The Melania Trump Road Show brings audiences through a lively comedic romp of standup comedy, sketches, videos, and burlesque to inspire them to get off their butt and vote! |
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Lauren LoGiudice (Melania Trump) is an actor, comedian, and character chameleon. In addition to her television and film work (Veep, When Harry Tries to Marry, Beautiful Something) she creates original work through solo plays, storytelling (Moth StorySLAM Champion), and sketch comedy characters. Her work has been featured by The New York Times, BBC America, Roma C'e', Bust Magazine, McSweeney’s, La Voce di New York, and NY1, among other outlets. Her writing and been called "criminal." Her solo shows include Queens Girl, which toured worldwide, and Garbo Dreams, a site-specific play about Greta Garbo. Lauren’s 15 sketch comedy characters, including Mary Poppins, are on her Instagram channel @laurenlogi
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Jesse Sneddon (Melania's secret service detail) is a comedian, actor and voiceover artist. A graduate of Playwrights’ Horizons Theater School at the Tisch School for the Arts, Jesse has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, to name just a few. He’s recently been featured in national ad campaigns for Amazon Web Services and Stanley Steemer as well as doing two seasons of South Brooklyn Shakespeare. His debut screenplay, Becoming Schmeul, co-written with Ken Carter is currently in development. He’s probably funnier, more handsome and less stable than you.
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Ula Uberbusen (Melania's press secretary): Broadway World calls her act “the most captivating routine of the evening.” Ula is an internationally acclaimed burlesque performer and producer of such smash hits as Twirly Whirly Burly-Q, Victrola Burlesque and Tainted Cabaret. She played a featured role in the award-winning NY burlesque film “The Cruel Tale of The Medicine Man.” She performs regularly around the Big Apple and has been featured in countless festivals across the country. Awards include the “Beautiful Weirdo” Award from Alternatease, the New England Neo-Burlesque Festival, “Judges Choice” Award at The Great Burlesque Exposition, and “Most Original Act” from the Oklahoma City Burlesque Festival. SuperboobsBurlesque.com
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Alex Koltchak (director) is the writer/director of "I: Ayn Rand" (2019 Woodstock and Rhode Island Film Festivals). Stand up comedian. Father of three. Likes: long walks on the beach, sunsets and snuggling. Dislikes: superficial people, mean people, and anything written by Ayn Rand.
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Sofia Reyes Jones (video editor and sound mixer) has always had an interest in everything related to digital and creative technology, and decided to fully pursue this interest as a freelancer just a few years ago.
She has a Bachelor of Education from the University of Educational Sciences in Málaga, Spain, majoring in English, and a B.A. from the Royal Conservatory Victoria Eugenia in Granada, Spain, specializing in classical piano and music theory. She worked for many years at the local music school, both teaching and performing. She loves animals and chocolate, and is an avid skater in her free time. |
Devon Edwards (video editor) is a freelancer and production assistant for Merck. He has worked on several films over the past year and only recently began editing short and long-form videos for his clients. He is a 2017 graduate of Bowling Green State University and lives in Jersey City with his fiancé, and their dog, Finnegan.
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Athena Michaelides (Melania's body double) is thrilled for the opportunity to work with such a great group! Athena is a New York/Seattle based actress, and a graduate of the New York theatre conservatory program, Circle In The Square. Her past film credits include award winning Omma, Galaxy 360, and Misapprehension for which she received the best actress award at numerous festivals. She was most recently seen in Seattle in Nick Payne’s Constellations as Marianne (Blue Collaborative). Her past New York theatre credits include The Lion in Winter as Alais (Terry Readings), Broadway Bound (Terry Readings), Fool for Love as May (Lapis Studio), Uncommon Women and Others as Holly (CITS PW), The Vagina Monologues (BIA Theater Ensemble), Sweet Charity (CITS PW), and Borinquenland (Hunter Playwriting Selective). @athenamichaelides athena-michaelides.com
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Jeff Vasquez (director of photography and special effects) is a director of photography, video editor, VFX artist. He has studied film for over a decade, including academically for four years at Five Towns College, in Dix Hills, Long Island. Jeff earned a bachelors in film and Adobe certifications in Premiere Pro and After Effects. He has shot, edited, and applied VFX to short and feature films, comedy sketches, interview-based shows, and music videos. He won best editing at the Long Island Film Expo for the short sci-fi film 33 Years.
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Janet DePaolo (orange handprint) Lauren's mom.
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