly Mellen (Classical), Cameron Knight (Shakespeare), Andrew Gallant (Meisner), Trudie Kessler (Meisner), Janelle Snow (On Camera)

Phyllis Griffin (Lessac, Roy Hart), Trudie Kessler (Linklater), Claudia Anderson (Linkater), Elise Kauzlaric,
Phillip Timberlake (IPA, Fitzmaurice, Roy Hart)

Patrice Egleston (Feldenkrais), Mary Schmich (Yoga), Kristina Fluty (Laban, Bartinieff), Laura Biagi (Yoga - Iyengar)


Nick Sandys - Recommended Pass SAFD - Knife, Broadsword, Quarter Staff, Unarmed. Basic Pass SAFD - Rapier and Dagger

Deb Doetzer

Susan Messing (Improv), Nick Johne (Improv), Chris Jones (Theatre Studies Seminar)

Jess Cummings
David Deblinger, Scott Hudson, Charles Goforth, Padraic Lillis, Danny Feldman, and more
Laura Rosenthal and Maribeth Fox
David Cady, David Bellantoni
John Gold Rubin and Kitt Lavoie
Sketch 101, Eric Scott
Craig Chester and Parker Posey
Tim Frank, Diana Lote

Georgetown University - BA Psychology, Theatre Minor, Inter-arts Minor

Ensemble Theatre Production
Acting II
Shakespearean Actor
Theatre Apprenticeship/Workshop
Improv for Social Change
Performance Workshop

Prof. Maya Roth
Prof. Maya Roth
University of New South Wales, Sydney, AU
Prof. Sarah Marshall with Molly Smith (Arena Stage)
Prof. Karen Berman
Prof. Karen Berman

Special Skills

Languages: English and Spanish (native speaker, Castillian accent)

Stage Combat: Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD) Recommended Pass in Broadsword, Unarmed, Quarter Staff (2016), and Knife (2017). Pass Rapier and Dagger (2017)

Breiner-Sanders Productions - Owner and Producer
The CRY HAVOC Company - Resident Artist
Think(iT) Film Assembly - Actor and Producer