Melissa Purcha
Director, Theatre Artist & Educator
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Stage Combat (sword, unarmed, quaterstaff)
Wrestling
Yoga
Basic Juggling
Novice Ballet
Novice Tap
Novice Contemporary
Contact Improvisation
Beginner Flute
Begginer Ukulele
Dorothy, A Mother Daughter Memoir Project
The Jungle Book
The Wizard of Oz
The Shakespeare Show
The Patron Saint of Stanley Park
Alice in Wonderland
Silent Chap
Fantastic Mr. Fox
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
Fiddler on the Roof
Joyful Noise
James and the Giant Peach
Romeo and Juliet
Trojan Women
Sexxxy
The Box
Little Onion Puppet Company
Project X Theatre Productions
Project X Theatre Productions
Project X Theatre Productions
Theatre North West
Project X Theatre Productions
Western Canada Theatre / Alan Corbishley
Project X Theatre Productions
Project X Theatre Productions / Robin Nichol
Western Canada Theatre / Daryl Cloran
Theatre North West / Kevin McKendrick
Project X Theatre Productions
Project X Theatre Productions / Christopher Weddell
University of Calgary
University of Calgary
University of Calgary
Selected Theatre Experience
Puppeteer/Creator
Fight Director
Fight Director
Fight Director
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The Robber Bridegroom
The Three Musketeers
Frankenstein
Knights of The Sun
Only Drunks and Children Tell The Truth
Comedy of Errors
Robin Hood
Melissa Purcha
Alyssa Bradac
Andrew G. Cooper
Andrew G. Cooper
Lisa C. Ravensbergen
Daryl Cloran
Heather Cant
Chimera Theatre
Project X Theatre Productions
Chimera Theatre
Chimera Theatre
Western Canada Theatre
Western Canada Theatre
Project X Theatre Productions
Selected Acting Experience
Porthos
Fern
Andromeda
Fullerton
Puppeteer
Eva Moody
Old Marie
Burbage
Connie Hoy
Horatio
Horatio
Avery
Clown
Ensemble
Phoebe
Trinculo
The Three Musketeers
The Disordered Mind
Perseus & Andromeda
Munsch Upon a Time
Lights Out
Crossroads
The Untold Tales of the Brothers Grimm
Munch Ado About Nothing
You Are Here
Hamlet
R & G Are Dead
Counterpart
Satie Du Paris
Orchestrated
As You Like It
The Tempest
Alyssa Bradac
Andrew G. Cooper
Collective Creation
Mack Gordon
Kit & The Caboddles
Andrew G. Cooper
Andrew G. Cooper
Amy Baskin
Derek Rein
Samantha MacDonald
Amy Baskin
Cayman Duncan
Alan Corbishley
Cayman Duncan
Samantha MacDonald
Samantha MacDonald
Project X Theatre Productions
Chimera Theatre
Chimera Theatre
Project X Theatre Productions
Chimera Theatre
Chimera Theatre
Chimera Theatre
Project X Theatre Producations
Project X Theatre Productions
Project X Theatre Productions
Project X Theatre Productions
Saucy Fops
B.C Living Arts
Saucy Fops
Project X Theatre Productions
Project X Theatre Productions
Masters in Fine Arts University of Calgary
Specializing in Directing
Bachelor of Arts Thompson Rivers University
Theatre Major
Education
Workshops & Intensives
Rapier Master Class
Banff Puppet Theatre Intensive
Fight Directors Canada: Basic Actor Combatant
Adult Ballet Intensive (Bishop Dance Productions)
Imagination in Motion
Partnering and Performance Intensive
by Calgary Contemporary Dance Collective
Canada’s National Voice Intensive
PUSH Physical Theatre’s Adult Intensive
Stage Combat Workshop
Laryssa Yanchak
The Old Trout Puppet Workshop
David McCormick
Kristen Pickell
Mark Iketa
Naomi Brand & Suzanne Liska
David Smuckler/Judith Koltai
Darren Stevenson
Laryssa Yanchak