| Melania Lancy |
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Education Rhode Island School of Design: BFA Illustration Skills Sculpture and Model Building Wood, Foam, Clay, Plaster, Paper–Mâche, Plastics Able to work a wide range of shop tools, minor welding abilities Acrylics, Oil Paint, Watercolors, Acrylics, Pen and Ink Photography, Mixed Media, Intaglio Vectorworks, TurboCAD Mac Pro, SketchUp Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark X-Press, Painter, In Design Basic Web Design, Internet proficient Excellent drafting and presentation abilities Scenic Design • “The Next Thing”, May 2014 Signal Ensemble Theatre, Directed by: Ronan Marra Designed and painted the set. • “Out Foxing the Wolf”, February 2014 Grinnell College - Theatre Department, Directed by: Lesley Delmenico and Grinnell College - Dance Department, Directed by: Celeste Miller Designed the set. • “This Is War”, August 2013 Signal Ensemble Theatre, Directed by: Ronan Marra Designed and painted the set. • “The Pitmen Painters”, March 2013 Grinnell College - Theatre Department, Directed by: Lesley Delmenico Designed and painted the set. • “Successors”, January 2013 Signal Ensemble Theatre, Directed by: Ronan Marra Designed and painted the set. •“Princes of Waco”, August 2012 Signal Ensemble Theatre, Directed by: Ronan Marra Designed and painted the set. • “Pride and Prejudice”, April 2012 Lifeline Theatre, Directed by: Elise Kauzlaric Designed and painted the set. • “Salman Rushdie Stories”, March 2012 Grinnell College - Theatre Department, Directed by: Lesley Delmenico Designed and painted the set. • “Motion”, January 2012 Signal Ensemble Theatre, Directed by: Ronan Marra Designed and painted the set. • “East of Berlin & The Russian Play”, October 2011 Signal Ensemble Theatre, Directed by: Ronan Marra Designed and painted the set. • “Aces”, May 2011 Signal Ensemble Theatre, Directed by: Ronan Marra Designed and painted the set. • “Arnie The Doughnut”, March 2011 Lifeline Theatre, Directed by: Elise Kauzlaric Designed and painted the set. • “Accidental Death of an Anarchist”, February 2011 Signal Ensemble Theatre, Directed by: Anthony Ingram Designed and painted the set. • “Aftermath (Remount)”, November 2010 Signal Ensemble Theatre, Directed by: Ronan Marra Designed and painted the set. • “The Real Inspector Hound”, August 2010 Signal Ensemble Theatre, Directed by: Ronan Marra Designed and painted the set. • “Aftermath”, April 2010 Signal Ensemble Theatre, Directed by: Ronan Marra Designed and painted the set. • “The Ballad of the Sad Cafe”, July 2009 Signal Ensemble Theatre, Directed by: Ronan Marra Designed and painted the set. • “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie”, April 2009 Signal Ensemble Theatre, Directed by: Ronan Marra Designed, built and painted the set. • “The Little Foxes”, January 2008 Shattered Globe Theatre, Directed by: Brandon Bruce Designed and painted the set. • “Six Degrees of Separation”, November 2008 Signal Ensemble Theatre, Directed by: Ronan Marra Designed and painted the set. • “The Birthday Party”, July 2008 Signal Ensemble Theatre, Directed by: Aaron Snook Designed and painted the set. • “West Side Story”, May 2008 York Community High School, Directed by: Rebecca Marianetti Designed and painted the set. • “You Never Can Tell”, March 2008 Village Players Theatre, Directed by: Adrianne Cury Designed and painted the set. • “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown”, February 2008 York Community High School, Directed by: Rebecca Marianetti Designed and painted the set. • “1776”, January 2008 Signal Ensemble Theatre, Directed by: Ronan Marra Designed and painted the set. • “Clue”, November 2007 York Community High School, Directed by: John Forsythe Designed and painted the set. • “Fool for Love”, August 2007 Signal Ensemble Theatre, Directed by: Ronan Marra Designed, built and painted