Melody Butiu

Melody Butiu BROADWAY: Doctor Zhivago. OFF-BROADWAY: David Byrne's Here Lies Love at The Public Theater (Original Cast Recording/Lucille Lortel nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, 2013) REGIONAL THEATRE: Vietgone (Geva Theatre Center/Denver Center for the Performing Arts), Right to be Forgotten (world premiere, Arena Stage), South Pacific at REV Theatre Company, A Christmas Carol, M. Butterfly, Shipwrecked! An Entertainment, The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (world premiere), and The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow (world premiere, South Coast Repertory), Here Lies Love (Seattle Rep), Merrily We Roll Along (Wallis Annenberg Center), Sunday in the Park with George (Huntington Theatre), Stage Kiss, Shipwrecked!, and Nightmare Alley (Geffen Playhouse), Monstress (American Conservatory Theatre), Helen and Hippolytos (Getty Villa), Shipwrecked (Actors Theatre of Louisville) Long Story Short and Celebration of the Lizard (San Diego Repertory), A Perfect Wedding (world premiere, Kirk Douglas Theatre), A Little Night Music, The Theory of Everything, Golden Child, Leilani's Hibiscus (East West Players), Land of Smiles (Gate Theater, Thailand), The Theory of Everything (Singapore Rep), Long Season (Perseverance Theatre), Dogeaters and Boy (world premiere, La Jolla Playhouse). You can catch her as Tita Yvonne in the upcoming Amblin/Rideback feature film, Easter Sunday, starring comedian Jo Koy, in April 2022. Melody’s other TV/Film credits include Call Me Kat, Mom, This Is Us, The Kominsky Method, NCIS:LA, Kingdom, Rizzoli & Isles, Major Crimes, Gotham, NCIS, True Blood, Swearing, The Patients, and Untold: This is My Story (limited re-release September 2021). She lives in Manhattan Beach, CA. More at melodybutiu.com Instagram: @themelodybutiu. MFA: UC San Diego