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MEL ENGLAND
has acted in Film, Television and Theatre roles since his debut at age 10
in CYRANO DE BERGERAC, directed by
British Actor/Director Anton Rogers at the Dallas Theatre Center's Frank Lloyd
Wright Theatre.
On Film, England
co-starred in LITTLE BIG TOP with Sid Haig and Jacob Zachar, in the dark comedy PERSONA AU GRATIN,
and more recently, as a
Minister confronted with a crisis of faith at the
funeral of his father in HIGHLIGHTS.
On Stage, England's
credits range from Off-Broadway to Regional theatres across the United States. England
starred in the New York and then Los Angeles premieres of Israel Horovitz's One-Man play 3
WEEKS AFTER
PARADISE at the Cherry Lane and 13th Street Theatres in New York and
the Secret Rose in Los Angeles, to benefit WTC survivors.
His own one-man
show NAVAJO MEMOIRS, dubbed "Ingenious" by Backstage, premiered in New
York, and he's
the recipient of the NY Fringe Festival's "Best Acting Ensemble
Award" for LUCKY MAN, and "Best Play of the Year" in Denver for the Regional
Premiere of A SHAYNA MAIDEL. England has been a proud part of several
original New York productions, including MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM in Washington
Square, HONEYSUCKLES (developed
for TV by FOX), SEA MONKEYS at Playwrights
Horizons' by Chad Beguelin (Tony Nominee for Broadway's
WEDDING SINGER), and
KING OF CONNECTICUT with Academy Award Winner Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
Other credits
include HECUBA and Noel Coward's STILL LIFE with Off-Broadway's Pearl Theatre,
Trofimov in
Terry Schreiber's
CHERRY ORCHARD, his critically-acclaimed
performance of Don Parritt in Eugene O'Neill's ICEMAN COMETH in Denver, and the
American premiere of Polish director Lzeck Szopa's I, WITCACY at
Tribeca Performing Arts Center.
As a writer, England's play HELL and comedy-farce FLIGHT ATTENDANTS have enjoyed
New York productions. England has studied with Terry Schrieber, Stella Adler, at NYU, with members of
the Royal Shakespeare Company at the British American Theatre Institute, with
internationally-acclaimed director Agousto Boal, and at the High School for the Arts in Dallas. He was a four year member of a
Mime Troupe, also read poetry for a dance/theatre piece by legendary Modern Dance
choreographer Anna Sokolov. As a lyricist, England collaborated with Katie Agresta on several songs,
featured in NAVAJO MEMOIRS, which are currently being recorded for an upcoming CD by THE
FOUNDING
MOTHERS.
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