the set. • “Brigadoon”, July 2007 York Community High School, Directed by: John Forsythe & Rebecca Marianetti Designed, built, and painted the set. • “Hamlet”, April 2007 Signal Ensemble Theatre, Directed by: Ronan Marra Designed and painted the set. • “Aida”, April 2007 York Community High School, Directed by: Rebecca Marianetti Designed, built, and painted the set. • “The Weir”, February 2007 Signal Ensemble Theatre, Directed by: Christopher Prentice Designed, built, and painted the set. • “The Wiz”, January 2007 Chicago Academy for the Arts Designed and painted the set. • “Closer”, November 2006 Signal Ensemble Theatre, Directed by: Ronan Marra Designed, built, and painted the set. •“Cinderella”, August 2006 Jedlicka Performing Arts Center, Directed by: Dante Orfei Designed, built, and painted the set. •“A Devil Inside”, June 2006 Right Brain Project, Directed by: Anthony Ingram Designed, built, and painted the set. •“She Stoops to Conquer”, April 2006 Signal Ensemble Theatre, Directed by: Ronan Marra Designed, built, and painted the set. •“Miss Saigon”, March 2006 Jedlicka Performing Arts Center, Directed by: Dante Orfei Designed set. •“Seascape”, January 2006 Signal Ensemble Theatre, Directed by: Ronan Marra Designed, built, and painted the set. •“Noises Off”, October 2005 Chicago Academy for the Arts Designed and painted the set. •“The Big Friendly Giant”, July 2005 Chicago Theatre for Young Audiences Painted the set. •“Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat”, April 2005 Grayslake Community High School Designed, built, and painted the set. Managed scene shop and large crew of tech students. •“Landslide”, March 2005 Signal Ensemble Theatre, Directed by: Ronan Marra Designed, built, and painted the set. •“Antigone”, February 2005 Chicago Academy for the Arts, Directed by: Danielle Filas Designed and painted the set. •“Half Life”, September 2004 Awaken Performances, Directed by: Jen Cox Designed, built, and painted the set. •“Sound of Music”, August 2004 Jedlicka Performing Arts Center, Directed by: Dante Orfei Designed, built, and finished the sets for ten settings, accumulated and/or made all props. •“Catch-22”, June 2004 Signal Ensemble Theatre, Directed by: Ronan Marra Designed, built, and painted the set. •“Nefertiti, The Musical”, April 2004 Jedlicka Performing Arts Center, Directed by: Dante Orfei Designed, built, and painted the sets for fourteen settings. Managed scene shop crew of three, accumulated and made all props. Commercial Sculptures • “Amazon Hut”, John G. Shedd Aquarium, September 2008 Designer - Freelance Design Built a large-scale model of an Amazon Hut that is used by Shedd Educational Adventures (SEA), an educational outreach program at the Shedd Aquarium for their Amazon Adventure. • “Educational Outreach Program”, John G. Shedd Aquarium, September 2007 Designer - Freelance Design Created a new look for the presentation equipment used by the Educational Outreach Program to reflect the image of the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, IL. • “The Great Train Story”, Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, October 2002 Sculptor - Scenic View, Inc., Chicago, IL Sculpted Poly-Gem, assisted in developing the model building procedures, built and detailed many HO scale models of buildings in Seattle and Chicago, painted models, scenic landscaped with flocking and foliage, detailed final product. •New Monkey Trees, The Brookfield Zoo, March 2002 Sculptor - Scenic View, Inc., Chicago, IL Sculpted Poly-Gem trees for the new monkey exhibit/environment at the Brookfield Zoo. •Austin Mardi Gras Parade, Austin, Texas, February 2001 Sculptor - Blue Genie Art Industries, Austin, TX Created commercial sculptures utilizing aspects of sculpture, mural painting, set design and construction techniques. Worked with materials such as clay, foam, wood, fiberglass, plaster, etc. |
