Mildred Ruiz-Sapp

Mildred Ruiz-Sapp is an American actress.^[1] Born and raised on New York's Lower East Side (Alphabet City), she co-founded THE POINT Community Development Corporation (Hunts Point) in 1993 and Universes (poetic theatre ensemble) (1996), both in collaboration with Steven Sapp.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}

Mildred Ruiz-Sapp
Mildred Ruiz-Sapp at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, September 2019
Born	New York City, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Poet, playwright and actor

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
• UniSon

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. McNulty, Charles (November 16, 1999). "Gazing Into the Universes". The Village Voice. New York, NY: Village Voice Media. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
2. Solomon, Alisa (July 24, 1999). "Beats and Keats". The Village Voice. New York, NY: Village Voice Media. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
3. "New World Theater: Universes". University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Archived from the original on May 29, 2010. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
4. Monsen, Lauren (April 25, 2008). "Poetic Theater Ensemble Enthralls Audiences on Six-Nation Tour". US State Department. Archived from the original on May 30, 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
5. "Universes' 'Ameriville' looks at fear through lens of Katrina". TheDartmouth.com. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
6. "2009 Humana Festival Calendar" (PDF). Actors Theatre of Louisville. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 8, 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
7. "National Association of Latino Arts and Culture – June 2007". National Association of Latino Arts and Culture. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
8. "OSF Commissions Second Round of Artists for U.S. History Cycle". Oregon Shakespeare Festival. June 12, 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
9. Nesti, Robert (July 27, 2005). "Street-smart 'Slanguage' is as good as its words". Boston Herald, archived at LexisNexis. Boston, MA: Boston Herald Inc. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
10. Van Gelder, Lawrence (July 28, 2001). "The City's Beat, With an Iambic Heat". The New York Times. New York, NY. 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". The Times-Picayune, archived at LexisNexis. New Orleans, LA: The Times-Picayune Publishing Company. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
12. Brighton, Kurt (November 19, 2009). "Staging Katrina's stormy legacy". The Denver Post. Denver, CO: The Denver Post. Retrieved April 25, 2010.

External links

• Official site