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summer 2022:
The good fight
You can watch Anita in the second-to-last (ever) episode of The Good Fight on CBS and Paramount+ in November, directed by The Good Wife/Fight’s own Carrie Preston.
april-november: She Said, She Said sold out
Anita produced and performed in the Off-Off-Broadway run of She Said, She Said – a new play by Megan Medley.
SHE SAID, SHE SAID grapples with the issues of freedom (and responsibility) of choice, reproductive justice, and expectations we have for mothers. - Broadway World
Visit The Hive’s Fractured Atlas page to learn more and support this vital story.
Law & Order: 2022 Renewal
Anita appeared this year in the renewal of the original Law & Order, and rejoined the cast in its crossover premiere of the following season.
The Hive presents…
The Golden Age of Content
A new comedy by Caitlin Ouano created by The Hive, a creative collective of writers, actors, directors, and producers who center and uplift women’s stories, voices, desires, and professional development in the entertainment industry and beyond. Anita directed and edited the film along with the team, and incorporated the character Wichita on set at the last minute. This mockumentary-style ensemble film follows Jasmine (Lisette Gabrielle) as she enters a no-technology artist retreat moments after finding out she was cast in her first major role as an actress.
Winner: Best Ensemble, BAAD Awards 2022 NYC
December 2021: Harlem
This month, Amazon Prime released its new Tracy Oliver series HARLEM where you can find Anita as one of the outrageous Weather Wives of Tampa, directed by Linda Mendoza.
Love is the Greater Labyrinth
Spanish Golden Age Comedy
by Sor Juana de la Cruz
September 27 @ 7:30pm ET
A world premiere reading by Red Bull Theater of the new English translation by UCLA’s Diversifying the Classics initiative — Directed by Melia Bensussen
Register HERE to Attend
Summer 2021:
The Reveal
Catch Anita as very pregnant Charlotte hosting a “gender reveal party” gone awry in this upcoming short, written & directed by Melina Maraki.
Solo Show in the On Women Festival
All She Has made its NYC debut digitally this year in Irondale’s On Women Festival
The live excerpt performance was helmed by directors Haley Schwartz, Olivia Miller, and Evan Horwitz
Call From Godot sweeping the festivals!
Call From Godot has been awarded Best Short Film, Best Screenplay, and Best of the Fest at the STORIES Film Festival, hosted by Manhattan Repertory Theater.
Call From Godot also won the Popular Choice Award at the On Women Festival, hosted by Brooklyn’s Irondale Ensemble.
The short film was selected for the NYC Indie Theater Film Festival hosted by New Ohio Theater, where IndieActivity interviewed Anita and Olivia all about their process.
Read the Interview Here
Praise for Call From
Season 1 of the hit series is available NOW right here & check out the show’s rave review in
The Theatre Times
PLUS!…
An interview with Anita & Olivia was featured in Trinity Rep’s latest issue of The Trinity Square
“With each episode, Miller and Castillo-Halvorssen transform their voices, physicalities, and quirks with remarkable freedom and versatility.” - The Theatre Times
new web series! Call from
Anita has teamed up with fellow Brown/Trinity ‘19 alum Olivia Miller to create a two-woman comedy starring favorite characters from the dead white guy theatrical canon. Featuring music by Hannah Van Sciver. Episodes drop weekly!
Summer 2020: Match.com
Match featured Anita in their Dating While Distancing commercials this year, which continue to air on national television as well as internet platforms.
Red bull theater:
revelation readings
Anita will appear in a staged reading of The Courage to Right a Woman’s Wrongs by Spanish Golden Age playwright Ana Caro (1590-1652) and directed by Melia Bensussen. Check out Red Bull Theater to access tickets and learn more about the project, presented in association with Diversifying the Classics | UCLA: Comedia in Translation and Performance.
Monday, March 16, 2020
7:30 PM | Lucille Lortel Theatre
march 2020: modern chalk circle
March 2-4, Anita will star in a modern, devised adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s Caucasian Chalk Circle.
The production is presented by Artistic New Directions Theatre Company (AND)
as part of their Eclectics Festival.
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december 2019:
that nyc jazz
You can catch Anita around town as a guest vocalist for Rafael Castillo-Halvorssen’s trio
Follow Anita on Instagram to keep an eye out for her visits to jazz night at the Antique Garage, Tribeca and Soho locations.
September 2019: CUNY Creative Arts Team
The Creative Arts Team (CAT) at the City University of New York uses theater as a tool for social change by providing workshops to thousands of classrooms in all five boroughs. Anita is the newest member of CAT’s College and Adult Program, where she facilitates workshops for 6th grade and up on conflict resolution, academic success, Title IX, and professional development.
Rehearsal gif by Jennifer K. Brown
AUGUST 6, 2019:
SOLO PLAY ON THE MOUNTAIN
Anita is back with her one-woman show about girlhood, grandmothers, and giving over to the tampon-tossing, abandon-seeking human we all want to be. With director Haley Schwartz.
All She Has
Tuesday, August 6
@ 5pm
Burgess Meredith Little Theater
Ripton, Vermont
june-july 2019: all’s well that ends well
Closing night for the Bread Loaf Ensemble
This summer, Anita plays one of Shakespeare’s classic clowns: Lavatch in All’s Well That Ends Well. And so arrives her second blissful summer with the Bread Loaf School of English, this time at the Vermont campus. Middlebury College houses a full acting ensemble here, and welcomes actors into the graduate English classrooms to interpret and experiment with literature. In particular, Anita is an assistant to acclaimed professors Amy Hungerford (Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University) and Susan Choi (National Book Award winner).
You can learn more about the Bread Loaf Ensemble’s work in the classroom here.
Wednesday, July 31 - Sunday, August 4
@ 8pm
Burgess Meredith Little Theater
Ripton, Vermont
may 2019:
solo show!
As a final MFA thesis project, Anita will present her one-woman play for the Providence community. All She Has is an interrogation of this word “woman” we all use, but by which we all seem to mean different things. Come witness her questions, and perhaps even figure this out with her.
Wednesday, May 22nd @ 3pm
Granoff Center for the Creative Arts
154 Angell St, Providence
march-april 2019:
brown university/trinity rep mfa showcase 2019
The Brown/Trinity Class of 2019 will end their time together with a bang, touring a showcase of scenes and songs in front of casting directors, talent representatives, friends, and family. Catch Anita in NYC at Signature Theatre on Monday, March 25 at 3:00 pm & 7:00 pm and Tuesday, March 26 at 1:00 pm or in LA at the Matrix Theatre on Monday, April 1 at 3:00 pm & 7:00 pm.
february-march 2019:
the good person of Szechwan
Along with the women of her graduating MFA class, Anita has embarked on her final production during her time at Brown/Trinity. Brecht’s classic is naturally lending itself with ease to the team’s intention of investigating gender and power. Playful, demanding, and cathartic, the production is sure to be an adventure for all to witness.
Rehearsal, Day 1
Anita with Olivia Miller, getting down to business.
november 2018:
god of carnage
Anita will appear as Veronica in the Brown/Trinity MFA production of Yasmina Reza’s modern classic, directed by Evan Horwitz.
June-july 2018:
Starting an Ensemble
This summer, my colleague Jane Reagan and I have spent our days building workshops and short performances for graduate literature students in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Under the direction of Jonathan Fried, we have initiated what we hope will be the first of many acting ensembles at the Southwest location of Middlebury College's Bread Loaf School of English. During this six-week program, the three of us utilize our actor training to assist students in interpreting poetry, literature, plays, and even their own creative writing from fresh, personal perspectives.