Mildred Ruiz-Sapp

Mildred Ruiz-Sapp is an American actress. 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.

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).