Mercedes Blankenship
she/her
Director, Educator, Props Designer
Hispanic, Neurodivergent, Queer, Woman/Femme, Latiné
Frederick, Maryland
American University graduate, musical theatre nerd, queer, Latina, ADHD-haver. Passionate about accessibility of performing arts programs, nuanced discussion of mental health, improving representation of queer women in musical theatre, the nature of collaboration, and nuance in general. Big fan of podcasts, dogs, and cross-stitching.
Credits
Director
Be More Chill (Rockville Musical Theatre), The Lightning Thief (Wildwood Summer Theatre), Choices (Silver Spring Stage One Act Festival), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (American University Players)
Stage Manager
The Pliant Girls (Theatre Prometheus/Nu Sass Productions), Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (Georgetown Gilbert & Sullivan Society), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Imagination Stage Performance Ensemble)
Props Designer
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Adventure Theatre MTC), Dracula (Rorschach Theatre), Bat Boy (American University), Bat Boy (Imagination Stage Performance Ensemble), Head Over Heels (Wildwood Summer Theatre)
Props Coordinator
As You Like It (musical) (American University), Spring Awakening (American University), Urinetown (American University), Head Over Heels (American University)
Be More Chill, photo by Faith Wang, Rockville Musical Theatre