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MEL NIEVES |
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Nationality: Hispanic/American Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: n/a |
Born and raised in New York City. He is a graduate of the William Esper Studios and is a proud long time member of the award winning LAByrinth Theatre Company (artistic directors Phillip Seymour Hoffman & John Ortiz). As an actor he has worked with LAByrinth Theatre Company, INTAR Theatre, Luna Stage, Public Theatre, and the Ridiculous Theatrical Company (under the artistic direction of Everett Quinton). Stage work as actor includes "Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue", "Short Eyes", "365 Plays/365 Days", "Bent". Most recently completed a leading role in the independent feature film "The Children Of Hip-Hop" written and directed by Antonio Dela Cruz. As a playwright his work has been presented by the Downtown Urban Theatre Festival (2005-2008), Repertorio Espanol (2006-2007), LAByrinth Theatre Company's Summer Intensive Workshops at both The Saratoga Performing Arts Center (2001-2003) & Bennington College (2005-2008), his play "Tours Of Duty" was co-winner for the best short play award at the 2005 Downtown Urban theatre Festival. In 2006 he received the Brooklyn Arts Council's NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Award for his theatre project "Voices From The Front. His play "Midnight Mass" was a third place winner for the 2006 Metlife Foundation Nuestra Voces National Playwrights Competition. His play "W.A.C. Iraq&A Work-In-Progress" had its' world premiere in Santa Ana, California and was produced and presented by The Breath Of Fire Latina Theatre Ensemble. As a teaching artist he has worked with many arts in education organization bringing theatre and the creative arts to public schools through-out New York's inner cities
Plays by Mel Nieves
By The Dawns Early Light: Los Embrujados & Midnight Mass | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Row Studio | 11 Aug 2011 | ||||
Company: | Apple Core Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #131150 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | Radio Announcer | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | In "Los Embrujados", a nervous waiter at the Windows on the World restaurant studies with his gregarious brother for his impending U.S. Citizenship test. It's a time of possibilities on this bright, clear September morning, and as he prepares for this new life, "Los Embrujados" illuminates what it means to be an American. Midnight Mass follows a group of New Yorkers connected by 9/11: a war veteran whose trauma may cost him his family; his brother, who must leave his pregnant fiancee to go on his first tour of duty; a nurse who would have perished with her husband in the Towers, had her alarm clock gone off; and a fireman desperate to reclaim the courage he knew as a First Responder. In the wake of tragedy, "Midnight Mass" reveals the profound struggle to regain hope and faith. | |||||
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Karen & Tomas: ( I Touch Myself) | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
Company: | Arcos Communications Inc. | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #86556 | |||
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Genre: | Romantic Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | They smashed into each other's lives like a head-on collision on the interstate, both desperately seeking to close fresh wounds. Now in their final six hours together Karen and Tomas cut open, dissect and finally heal those very same wounds that turned them into lovers, but not they would soon discover a couple. | |||||
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Los Embrujados (The Haunted Ones) | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Row Studio | 11 Aug 2011 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #131151 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | one act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of By The Dawn's Early Light | |||||
Synopsis: | In Los Embrujados (The Haunted Ones), a nervous waiter at the Windows on the World restaurant studies with his gregarious older brother for his impending U.S. Citizenship test. As his girlfriend waits to tell him something very special, it's a time of possibilities on this bright, clear September morning, and as he prepares for his new life, Los Embrujados illuminates what it means to be an American | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Midnight Mass | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Row Studio | 11 Aug 2011 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #131152 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | one act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of By The Dawn's Early Light | |||||
Synopsis: | Midnight Mass follows a group of New Yorkers connected by September 11th: a war veteran whose trauma may cost him his family; his brother, who must leave his pregnant fiancee to go on his first tour of duty; a nurse whose husband perished in the Towers; and a veteran firefighter desperate to reclaim the courage he knew as a First Responder. In the wake of tragedy, Midnight Mass reveals the profound struggle to regain hope and faith. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Night Train | ||
| 1st Produced: | Off-Off Broadway Playhouse, Roy Arias Studios & Theatres | 2009 | ||||
Company: | Strings Attached Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #102007 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Romantic Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | At the crossroads of the world, on a dark rainy night, a boy and girl will meet, take a ride into the wee small hours and perhaps forever change the course of their tomorrows. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Solo Man Watusi | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
Company: | Arco Entertainment | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #96831 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | It's another New Year, filled with new beginnings, fresh starts, and an excitement For the unknown. But for two old friends who ponder all that could have been, but never was, the New year is nothing more than a stinging reminder that the "little boy" on the inside has - once again - tripped up the "big man" on the outside. | |||||
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Tours Of Duty | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2005 | |||||
Company: | Arcos Communications Inc. | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #86555 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Two brothers in Queens (one a Gulf War veteran and the other about to go on his first tour of duty in Iraq) debate the choice of serving your country during a questionable time of war and the cost that, that choice to serve has on one's personal life as well as on their families. | |||||
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WAC Iraq A Work-In-Progress | ||
| 1st Produced: | El Centro Cultural de Mexico, Santa Ana, California | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Breath Of Fire Latina Theatre Ensemble | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #86553 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 10 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Mothers, daughters, sisters, and soldiers their voices filled with loss, confusion, loneliness, anger and sometimes hope, try to make sense of the ever changing world around them during a questionable time of war. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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WAC Iraq - One Act Version | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||||
Company: | Arcos Communications Inc. | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #86554 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Mothers, daughters, sisters, and soldiers their voices filled with loss, confusion, loneliness, anger and sometimes hope, try to make sense of the ever changing world around them during a questionable time of war. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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