Velina Brown

Velina Brown is an award-winning actress, singer/songwriter, director, and educator based in San Francisco. Her stage credits include performances with the American Conservatory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The California Shakespeare Theatre, San Francisco Playhouse, The Denver Theatre Company, The Magic Theatre, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, TheatreWorks, Shotgun Players, Central Works, CenterREP, as well as with the Tony award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe, where she has been a principal actor and guiding force for the company for over twenty years, touring nationally and internationally, helping create dozens of world premiere political musical dramas and comedies, each examining issues of peace, equality, or economic and social justice. Velina has also toured internationally Word for Word, and in 2016 recorded “For Those Who Came After: Songs from the Spanish Civil War” with Brooklyn based ensemble Barbez, after which she performed with the band Spain and Portugal. Velina’s Film and TV appearances include Chance, Party of Five, Nash Bridges, Trauma, Final Witness, Bee Season, Maladaptive, One Way to Valhalla, and Milk. Velina is a two-time winner of the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critic's Circle award, and in 2012 was honored as part of Theatre Bay Area Magazine 35th Anniversary as one of the "35 Faces" that had made significant contributions to the Bay Area theater community. Velina is also a teacher, career coach, and writes the monthly column for Theatre Bay Area Magazine “The Business of Show Biz.” Velina graduated Magna Cum Laude from San Francisco State University, and has a Master's Degree in Counseling. www.velinabrown.com