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Performance Resume

MAELEA TAN
They/them | Asian American | Soprano | A3-B5 | 5’3”

  • The Prom - Ensemble u/s (Tor Campbell, Northwestern University / Wirtz Center)

    Recursion - Alice (Juan Barrera, Northwestern University / McCormick Place)

    The Transfer Student - Grayson (Lexi Kim, Northwestern University / Wirtz Student Performance Project)

    Matilda - Alice (Lucy Harrington, Northwestern University / The Dolphin Show)

    The Ballad of Mu Lan - Xi Xia Soldier, Villager (Alvin Chan, Northwestern University / Imagine U)

    Seussical - Gertrude McFuzz (Kevin Dutcher, Spring Lake Park High School)

    You Can’t Take It With You - Alice (Kevin Dutcher, Spring Lake Park High School)

    Anything Goes - Virtue (Kevin Dutcher, Spring Lake Park High School)

    Almost, Maine - Rhonda (Kevin Dutcher, Spring Lake Park High School)

    Pippin - Leading Player (Kevin Dutcher, Spring Lake Park High School)

    To Kill a Mockingbird - Scout Finch (Kevin Dutcher, Spring Lake Park High School)

  • Wonder Boy - Ensemble (Bo Frazier, Northwestern University / American Music Theatre Project)

  • The No Contact Manifesto (Northwestern University / Queer Performance Lab)

    Self/After Care (Northwestern University / Queer Performance Lab)

    Fountain Kisses (Northwestern University / Queer Performance Lab)

    The Anti-Succubus (Northwestern University / Queer Performance Lab)

    Sculpted (Northwestern University / Art and Performance in Asian America)

    Tide/Tied (Northwestern University / Thrift Aesthetics)

    Alice in Wonderland (Northwestern University / Devising: Create and Collaborate)

  • Pole Dancing - 4 years (Northwestern University / Polerize)

    2026 Wonderland Showcase - Choreographer (Northwestern University / Polerize)

    Aerial Silks - 1 year (Northwestern University / The Dolphin Show; The Actors Gymnasium)

    Beijing Opera Movement and Combat - 1 year (Alvin Chan, Northwestern University / Imagine U)

  • Violin - 14 years (St. Paul Conservatory of Music; Wendy Tangen-Foster)

    Piano - 6 years (Music, Etc)

    Choir - 4 years (Spring Lake Park Schools)

    All Conference Choir (Spring Lake Park Schools)

    Band Percussion - 2 years (Spring Lake Park Schools)

Recorded Performance

  • National Business Furniture - Office Employee (Wildly)

    Experience a Day - Patient (Crescent Cove)

    HERO Dog - Pet Owner (Indiegogo Campaign)

    Pizza Hut: Deliver the Flavor - Emma (National Student Ad Campaign)

  • Somewhere Else Entirely - Barista (Frances Stallsmith, Chicago Film Academy)

    Oddly Swiped - Host (Brandi Kneedly)

    Cicada - Jin (Yupu Luo, Columbia College Chicago / Senior Thesis)

    The Joy Scout - Joy (Adelaide Ray Young, Northwestern University / Sitcom Grant)

    Kori + Carter Versus the School - Zombie (Julz Felt, Northwestern University / Studio 22)

    Annie’s May Caper - Student (Jordan Panzier, Northwestern University / Media Arts Grant)

    Idol - Passionate Fan (Hannah So, Northwestern University / Senior Directing Film)

  • Northwestern Pre-College Online Finance Course - Student Interviewer/Champion 3 (Kaplan)

    Metrasens Education Series - Student (Cultivate Brands)

  • People Are People (Mireya Acierto)

    Lifestyle Stock Photos (Mireya Acierto, Getty Images)

    With Bird  (Adelaide Ray Young, Northwestern University / Pritzker Pucker Fellows Exhibit)

    STITCH Fashion: Monsters (Northwestern University / STITCH)

    Portrait (Henry Roach, Northwestern University)

    Puppy Training for Kids (Barron’s Publishing)

  • Alice in Wonderland - Editor/Alice Voice Actor (Northwestern University / Devising: Create and Collaborate)

    The Battlefields of Clara Barton - Foley Assistant (Rives Collins, Northwestern University / American Music Theatre Project)

    The Jungle Book - Shere Kahn/Kaa/Wolf Voice Actor (Northwestern University / Imagine U)

  • Insecure: Lowkey Thankful (Northwestern University / Advanced Cinematography)

Design

  • The Game (Talia Pearl, YouTube)

    Arch Madness (Northwestern University / The Waa-Mu Show)

    Kinky Boots (Northwestern University / The Dolphin Show)

    RENT (Northwestern University / Jewish Theatre Ensemble)

    Sweeney Todd (Northwestern University / Arts Alliance)

    The Scarlet Letter (Northwestern University / Lovers and Madmen)

    Outer Space (Northwestern University / Seesaw)

    Fanservice (Northwestern University / Sit and Spin)

    The Frogs (Northwestern University / Lovers and Madmen)

