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Mel Nieves

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New York City, New York

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Born and raised in New York City. A graduate of The William Esper Studio and a member of the award winning LAByrinth Theatre Company and The Actors Studio Playwright-Director Unit. As an actor he's worked with Luna Stage, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Boomerang theatre company and the legendary Ridiculous Theatrical Company under the artistic direction of Everett Quinton. Stage work includes "Summer and Smoke", "Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue", "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Native Speech", "Short Eyes" as well as plays written by Miguel Pinero, Mando Alvarado, Stephen Adly Guirgis. He is a two-time semi-finalist The Princess Grace Playwright Fellowship award. His pilot script, "On The Boulevard" was a 2020 semi-finalist HollyShorts Screenplay competition and 2020 quarter finalist for the Los Angeles International Screenwriting Awards. In 2022 his screenplay, "Los Abandonados/The Abandoned" won the best feature length screenplay award at the 12th Annual International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival. His plays, "The Spirit, The Body & The Blood", "Prospect Avenue", "In Da Boogie Down", "Full Moon Inside a Red Sky" are published by Next Stage Press. - Biography By: Mel Nieves

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2015  Isolated Incident

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