ABOUT
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About
Melinda Beck is a voice over professional based in Louisville, Kentucky. Her background is in devised ensemble theatre and solo performance. She currently teaches at Commonwealth Theatre Center, and has previously worked in various capacities with the Frazier History Museum, Kentucky Shakespeare, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and Seattle Shakespeare Company. Past film work includes “On Sacred Ground” and “Perception.”
In 2023 she wrote and produced Flower Play as part of the Louisville Fringe Festival. In this short solo performance, voice over and floral design were woven together to highlight a woman's daily challenges working at a dysfunctional floral shop.
In 2018, she served as the COLLIDER artist in residence at the Louisville Free Public Library. She also worked with Kentucky Refugee Ministries’ “We Create” Festival where she created a performance to highlight stories of refugees in Louisville.
In 2015, she devised Camerado, I Give You My Hand, using Walt Whitman’s poetry in a performative 3-actor ensemble production. She wrote and performed her solo show Agatha as part of the Slant Culture Theatre Festival, and Single Shots: A Two-Night Festival of Solo Theatre with the Louisville Improvisors. She holds a BFA in Theater with an emphasis in Original Works from Cornish College of the Arts.
Represented by Heyman Talent Agency.
"I can confidently recommend her as a wonderfully talented actress who brings an excellent balance of professionalism and good humor to any project.... Melinda has a wonderful sense of humor, great instincts, and makes interesting, thoughtful choices in her performances. When it comes to the work, Melinda gets it done with great focus and a smile. She comes prepared and I thoroughly enjoyed working with her." - Kelly Moore, Louisville, KY
“Melinda brought joy and discipline to her work.... She was assertive, thoughtful, creative, and respectful. She actively sought the ideas of others because she was truly interested.... As an actor, she is highly creative, playful, and serious about making theatre… She is gifted, deeply committed.”
“I found her to be profoundly professional in demeanor and well-trained for the difficult role she mastered (as every review can attest to). Melinda is a director’s dream -open, communicative, and she radiates honesty.... She would be a great asset to any professional production and I cannot recommend her highly enough.”
“The performances are marvels of insight.... Beck is innocent, but wily...”
"Beck is amazingly believable as the very-much-in-denial W; you just want to shake her at one point and tell her to snap out of her fantasy world." - Arts-Louisville
“Each actor was faced with a unique challenge: act without a face. Convey emotional turmoil and utter terror without being able to fully shed light on their facial disposition.… Beck reciprocates this pain with Sarah Johnson’s undying love and support. Sarah is willing to put everything on the line… in order to save the person she loves.”