​Join actor/filmmaker Melissa Center to discuss “JEWFACE” on film.

​In preparation for her upcoming short film, Melissa will be interviewing members of her team in addition to community members about what “JEWFACE” means to them & what they’d like to see in terms of authentic Jewish representation in 2026 and beyond…

​You can be a part of the conversation - as an interviewee or observer.

​🎥Participants will be recorded for social media (with their consent) or testimony will be captured in writing (if a participant prefers to not be recorded)

​MELISSA CENTER is an actress, award-winning filmmaker known for visceral women’s stories, and crowdfunding expert who has helped fellow creatives raise over $1.8M for their independent films, plays & albums.

​As an actor, her most notable credits include roles on Chicago Fire (NBC), FBI (CBS), This is Us (NBC), Grey's Anatomy (ABC), and more. Favorite roles onstage include “Maggie” in A Chorus Line (Dir. