Spanish with Melanie R.

Madrid, Spain

While translating a theater script from English to Spanish, I lived in Madrid and made contacts with other theater artists and writers in order to gain vocabulary, experience and cultural knowledge that would grow the finished written project into a vehicle for production in Spain and in New York City. My writing skills and translation work became greater tools for polished speaking and completed written assignments.

University of Illinois

University of California, San Diego

The Actors Center, founder J. Michael Miller

An organization for professional actors in New York City

The Civilians Benefit

A chance to share pride of the United States National Anthem with other Americans of Latin and Hispanic or Chicano origins.

Princess Grace Award/Stage One: Louisville Children's Theater

Harlem Radio Project for Teens

Actors' Equity Association, founded in 1913, is the labor union that represents more than 49,000 Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society.

SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other media professionals. SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world. With national offices in Los Angeles and New York, and local offices nationwide, SAG-AFTRA members work together to secure the strongest protections for media artists into the 21st century and beyond.

Professional Proficiency