Actress,
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| Selected Past Work 1981-2006 |
Picnic Cause Celeb Guiding Light Love in 3 Minutes I'm Not Rappaport Dark at the Center Half Off Houseguests One Neck Law & Order Dark Ride |
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PICNIC (Left)
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Melissa as Flo in William Inge's PICNIC FALL 2005 Melissa played the mother, Flo, in William Inge's PICNIC at the Oldcastle Theatre Company in Bennington, VT. "We feel for Hurst's sincere portrait of Flo as a lovely woman pathetically pitched on the brink of disappearing into the comfortable obscurity of her small Midwestern town. |
![]() Melissa has been an on-going cast-member of CAUSE CELEB!, the cult hit show that has performed around New York at Joe's Pub (Joseph Papp Public Theatre), The Cutting Room, and Fez. |
| GUIDING LIGHT (Left) LOVE IN 3 MINUTES (Right) |
GUIDING LIGHT | ![]() In the past year, she has appeared regularly as Mrs. Chitwood, RJ's nanny. |
LOVE IN 3 MINUTES![]() She recently played Dr. Cambrini in the film Love in 3 Minutes, which has been showing at festivals throughout the U.S. (Liz Anwar, writer/director, Spike Lee, creative consultant). |
| I'M NOT RAPPAPORT by Herb Gardner May 5-May 21 Oldcastle Theatre Company, Bennington Center for the Natural and Cultural Arts |
Bennington Banner |
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| 2002 DARK AT THE CENTER By Deborah Savadge "Dark at the Center wins TheatreFest Prize" Reathel Bean, left, stars as a college professor accused of heinous crimes, and Melissa Hurst as his wife in the TheatreFest production of "Dark at the Center". |
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"Melissa Hurst is magnificent" |
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1997 THE NEW YORK TIMES "Melissa Hurst and Crystal Field strike some comic sparks as feuding sisters-in-law. And there are, as usual, some memorably bizarre epigrams. 'It's a good thing after burying the dead to go to bed early," notes Ms. Fields's character. 'they appreciate it.'" |
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"Melissa Hurst is passionate in both |
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1992 Village Voice WBAI
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![]() Clockwise from Top Left: Allison Janney, Damian Young, Melissa Hurst, David Thornton |
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1981 |
![]() "You are there." "Where?" "Here?" "Who?" Bill Sadler and Melissa Hurst in Dark Ride |
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