Milinda Meehan (alternate Claire)
Milinda joined The Girls Next Door in 2001 as an additional member of the trio, covering the role of Claire. She has been performing since she was four years old. First as a dancer, and then after coming home from school in the first grade and singing Edelweiss to her mother, as a singer. She and her two brothers used the fireplace hearth as their fist stage until their Dad built a real stage in the basement. Before high school was over, Milinda had performed as a dancer (ballet, jazz, tap & Pointe), a gymnast, a majorette and a singer but it wasn't until after college that she ventured into musical theater.
After graduating from Regis college with a BA in Management & Communications, she started voice lessons with Eddie Watson at the Steinway Building in Boston and auditioned for the Barnstable Comedy Club on Cape Cod, MA. She got in and was hooked! Since then she has been in over 25 theatrical productions, been a lead singer in 3 bands, has been a costume designer, musical director and director.
She trained at the Professional School for the Arts studying voice, musical theater, tap and theater dance. She has been a scholarship recipient there multiple times for voice and music theater. She was also a scholarship recipient for Karen Morrow's Singer's workshop where she workedshopped her Cabaret act. Milinda continues to perform in theatrical productions throughout Southern California. Milinda does private vocal and acting coaching and plans to move to Las Vegas later this year. We will miss her!