    Things I Wish I Said Out Loud (Northwestern University / Vertigo)

    Into the Woods - Assistant (Northwestern University / Garden Party)

  • *This Is Happening - Marketing/Graphic Design (Adelaide Ray Young, Dopamine Productions)

    Wonderland - Marketing/Graphic Design (Northwestern University / Polerize)

    Matilda - Graphic Design (Northwestern University / The Dolphin Show)

    Project NU 2023 - Graphic Design (Northwestern University / Project NU 2023)

    Fairview - Graphic Design (Northwestern University / Wirtz Student Performance Project)

    Things I Wish I Said Out Loud - Graphic Design (Northwestern University / Vertigo)

    I and You - Graphic Design (Northwestern University / Jewish Theatre Ensemble)

    Much Ado About Nothing - Graphic Design/Marketing (Northwestern University / Lovers and Madmen)

    RE: Click - Marketing (Northwestern University / American Music Theatre Project)

    Theatre Program Marketing/Graphic Design - 2 years (Spring Lake Park Schools)

  • Split

    • 2026 Dittmar Memorial Gallery Community show, Reclamation: I was here.

    Grief Unmasked Series (Northwestern University / Senior Thesis)

    • Northwestern News Network

    • Northwestern Undergraduate Research Journal 2024-2025

    • Helicon Literary & Arts Magazine

    To My Lover 

    • Northwestern Art Review and the Northwestern Rotaract’s Art Auction for Ethiopia 

    • Our Voice. Our Power: Reflections of Resilience Exhibit

    • Helicon Literary & Arts Magazine

    Adam and Eve

    • Dittmar Gallery’s 2023 Community Show When Homeward You Turn

    • Helicon Literary & Arts Magazine

    Junkyard Smash (Northwestern University / Sonic Visions)

    • Helicon Literary & Arts Magazine

    Do It For Them (Amplifier)

    Broadway Masquerade Series (Spring Lake Park High School / AP Art)

  • Pole Cabaret Trailers (Northwestern University / Polerize)

    Tide/Tied (Northwestern University / Thrift Aesthetics)

    Storytelling Intro (Northwestern University / The Art of Storytelling)

    The Earth is Not Your Garbage Can (Spring Lake Park High School / Environmental Science)

    Alone in the Universe (Spring Lake Park High School Theatre)

    • Minnesota Playlist

    • MTI Twitter

    Broadway’s Biggest Fan (Broadway on Demand / Broadway Fanatic)

    Hands (Maelea Tan, YouTube)

  • 2026 Wonderland Showcase - Script (Northwestern University / Polerize)

    Alice in Wonderland - Script (Northwestern University / Devising: Create and Collaborate)

    Home is Where the Story is - Script (Northwestern University / Advanced Storytelling)

    21A - Script Adapter (Kevin Dutcher, Spring Lake Park High School)

Training and Skills

  • The Mee-owpet Show - From the Back (Northwestern University / Mee-Ow Comedy)

    Time Mee-owchine - We’re Alive (Northwestern University / Mee-Ow Comedy)

  • *Intimacy Professionals Accelerator Program (Intimacy Directors and Coordinators)

    Summer Acting Workshops - 3 years (Spring Lake Park Schools)

    Teen Intensive Camp - 2 years (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre)

    Critical Review - 2 years(Hennepin Arts)

    The Legacy Project (Hennepin Arts)

  • M.S in Leadership for Creative Enterprises (Northwestern University / 2026)

    Notable Instructors: Laverne McKinnon; Cory Sandrock; Nathan Walter; Robert Langewisch

    Activities: Polerize (Marketing and Communications Chair), StuCo: Student Theatre Coalition, SHAPE: Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators

    Strategic Communication for Creative Industries Graduate Concentration (Northwestern University / 2026)

    Thesis - Consent Practices for Performance: Theoretical Foundations for Curriculum Development (Northwestern University / 2025)

    Northwestern University B.S. in Theatre (Northwestern University / 2024)

    Notable Instructors: Tommy Rapley; Alexander Gemignani; Brianna Borger; KO

    Activities: Polerize (Co-Vice President and Secretary), Southwest Area Leadership Council (President, VP of Programming), StuCo: Student Theatre Coalition, Lambda Pi Eta

    Entrepreneurship Minor (Northwestern University / 2024)

    Leadership Certificate (Northwestern University / 2024)

    Curious Life Certificate (Northwestern University / 2024)

    Honors Thesis - Grief Unmasked (Northwestern University / 2024)

    High School Diploma (Spring Lake Park High School / 2020)

    Activities: Theatre, National Honors Society, Leadership Camp

  • April 9, 2024 Feature (Angela Zhang, Northwestern Uni. / Northwestern News Network)

    November 21, 2023 Feature (Alicia Tang, Northwestern Uni. / NNN After Dark)

    Where Are You At? Where Are You Headed? - Interviewee (Joe Beckman; and Matthew Meier, Spring Lake Park Schools / Leadership Camp)