melania@melanialancy.com


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 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.


• “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.




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