Melanie Puente Ervin is an Afro-Latine

Actor, Singer from Voorhees, New Jersey. Based in New York City, Melanie is passionate about expanding empathy and understanding through performance, by representing her communities in mainstream media. Melanie was most recently seen in the national tour of Hairspray as a Dynamite and Motormouth Maybelle Understudy. Melanie was also recently featured in Scott Seigel’s Broadway: The Next Generation, formally Broadway Rising Stars.

Training: The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, New York City.

Other theatre credits include: Aida (Aida), Footloose (Rusty), Theory of Relativity (Caroline).

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