Anne Merino, Founding Board Secretary (retired) and Advisory Committee Member
Currently a Placer Repertory Theater Advisory Committee Member, Anne Merino was a Founding Board Member for Placer Repertory Theater who served from March 202o through January 2023 as Board Secretary.
Anne began her career dancing for notable companies such as American Ballet Theatre and the London Festival Ballet. A prolific choreographer, she won the Vanguard Award for Choreography.
Merino’s traditional theatrical training was received at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, Second City with Del Close and Jim Belushi and later trained under Alan Rickman at the British American Drama Academy.
As an actor, and former member of AEA, SAG/AFTRA, Ms. Merino performed with The Groundlings and Tim Robbins’ The Actors’ Gang. Currently, she is a member of the theatre department faculty at William Jessup University, where she teaches Dance. She also teaches Dance at a few studios in Placer County.
As a writer, she recently won film festival awards for her screenplay, “Season for Wolves,” and received critical acclaim for her recently released novel, Hawkesmoor. Placer Repertory Theater is honored to have Anne Merino serve.
AWARDS
- The Vanguard Award for Choreography
- 2021 American Screenwriters Conference – Official Selection
- 2021 Sacramento Film Festival – Official Selection
- 2021 Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival – Grand Jury Prize Platinum – Best Horror Screenplay “Spider Hall”
- 2020 Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival – Grand Jury Prize Platinum – Best Drama Screenplay “A Season for Wolves”
- 2020 Kids First! Film Festival – Official Selection for “Firebird”
- 2020 Madras Independent Film Festival – Critics’ Choice Award “A Season for Wolves”
- 2020 Paris Film Festival – Second Place “A Season for Wolves”
Anne Merino performing:
Firebird – Story / Produced by Anne Merino.
Hawkesmoor – Novel by Anne Merino.
