Veracity Butcher

Selected Résumé

SAG-AFTRA // AEA

Film, Televison & Web

If Birds Believed in God Samer Saifan

CHATTER Jessica Sherif

Barron's Cove Mandalay Pictures/ Evan Ari Kelman

Marjoun & The Flying Headscarf Available on Netflix/ Best Film Nom, Miami

BULL Viacom/ CBS/ John B. Aronson

Law & Order: SVU Universal Television/ NBC/ Mariska Hargitay

Alternatino Comedy Central/ Nicholas Jasenovec

A Midsummer Night's Dream Apocalyptic Artists/ Alice Renier/ Peter Romano

The Downpour Columbia University/ Jade Courtney Edwards

Docket 32357 Pam's Son/ Emmy Winner Randy Wilkins

What Came After Christopher Peña/ Tony Winner Tonya Pinkins

Making A Scene with James Franco Rabbit Bandino/ AOL/ James Franco

D.R.A.M. "Cute" Music Video KODE Media/ Atlantic Records/ Nathan Smith

VIOLETS "SON OF A" Music Video ANTI-VIOLETS/ Emmy Winner Randy Wilkins

VIOLETS "HONOR KILLING" Music Video Adventure We Can/ Crystal Arnette

Widowspeak "LOCUSTS" Music Video We Are Films/ Aaron Craig

Ladyfingaz "Zipcar" Music Video Ladyfingaz/ Jude Dry/ Bianca Giaever

New York City Theater

NERO Kyoung's Pacific Beat/ Kyoung H. Park

Benghazi Bergen-Belsen La Mama/ No Visa Productions/ Lahav Timor

A Trail of Irreverence University Settlement/ Sally Silvers

Rest Upon The Wind NYU Skirball Center/ Simón Hanukai

Another Word for Beauty (Excerpts) Rattlestick Playwrights Theater/ José Rivera

Woodbones Abingdon Theatre/ Eagle Project/ Bob Jaffe

Romeo & Juliet The Flea/ Kristan Seemel

MOONBASE (Episodic) at SERIALS The Flea/ Nick Leavens

These Seven Sicknesses The Flea/ Ed Iskandar/ Drama Desk Nominee

A Letter From Omdurman The Flea/ Jim Simpson

Karen O's Stop The Virgens St. Ann's Warehouse/ Adam Rapp

Thieves The Public Theater/ AMERINDA/ Steve Elm

Demon Dreams The Gene Frankel Theater/ Magic Futurebox/ Kevin Laibson

American Sexy The Flea/ Mia Walker

27 Tips for Banishing The Blues Dixon Place/ Ken Prestininzi/ Charlotte Meehan

The Green Knight 45 Bleecker/Jeremy Bloom

The Diamond Trade La Mama/ Kyoung H. Park

La Boheme (Spoken) The Flea/ Jeremy Bloom

The Great Recession The Flea/ Kip Fagan

The Europeans Atlantic Stage II/ Potomac Theatre Project/ Richard Romagnoli

Lysistrata Middlebury College/ Claudio Medeiros

Cabaret Middlebury College/ Claudio Medeiros

This is Our Youth Middlebury College/ Lucas Kavner

Education

Middlebury College

Theater & Arabic / Magna Cum Laude

Phi Beta Kappa

Charles A. Dana Scholar

Acting

Jon Shear (Take Action)

Clark Middleton (APT 929)

Jenn McKenna (The Flea)

Mike Doyle, Alex Draper, Claudio Medeiros, Richard Romagnoli, Doug Sprigg (Middlebury College)

Alexander; Linklater; Laban; Meisner

Voice

Mezzo/Belt- Low E (below middle C) to a high B (above treble C)

Dale Smith, Tracey Grimaldi (10+ years of Opera, Jazz, & Broadway)

Amy Jo Jackson, Amy Stoller (Speech & Dialect)

VIOLETS Lead Singer and Lyricist

Dance

Advanced Tap (Yvonne Curry, 10+ Years)

Bellydance (3+ Years as instructor)

Modern; Tango; Salsa; Hip-Hop

Movement

Yoga (Hot & Vinyasa, 10+ Years)

Vanessa Mildenberg (Middlebury College)

Mimi Quillin, Giselle Mahoney (The Flea)

Special Skills

Languages

Native English

Fluent in Classical, Egyptian, and Moroccan Arabic

Beginner Spanish and French

Accents

Arab, British, Irish, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, New York, and Deep South

Other Skills

Singing, Songwriting, Advanced Yoga, Basic Motorcycle, Bellydance, Tap, Surfing, Stage Combat, Dialects, Understudy Experience, Excellent Cold Read, Valid Driver's License and U.S. Passport

