MILDRED RUIZ-

Founding member of UNIVERSES (Poetic Theater Ensemble). Playwright:The Denver Project (collaboration w/ Steven Sapp) for Curious Theater (Denver, CO).  Premiering May 2008; One shot in Lotus Position (for The War anthology- Curious Theater- Denver, CO- Collaboration with Steven Sapp - Directed by Bonnie Metzger).  Playwright/Actress/Vocalist: BLUE SUITE (Previously Eyewitness Blues- in collaboration with Steven Sapp - Directed by Chay Yew); RHYTHMICITY (in collaboration with Steven Sapp, Reg.e.gaines, Rha Goddess, Reggie Cabico, Willie Perdomo and Gamal Chasten);Universes', SLANGUAGE (in collaboration with UNIVERSES at Off-Broadway's New York Theater Workshop; Universes' THE RIDE (collaboration w/ UNIVERSES at P.S. 122.

Actress/Vocaist: Alfred Jarry's UBU:Enchained (Arts Link International Exchange with Teatre Polski, Poland).

Awards: 2006 Career Advancement Fellowship from the Ford foundation through Pregones Theater.  The 2002-2004 and 1999-2001 TCG National Theater Artist Residency Program Award, The 1998 and 2002 BRIO Awards from the Bronx Council on the Arts.

Affiliations: Board Member (National Performance Network - NPN); Board Member (Network of Ensemble Theaters-NET); Co-Founder of UNIVERSES Poetic Theater Ensemble; Co-Founder of The UniverseCity Theater (UCITY); Co-Founder of The Point CDC and the 1999 OBIE Award Grant and BESSIE Award winning theater, Live From The Edge at The Point and EL GRITO DANCE STUDIO at The Point; New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspect.

Publications: UNIVERSES-THE BIG BANG: Plays, Poetry & Process (To be released in January 2009- TCG Books); SLANGUAGE in The Fire This Time a TCG Anthology.