Meet Melinda!
She-Rantulas From Outer Space – in 3D!
Melinda Gilb (Flora, Gladys, Daisy, Maria, Roberta, Louella) is proud to be making her debut at Diversionary.
After 32 years as a professional actor some of her credits include Singin’ in the Rain (Original Broadway cast); Back to Bacharach and David (Original Off-Broadway cast); Suds (Original cast and co-author); Joseph Papp’s The Pirates of Penzance (1st National tour); Original Mama Who in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Always Patsy Cline (Old Globe);Walter Cronkite is Dead (San Diego Theatre Critics nomination- Best Actress),The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Miss Witherspoon (San Diego Rep), Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd (Craig Noel Award- Best Actress), Dolly Levi in Hello Dolly (Starlight Theatre); Miss Hannigan in Annie, The Smell of The Kill,The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (North Coast Rep);Assassins, A Christmas Carol, Dirty Blonde, The Receptionist (Cygnet Theatre); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Welk Resort Theatre); The Melinda and Steve Show (with Steve Gunderson in New York, Los Angeles and San Diego).
Television- Featured on The Full Wax and Ruby Takes a Trip (BBC-1); Guest star on Becker (CBS).
Favorite role, Mama to her 10-year-old son, Knight.