Dela Meskienyar
Producer, The Verbatim Salon
Dela Meskienyar is a producer, performer, and performance educator based in New York City. She is a co-producer and co curator of The Verbatim Salon, a monthly documentary-theatre series in which actors perform anonymized interviews with people who have interacted with the U.S. immigration system using the in-ear verbatim audio technique. The series presents real stories recorded in one-on-one interviews, preserving anonymity and enabling participation from individuals who may not be able or willing to share their stories. She holds an MFA in Acting from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and dual BA degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. Her work spans theater, television, and film. She teaches acting and coaches actors, founders, and executives in storytelling, presence, and communication.