{"id":82324,"date":"2021-10-25T11:40:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T15:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/?p=82324"},"modified":"2022-08-02T14:03:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T18:03:27","slug":"faculty-feature-melisa-pereyra-theatre","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/articles\/2021\/faculty-feature-melisa-pereyra-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Feature: Melisa Pereyra, Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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October 25, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n

Melisa Pereyra<\/a>, Assistant Professor of Theatre<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/span>brings a rich depth of practice to the College of Fine Arts from her wide array of experience working in different roles, with various directors, across numerous theatres.<\/p>\n

Pereyra is a Latinx actor, director, writer, educator, and a full-time core company member at American Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wisconsin. Her professional acting credits include work in venues like the Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Indiana Repertory Theatre, and Milwaukee Repertory Theatre.<\/p>\n

Pereyra has published works of poetry, along with contributions to the\u00a0<\/span>Huffington Post<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>and the\u00a0<\/span>Howlround Theatre Commons<\/em>. Pereyra holds degrees from Illinois State University (MFA Acting) and Utah State University (BFA Acting). She also trained in the United Kingdom at Shakespeare\u2019s Globe Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.<\/p>\n