Merritt Janson (AEA, SAG)

  • Height: 5'6"
  • Hair: Brown
  • Eyes: Brown
  • Singing: Mezzo-Soprano

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Theatre

BritannicusJuniaAmerican Repertory TheatreRobert Woodruff
The Onion CellarBear Girl/Mute GirlAmerican Repertory TheatreMarcus Stern
Betty's Summer VacationMrs. SiezmagraffART/MXATMarcus Stern
Zoya's ApartmentZoyaART/MXATAlexandre Marine
War and Peace Part 1Countess RostovART/MXATMarina Brusnikina
War and Peace Part 2NatashaART/MXATViktor Ryzhakov
Tuesday*EnsembleAmaryllis Theatre Co, PhilaSteven Smith
Drive To A Departing FlightMaggieAdrienne Theatre, PhilaJeremy Chacon
HurlyBurlyBonnieAdrienne Theatre, PhilaSteven Stout
Three Years From ThirtyAshleyPantheon Theatre, NYCStacey Vargo
Daddy Longlegs In The EveningKateChashama Theatre, NYCDaniel Kadin
Open SkyJackieTheater for the New City, NYCIan Gordon
You Can't Take It With YouAliceSmokebrush Theatre, Colo Spgs David McClendon
The Wedding TrunkLillieSmokebrush Theatre, Colo SpgsDavid McClendon

* Barrymore Award for Outstanding Ensemble

Film

Mail Order Wife**SuppFirst Independent PicturesAndrew Gurland/Huck Botko
Otto & AnnaLeadHypnotic PicturesErnst Gossner
Here on EarthSuppGhostlight ProductionsDavid Bartin/Josh Baron
SugarLeadAmerican Film InstitutePeter Shanel
A Day on the LakeLeadGiulia Amati

** Best American Film - Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Training

MFA in Acting - American Repertory Theatre [ART] / Moscow Art Theatre [MXAT] Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University

Acting:Scott Zigler, Robert Woodruff, Marcus Stern, Roman Kozak
Voice:Nancy Houfek, Jeff Morrison, Vivian Majkowski
Shakespeare:David Hammond, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Movement:Andrei Droznin, Andrei Schukin, Yelena Druzhnikova
Improvisation:Tommy Derrah
Stage Combat: Bob Walsh, Ted Hewelett
Singing:Atarah Hazzan, Pamela Murray, Marina Smirnova
Workshops:Viewpoints/Suzuki: SITI Company, Commedia dell Arte: School of Physical Theatre (London), Mask: Jeremy Geidt, Shakespeare: Patsy Rodenburg

Skills

Piano (Classical, Barrelhouse Blues), Fingerstyle Guitar (Appalachian, Delta Blues), Facility with Dialects, Acrobatics, Dance, Fencing, SAFD certified in unarmed stage combat, Skateboarding.