Marilo is a producer, writer and actor based in Toronto. She is the founder/Artistic Director of Alameda Theatre Company . She has worked as an arts administrator for various theatre companies in Toronto, including Pleiades Theatre, Nightwood Theatre and The Theatre Centre. She has produced: The Refugee Hotel (world premiere in association with Theatre Passe Muraille) Three Fingered Jack & the Legend of Joaquin Murieta (Playwright/Producer, Factory Theatre, Summerworks 2006, originally part of Nightwood Theatre's Groundswell Program), Chile Con Carne (Actor/Producer, Tarragon Extra Space) , North East Side Story (Playwright/Actor/Producer, Summerworks 2001) and the documentary film, Ode to the Empanada. A graduate of Ryerson University's Theatre Acting Program she has extensive acting experience in both film & theatre. Marilo has been the recipient of several grants from the OAC, TAC and the Canada Council for the Arts. In 2008 she was nominated for the 10 Most Influential Hispanics . She is currently writing an adaptation of Garcia Lorca's Blood Wedding.