Melissa Mahoney

Melissa Mahoney is an actor, singer, musician, and clown based in New York City.

She has worked with Hudson Valley Shakespeare across multiple seasons, appearing in classical works, world premieres, and musicals, including Dave Malloy’s Octet and Luis Quintero’s Medea: Re-Versed (Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk Award nominee). Her New York theatre work includes title roles with Atlantic Theater Company ("with spunk to spare," says the New York Times of her performance in The Pirate La Dee Da), as well as Ars Nova, 59E59, The Bushwick Starr, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Melissa is also a solo performer (Melissa Mahoney is a Robot), a voice actor (featured in the musical fiction podcast It Makes a Sound), and a hospital clown with the Healthy Humor Red Nose Docs.