KeShawn Mellon

I started acting during my childhood by pretending to be a superhero, a detective, a chef, and more. I always wanted to tell stories ranging from the extremely imaginative to the ordinary yet interesting everyday lives of others. This evolved into participating in theater during high school, which is where I fell in love with acting. This led me to college where I received my BFA in Acting at Ohio University in May of 2021 through studying techniques such as Meisner, Shakespeare, Chekhov, and more. During the summer of 2019, I attended the life-changing summer intensive Theatermakers at the National Theater Institute, where I was awarded the Miranda Family Scholarship and became a Miranda Family Fellow. The following summer, summer of 2020, I co-founded the student-run BIPOC theater Vibrancy Theater, where I was Co-Artistic Director until May 2021. While at OU, I became impassioned about activism, leading me to learn more about various marginalized communities in order to advocate for their rights. Now, I love to combine my passions by acting in various productions that tell the stories of overlooked communities and individuals.