Veracity Butcher Reel

IMDB

SELECTED NYC WORKSHOPS / READINGS

Azul, Otra Vez by Melis Aker, Jacinta Clusellas, and Tatiana Pandiani

How The Donkey Got Punched by Micheline Auger

Looking at Christmas by Stephen Banks

Mooncalf by Perry Blackshear

Tom is Trying to Find Himself by Rachel Bonds

Hey Brother by Bekah Brunstetter

South Shore by Dexter Buell

MRS. LOMAN by Barbara Cassidy

Heart & Soul Yoga Studio Beirut by Olivia Clement

DIRT MAGNET by Olivia Clement

WILLOUGHBY ROAD by Olivia Clement

This Place Will Be My Salvation by Alexandra Collier

Black Cat Lost by Erin Courtney

Yes We Can by Stacey Davidowitz

Monsieur Le Butch by Jude Dry

Shiner by Christian Durso

Just Like A Tattoo by Ben Dworken

Oracle by Lauren Fondren

The Reenactors by Juliana Francis-Kelly

Restoration Comedy by Amy Freed

The Fall of The House of Sunshine by Jonathan Goldberg

Forgotten Bread by Sevan Greene

SMAIL by Tariq Hamami

Nothing Left to Burn by Adi Hanash & Patrick Vassal

Kingdom of Spirits by Aisha Jabour

Time In Kafka by Len Jenkin

Gendering Memories in Iraq by Hayv Kahraman

Zombie Love by Laurence Klavern

HOT IN THE MIND by Emily Kron & Kate Hopkins

WE LIVE IN CAIRO by Patrick Lazour and Daniel Lazour

The Vandal by Hamish Linklater (featuring Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver)

Polo Grounds by Hamish Linklater

A Degree From Nature by Anna Michael

When We’re Alone by Erez Mossek & Jonathan Mossek

House of Strength by Rahaleh Nassri

She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen

Untitled Play by Matthew Paul Olmos

Moonbase (9 Serialized Episodes) by Willie Orbison

Oliver Eats Cake by Christopher Oscar Peña

LaGarage by Mary Lou Quinlan & Martha Wollner

Unexplored Interior by Jay O. Sanders

Salim Salim by Stav Palti-Negev

Out of Joint by A. Rey Pamatmat

The India Plays by Kyoung H. Park

NERO by Kyoung H. Park

The 1s and the 2s by Donaldo Prescod

What Happened to Noura by Heather Raffo

CALLING PUERTO RICO by Juan Ramirez, Jr.

Standoff at Highway #37 by Vicki Ramirez

The Conquest by José Rivera

Another Word for Beauty by José Rivera

MARISOL (25th Anniversary Presentation) by José Rivera

Sueño by José Rivera

The Undesirables by Jeff Ronan

Black Escalade by Caitlin Saylor Stevens

Company Happy Hour by Caitlin Saylor Stevens

Charles Darwin by Wendy Schmidt

IOWA by Jenny Schwartz and Todd Almond

SUBJECT by Sarah Shaefer

The Strangest by Betty Shamieh

Codes of Honor by Betty Shamieh

Sarah Flood by Adriano Shaplin

Yes We Can by Daniella Shoshan

NILA by Jen Silverman

The Shallows by Tommy Smith

DB by Tommy Smith

The Final Days of Sarah Kane by Tommy Smith

Plucker by Alena Smith

Metro Cards by Chris Sullivan

The Blue Hour by Jacques Tephany

The Blind Billionaire by Lucy Teitler

Benghazi Bergen-Belsen by Lahav Timor

Indian Country by Kaili Turner

A Foo Fable by David Van Asselt

The Adventure of the Head of Mamlouk Jabir by Sa’dallah Wannous

Docket 32357 by Eljon Wardally

Sensitive To Bite by Eljon Wardally

Nine Days Falling by Mac Wellman

Diversity Awareness Picnic by Leah Nanako Winkler

Untitled Play by Leah Nanako Winkler

Mr. Poulos by Donald Wollner

Thieves by William S. Yellowrobe

Wood Bones by William S. Yellowrobe

Broken Pearls by Arthur Yorinks

Fisherman And His Wife by Arthur Yorinks

The Witch's Child by Arthur Yorinks

The Room Where I Was Held by David Zax

Veracity Butcher in a headscarf acting as Marjoun

Veracity Butcher as Marjoun in Marjoun And The Flying Headscarf

SELECTED REVIEWS

"[T]here’s enough dramatic energy here to power a small village."

— Variety

"If the competing topics come together in a sometimes chaotic mix... the entire affair is nevertheless brilliantly held together by the performance of lead actress Veracity Butcher, who makes of Marjoun a strong survivor, rather than victim, leading by example as she strikes a blow for women – and Arab and Arab American women, in particular – everywhere."

— Hammer to Nail

"[T]he image of a girl in a hijab riding a motorbike transforms Marjoun into a modern-day James Dean."

— The National

"Walking through the monastery in a black hijab, Marjoun is a clear symbol of Arab Muslim women’s place in the struggle against systematic racism in the States. Throughout the movie, Marjoun has been haunted by an unjust legal system, prejudices, institutional barriers, and cultural expectations. She just might be able to make it, but she forever carries with her a burden beyond her control."

— Women's Media Center