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Teresa Veramendi (born 31 August 1985) is an artist. Her BA is from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University where she is working on her Masters in Performance Studies.

She is a creator of original works for the theater and is a produced playwright. She is also an actress, a poet, and a musician, among other things.

She lives in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, NY. When she completes her Masters at NYU, she will be returning to Evanston, Illinois, where she was born, to write a companion book for an original theater piece she is creating. Her plans include forming a theater company in Chicago, Illinois.

Theater
In May 2008, she appeared in the ensemble piece Available Demand at the Zipper Theatre Studio in NYC. She acted and contributed as a writer to the piece. She was a founding member of The Open Floor Theatre Company. In April 2008 The Open Floor presented the original work Upon A Weaving at The Red Room in Manhattan's East Village.

She presented her original work Secret while a student at Tisch from December 6-8, 2006, as part of the COW Productions Fall 2006 schedule.

Teresa's mother Judy Veramendi is a published writer, playwright, and educator. Judy and Teresa's play The Hall of Hungry Ghosts had its world premiere in May 2007 at the Next Theatre in Evanston, Illinois.

Writings
(in progress)

Writing for Film
Teresa and Judy co-wrote the screenplay Stars from the Abyss about the life of Uruguayan poet Delmira Agustini. The screenplay, based on Judy's book The Empty Chalices, was a Feature Screenplay Semi-Finalist at the 2007 Moondance International Film Festival.