Melody A. Tally

A Native Washingtonian, Melody Tally began her career at an early age, studying theatre and playmaking at the Howard University Children's Theatre with Professor Kelsey Collie. Melody was a top performer and was invited to audition for the DC Youth Repertoire. While a triple threat even then, Melody's dance performance proved to be her greatest vulnerability and she was not invited to participate. Heartbroken, Melody began studying math and science and buried her penchant for the arts and her talent and innate gifts deep inside. This adaptation proved fruitful, as Melody studied mechanical engineering at the North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, and obtained her Bachelor of Science in the aforementioned. Melody began working in the corporate world and was laid off shortly after graduation. Unbeknownst to her at that time, God & The Universe were inviting her to open her heart and allow her creativity to spring forth and heal. In 2009, Melody began investing in herself and began studying with legendary acting coach and former Howard University professor, Vera J. Katz, studying with her for two years. By 2010, Melody starred in an independent film and web-series, both entitled "Dark City," written and directed by Faheem Khabeer and Howard Brown, and in 2011, had returned to the theatre, beginning with staged readings of The Misfortune of Kings and Denise J. Hart's "Nothing to Lose." In 2012, Melody began working in television, and appeared in two productions on the Discovery ID network, "Who the (BLEEP) Did I Marry?" and "Nightmare Next Door," with Silver Spring, Maryland-based production house, Sirens Media. In 2013, Melody toured with the Smithsonian's Discovery Theater in the production of "How Old Is A Hero?" playing six-year-old Ruby Bridges and her experience integrating schools in the Orleans Parish of New Orleans, Louisiana in 1960.