MELISSA JOYNER. Has just ended a run with the legendary Billie Holiday Theatre in the World Premiere of Maid’s Door by Writers Guild Award winner and Emmy Award nominee Cheryl L. Davis; directed by the Theatre’s Artistic Director Jackie Alexander as BETTY FARRELL. As a graduate of The New School with her MFA in Acting she has studied under some of the most inspiring, respected & accomplished Playwrights, Directors, Actors & Singers in the industry. Some of these include: Program Director Robert LuPone, Acting Chair Ron Leibman, Robert Walden, Arthur Storch, Paul Rudd, Austin Pendleton, Nova Thomas, Christopher Shinn, Pippin Parker, Michael Weller, Laura Maria Censabella, Elinor Renfield, Rick Sordelet and Patricia Fletcher. Joyner’s NY theatre credits include: Melissa in He Said, She Said, I Said, Yes (The Public Theatre), Jermaine in Generation Graffitti (Playwrights Horizons), Angela Metcalf in Fell (NY Fringe Festival), Anna in Old Times (59 East 59th), Sparkle in Body Shots (The Atlantic Theatre), Portia in Street Lights, A Musical (NY Musical Theatre Festival). Regional Credits include: Kanika Weaver in Permanent Collection (Human Race Theatre), Erzulie in Once on this Island (Northwest), Lady in Orange in For Colored Girls…(The Ring Theatre). Television: “Damages”, “The Morning Show”. Film: Three Blind Mice (supporting).www.Melissa-Joyner.com