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MELISSA WADDY-THIBODEAUX Melissa Waddy-Thibodeaux (Actor/Storyteller/Playwright) a graduate of Ross S. Sterling High School in Houston, TX where she received a full scholarship to college to study the Performing Arts. She has performed for audiences for the past 40 years teaching history via theatrics. Her popular portrayal of "The Resurrection of Harriet Tubman in Escape to Freedom" has been recognized and accepted as one of the regional programs for the National Park Service's Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Study for the Intermountain Region in 2004. She portrays a variety of historical characters from the history books and provides performances to colleges, schools, churches conferences and festivals. She is a recipient of the prestigious OTTO Award for Political Theater in New York City at the Rene Castillo Theatre All Stars Project for her work with incarcerated youth in Texas and California. Her new show, "Meet Mrs. Rosa Parks" was a finalist in last year's Diversity showcasing at APCA (Association of Performing Campus Activities. Her performances are continually requested by a multitude of universities/colleges, community organizations, corporate and military entities. Her educational tour begins in January and in 2008, she is already booked in Boston, MA, Norfolf, VA, Laurel, MS, and Denver, CO, to name a few. She began Flying Geese Productions in 1997 to teach history via theatrics, as well as encourage literacy and enlighten her audiences on historical facts which were never taught in school. Students and teachers alike, take a trip back in time as M. Waddy Thibodeaux takes her audiences on a journey into the past to make sense of today's issues. Her thought-provoking lecture/re-enactment presentations are mostly followed with a Q&A, interactive discussion with the audience. |