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DesRoches, Melanie

Biography: 

Melanie A. DesRoches
1 Pinewood Crescent Canmore Alberta T1W1P8
403 998 2806
melanie.desroches@telus.net

PLAYS WRITTEN AND PRODUCED
Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd
Airdrie One Act Play Festival, January 2017
¥ Produced by Super Lucky Cat Productions
¥ Directed by Gerry McAuley

Bobby Wants to Fly
A 10 minute One Act Play for Children, April 2017
¥ Produced by Pine Tree Players, Canmore AB
¥ Directed by Nina St. James

Ada and Eric: After the Scream
ArtsPlace Canmore, August 2016
¥ Produced by Super Lucky Cat Productions
¥ Directed by Gerry McAuley

Ada and Eric
ADFA Foothills Region One Act Play Festival, April 2016
¥ Produced by Pine Tree Players, Canmore AB
¥ Directed by Gerry McAuley
¥ Winner of Best New Work

Ada and Eric
Caught in the Act: The Sequel, Pine Tree Players One Act Play Festival, April 2016
¥ Produced by Pine Tree Players, Canmore AB
¥ Directed by Gerry McAuley

The Other Martha
ADFA Foothills Region One Act Play Festival, March 2015
¥ Produced by Pine Tree Players, Canmore AB
¥ Directed by Gerry McAuley
¥ Winner of Outstanding Actress: Melissa Clements for her role as Martha V.

The Other Martha
Caught in the Act, Pine Tree Players One Act Play Festival, February 2015
¥ Produced by Pine Tree Players, Canmore AB
¥ Directed by Gerry McAuley

SCREEN PLAYS WRITTEN AND PRODUCED
Canmoretown: The Web Series
¥ 10 Episodes
¥ Currently in production

PLAYS WRITTEN

(Zbeg)Refuge (2016)
A 50 minute One Act, 1 Woman Play

Miss Toop, Teacher (In Progress) A full length Play in Two Acts

Auntie (In Progess)
A full length 2 woman play

OTHER CREDITS

• Producer, Mary Schaffer, Mountain Woman, artsPlace, November 2017
• Producer, Canmore Ghost Walks October 2017
• Producer, Haunted House Hamlet, Canmore October 2017
• Founding Partner, Theatre Canmore, June 2017
• Lights and Sound, Swansong, Whyte Museum of the Rockies, April 2017
• Producer, Pine Tree Players One Act Play Festival, March 2017
• Ghost River Theatre Devising Theatre Intensive, November 2016
• Producer, Lights and Sound, Stage Manager Ada and Eric: After the Scream, artsPlace, August 2016
• Stage Manager, Pine Tree Players Production of Caught in the Act: The Sequel, April 2016
• Stage Manager, Pine Tree Players Production of Mending Fences, November 2015
• Stage Manager, Pine Tree Players Production of Arsenic and Old Lace, April 2015
• Actor, in the role of Chelsea, Pine Tree Players Production of On Golden Pond, April

EDUCATION
Masters of Business Administration, University of Calgary, 1987
Bachelor of Arts, Wilfrid Laurier University, 1980

Professional Role(s): 
Playwright
Technician
Producer
Stage Manager