Molly Van Pelt
Actor, sword-fighter,
pumpkin pie enthusiast.
NY • DC
Selected New York Theater
Cyrano**
Much Ado About Nothing*
The Roaring Girl (reading)
Hamlet (reading)
Much Ado About Nothing
Measure for Measure (reading)
Medea**
Twelfth Night (reading)
Richard III**
Romeo & Juliet
Much Ado About Nothing*
Ripper*
Macbeth
Hamlet
Foreign Bodies (29-hour reading)
Romeo & Juliet
Titus Andronicus
Henry V
The Suicide
The Cherry Orchard
*denotes Fight Captain, **denotes Fight Director
Cyrano (U/S)
Beatrice
Moll Cutpurse
Gertrude, First Player
Beatrice, Oatcake
Lucio
Queen Creon
Olivia
Duchess of York (U/S), Tyrrell (U/S)
Tybalt, Hera
Don John
Mary Kelly, Susan
Witch, Macduff, Young Seward, Hera
Hamlet, Hera
Narrator
Romeo, Prince, Hera
Saturninus, Hera, Various
Chorus, Fluellen, Hera
Serafima
Anya
Titan Theatre Company/ Mary MacDonald Kerr
Titan Theatre Company/ Jenny Bennett
Rude Grooms/ Montgomery Sutton
Titan Theatre Company/ Brad Makarowski
Rude Grooms/ Laura Piccoli
Titan Theatre Company/ Marcus D. Johnson
Titan Theatre Company/ Lenny Banovez
Titan Theatre Company/ Lenny Banovez
Titan Theatre Company/ Edward Morgan
Vixens En Garde/ David Hastings
The Fools & Kings Project/ Kenny Wade Marshall
Times Scare/ Joseph Robinson
Vixens En Garde/ Alexandra Hastings
Vixens En Garde/ Alexandra Hastings
New York Theatre Workshop/ David Schweizer
Vixens En Garde/ Alexandra Hastings
Vixens En Garde/ Alexandra Hastings
Vixens En Garde/ Alexandra Hastings
Atlantic Acting School/ Meredith McDonough
Atlantic Acting School/ Joe Ward
Regional Theater
Figaro*
Richard III (audio drama)
Henry VI, Parts 1-3 (audio drama)
Richard II
1 Henry IV*
Suzanne
Buckingham
Warwick
Richard II (U/S), Duchess, Scroop
The Douglas, Lady Mortimer, Gadshill
Hope Summer Repertory Theatre/ Demetria Thomas
Brave Spirits Theatre/ Charlene V. Smith
Brave Spirits Theatre/ Charlene V. Smith
Brave Spirits Theatre/ Charlene V. Smith
Brave Spirits Theatre/ Charlene V. Smith
Tours
Vixens En Garde (2010 - present)
Hera Drelincourt
National
Training
Skills
Stage Combat - J. Allen Suddeth, Robb Hunter, Casey Kaleba, Richard Ryan, Jason Paul Tate, Leraldo Anzaldua, Patrick Kelly, Andrew Ray, Amie Root, Robert Aronowitz, John McFarland, Michael G. Chin, David Dean Hastings
New York University, BFA in Drama, with honors
Atlantic Theater Company Acting School - Scott Zigler, Charles Tuthill, Anya Saffir, Todd Thaler, Karen Kohlhaas, Katie Bull, Josh Pais, Paul Urcioli, Mary McCann, Susan Finch, George Russell
Musical Theatre Voice - Jack F. Lee, Glenn White
Miami University (Ohio) - Julia Guichard
SAFD Advanced Actor Combatant
Recommended Passes in Smallsword (2023), Quarterstaff (2023), Unarmed (2022), Broadsword (2022), Single Sword (2021), Rapier & Dagger (2021), Knife (2021).
Basic Pass in Sword & Shield (2023).
Stage Combat - 14+ years performance experience (Rapier/Single Sword, Rapier & Dagger, Broadsword, Broadsword & Shield, Knife, Unarmed, Found Weapons, Quarterstaff, Bullwhip)
Accents - Standard British, Scottish (Glasgow), Cockney, Thames Estuary, French, native Midwesterner, quick ear for new material
Instruments - Soprano (D3 - C6), intermediate piano, basic flute
Languages - Intermediate French, elementary German
Athletics - Flag-spinning (color guard), Pilates, yoga, bicycling, dance: Ballroom, Theater, Tap (all advanced beginner)