Artist

Mildred Ruiz-Sapp

Playwright/Actor/Vocalist/Co-Founder and core member of UNIVERSES.

Theater Credits: Party People (directed/developed by Liesl Tommy); Ameriville (directed/developed by Chay Yew); The Denver Project (directed by Dee Covington); One Shot in Lotus Position (directed by Bonnie Metzger); Blue Suite (directed/developed by Chay Yew); Rhythmicity (directed by Steven Sapp); Slanguage (directed/developed by Jo Bonney); The Ride (directed by Steven Sapp); Alfred Jarry’s UBU: Enchained (directed by Steven Sapp).

Awards/Affiliations: 2008 Ambassador of Culture: US State Department and Jazz at Lincoln Center, Rhythm Road Tour; 2008 TCG Peter Zeisler Award; 2006 Career Advancement Fellowship from the Ford foundation through Pregones Theater; 2002-2004 and 1999-2001 TCG National Theater Artist Residency Program Award; BRIO (Bronx Recognizes Its Own) Awards (Singing); Co-Founder of The Point CDC; Board Member (National Performance Network – NPN); Former Board Member (Network of Ensemble Theaters-NET); New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspect; Bard College, BA ’92, Literature/Language.

Publications: “THE BIG BANG: Plays, Poetry and Process” (2013 release, TCG Books); Slanguage in “The Fire This Time” (a TCG Anthology).

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