Original Works & Collaborations Overview

"Melissa R. Randel has gorgeous physicality and is heartbreaking as a mother searching for a lost son."
by Alisa Hayashida . . .SOUTH PASADENAN . . .

Esprit de Corps...

by Sally Smythe
Movement devised by Ensemble
Directed by Sydney Walsch
South Pasadena Theatre Workshop - 2017

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"Randel executes the now-iconic choreography that Michael Bennett created for his actors and their hats, describing the steps as she seamlessly moves through them until she triumphantly cocks her head back—as she puts it, "left cheek to God."...tales of hasty match-ups on the road, her first meeting with Michael Bennett—are fascinating and tantalizing."
Michael Denton - nytheatreindiewire


Solo version of: The Hat

Original work conceived and performed by Melissa R. Randel
Direction and Photography by Sam Rumbelow
London Rag Factory - 2016

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"Randel creates quiet alarm in us as she sips from smaller and smaller teacups, and shocks us when each woman tries to dance a duet with the empty chair. . . as the daughter flings herself joyfully into space in A Chorus Line's choreography. Elegant and poignant, Randel''s piece - edited deftly from a two-hander to this more powerful solo - takes us deep into the life of a passion found, fettered, and finally freed" . . . Mark Hein - Theatre Ghost


The Women of The Hat . . . a duet for one

Solo version of The Hat - Original work conceived and performed by Melissa R. Randel
Photography by Scott Stahlnaker
Son of Semele Solo Creation Festival / Alvas / Hollywood Fringe Festival /
LA Women's Theater Festival 2015 - 2017

The Hat

Original work conceived and performed by Melissa R Randel
with Jazz Trombonist David Gibson
Photography by David John Attyah
New York International Fringe Festival - August 2013

Asylum

Devised and performed by Melissa R. Randel & Shirley Anderson
Presented by Fabula Hysterica in collaboration with Leap in the Dark Productions
Photography by Shaela Cook
Company Creation Festival - Son of Semele Ensemble - 2013

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