Hello, my name is Mieko Gavia, and I'd love the opportunity to work with you! From modeling to acting, I'm here to work hard and bring my creative energy and aesthetic to your project.

Here's a little bit about me:

I am a recent Honors graduate of Theater with over 12 years of acting experience. I was trained in the Stanislavsky method at Oberlin College, and am familiar with classical, modern, musical, and contemporary comedy and drama. I have taken classes in modern dance, bellydance, and blues dance, and continue to expand my repertoire whenever possible. I have also spent 4 years as a counselor/teaching assistant at The MAD* Factory, a not-for-profit Theater camp for low-income and at-risk children. As far as modeling is concerned, I also come from a bit of modeling heritage: my aunt had a career as a plus-size model, and my mother straight-modeled for print and runway in both Europe and the US.

What began as a shy girl's way of learning to speak without fear developed into a full-fledged love of Theater and the Performing Arts. I am in love with words- either spoken, sung, written, or interpreted through movement. Recently, I've managed to combine my love of acting with my love of literature, and have written several comedic and dramatic stage plays in addition to my other writing pursuits.

To see a bit of my combined loves, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWC5HC_6NLY : a taping of my honors project "Dog" -which I wrote, starred in, and helped produce- or contact me for the entire recording over Gmail. I also have a youtube commercial premeiring Valentines day, which I will link to when available.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you, and I hope to hear from you soon!



Sincerely,

Mieko Azaria Gavia

THEATER*

*LYSISTRATA (ORIG. ADAPTATION): LAMPITO/WOMEN’S CHORUS LEADER
Dir.: THOMAS GORDON/PLAYER’S THEA.


*OUT IN THE OPEN (ORIGINAL) : APAGA (POET 2)/DIVISIVE (POET 3)/ENSEMBLE Dir: ANDREA COFINO/ TOURING Production

*THE DICKENING (ORIGINAL) : RAMBO/OPERATOR/NARRATOR/LAURABELLA Dir: BEN FERBER/PART OF MITF

A FEW DAYS OF TROUBLE (ORIGINAL) : MC Dir: HEATHER HARVEY

JERUSALEM OF GOLD (ORIGINAL): SABA (LEAD) Dir: JOSH SOBEL

DOG (ORIGINAL) : DOG/STELLA/BEATRICE (LEAD) Dir: HEATHER HARVEY

RETURN TO THE ONION CELLAR (ORIGINAL): DELILAH (LEAD) Dir: SAMANTHA BOYD

THE GLASS MENAGERIE : LAURA (LEAD) Dir: PAUL MOSER

GATHER AT THE TABLE (ORIGINAL): MAYA Dir: SARAH FRANK

MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM: DUSSIE MAE
Dir: CAROLINE JACKSON-SMITH

VIEUX CARRE: NURSIE Dir: MATTHEW WRIGHT

CURRENT PROJECTS

* ASHLEY’S BIRTHDAY: ASHLEY Dir: BRENDAN BURKE/DARK KNIGHT SERIALS

* VALENTINE’S DAY COMMERCIAL: TBA Dir: ADAM REICHARDT/LIN & RODRIGUEZ LLC

*ENDURO (FILM): FEATURED BAR PATRON
Dir: REBECCA MARTINEZ/GO TO YOUR SPOT PROD.

FILM

AFTER: THE GIRL Dir: LUCAS RAINEY
*ALL IN THE TIMING (FILM): SAMANTHA Dir: ASHLEE ROSE SCOTT/ NYFA

TRAINING

B.A. WITH HONORS IN THEATER, OBERLIN COLLEGE, OBERLIN, OHIO:
STUDIED ACTING, COSTUME DESIGN, LIGHTING DESIGN, MODERN DANCE, HISTORY OF WESTERN THEATER, ACTING SHAKESPEARE, ACTING FOR CAMERA, JOURNALISM, AIKIDO
INTERNSHIP AT OBERLIN SUMMER THEATER FESTIVAL, OBERLIN, OHIO
SKILLS & INTERESTS
CONVERSATIONAL JAPANESE AND FRENCH, SOME SPANISH, COSTUME DESIGN EXPERIENCE, BIKE RIDING, SCULPTING, SKETCHING, BLOGGING, WRITING, YOGA, SWIMMING, SEWING, WRITING

WEB LINKS

WWW.MIEKOGAVIA.WORDPRESS.COM (PERSONAL BLOG); http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWC5HC_6NLY (CLIP FROM “DOG”)

*INDICATES NYC PRODUCTION

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