Mildred Ruiz-Sapp

Mildred Ruiz-Sapp
MILDRED RUIZ-SAPP
General Information
Name MILDRED RUIZ-SAPP
Type Poet/Playwright/Actor
Birth Place New York, NY (L.E.S)
Website www.universesonstage.com/
Universes (poetic theatre ensemble) currently consists of four core members: Steven Sapp, Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, Gamal Abdel Chasten and William Ruiz (a.k.a- Ninja).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Contents

Theater Credits Include

  • Purgatory
  • Another I Dies Slowly
  • Live From the Edge
  • Slanguage
  • Blue Suite
  • Ameriville
  • Rhythmicity: Flipping The Script
  • One Shot In Lotus Position
  • The Ride
  • The Denver Project

Television Credits Include

Film: Stay until Tomorrow by Laura Collela
Television: HBO's Def Poetry Jam (Season 4- Episode 9 (with UNIVERSES))

Awards/Affiliations

2008 Jazz at Lincoln Center Rhythm Road Tour;
2008 TCG- Theatre Communications Group - Peter Zeisler Award;
2002-2004 and 1999-2001 TCG- Theatre Communications Group National Theater Artist Residency Program Award;
2002 BRIO Awards (Bronx Recognizes its own-Singing) from The Bronx Council on the Arts;
1999 OBIE Award Grant (The Point CDC & Live From Theater Theater)
1999 Bessie Awards (The Point CDC)
1998 Union Square Award recipient
Co-Founder of The Point CDC;
New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspect;
Board Member: National Performance Network
Former Board member: Network of Ensemble Theaters
Bard College, BA ’89.
Publications: UNIVERSES-THE BIG BANG (2010 release- TCG Books);
SLANGUAGE in The Fire This Time (TCG).

References

  1. ^ a b McNulty, Charles (November 16, 1999). "Gazing Into the Universes". The Village Voice (New York, NY: Village Voice Media). http://www.villagevoice.com/1999-11-16/theater/gazing-into-the-universes/. Retrieved April 24, 2010. 
  2. ^ Solomon, Alisa (July 24, 1999). "Beats and Keats". The Village Voice (New York, NY: Village Voice Media). http://www.villagevoice.com/2001-07-24/theater/beats-and-keats/. Retrieved April 24, 2010. 
  3. ^ "New World Theater: Universes". University of Massachusetts, Amherst. http://www.umass.edu/fac/nwt/. Retrieved April 24, 2010. 
  4. ^ Monsen, Lauren (April 25, 2008). "Poetic Theater Ensemble Enthralls Audiences on Six-Nation Tour". US State Department. http://www.america.gov/st/peopleplace-english/2008/April/20080424171946GLnesnoM0.9658167.html?CP.rss=true. Retrieved April 24, 2010. 
  5. ^ "Universes’ ‘Ameriville’ looks at fear through lens of Katrina". TheDartmouth.com. http://thedartmouth.com/2010/04/14/arts/ameriville. Retrieved April 24, 2010. 
  6. ^ "2009 Humana Festival Calendar" (PDF). Actors Theatre of Louisville. http://www.actorstheatre.org/2009HumanaFestivalCalendar.pdf. Retrieved April 24, 2010. [dead link]
  7. ^ "National Association of Latino Arts and Culture - June 2007". National Association of Latino Arts and Culture. http://www.nalac.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=119. Retrieved April 24, 2010. 
  8. ^ "OSF Commissions Second Round of Artists for U.S. History Cycle". Oregon Shakespeare Festival. June 12, 2009. http://www.osfashland.org/news/releases/article.aspx?id=129. Retrieved April 24, 2010. 
  9. ^ Nesti, Robert (July 27, 2005). "Street-smart `Slanguage' is as good as its words" (Subscription required). Boston Herald, archived at LexisNexis (Boston, MA: Boston Herald Inc.). http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T9176981463&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T9176981466&cisb=22_T9176981465&treeMax=true&treeWidth=230&selRCNodeID=84&nodeStateId=411en_GB,1,28&docsInCategory=7&csi=145223&docNo=2. Retrieved April 24, 2010. 
  10. ^ Van Gelder, Lawrence (Juy 28, 2001). "The City's Beat, With an Iambic Heat". The New York times (New York, NY: The New York Times Company). http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/28/theater/theater-review-the-city-s-beat-with-an-iambic-heat.html. Retrieved April 25, 2010. 
  11. ^ Spera, Keith (February 28, 2010). "'Ameriville,' a hip-hop musical with a social conscience, is at its best when its focus is on Katrina's aftermath" (Subscription required). The Times-Picayune, archived at LexisNexis (New Orleans, LA: The Times-Picayune Publishing Company). http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T9177029570&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T9177022620&cisb=22_T9177029572&treeMax=true&treeWidth=425&csi=12021&docNo=10. Retrieved April 24, 2010. 
  12. ^ Brighton, Kurt (November 19, 2009). "Staging Katrina's stormy legacy" (Subscription required). The Denver Post (Denver, CO: The Denver Post). http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T9177079896&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T9177068195&cisb=22_T9177079898&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&selRCNodeID=4&nodeStateId=410en_GB,1,2&docsInCategory=4&csi=144565&docNo=4. Retrieved April 25, 2010. 

External links

UNIVERSES *Official site

UNIVERSES on Wikipedia *Universes (poetic theatre ensemble)


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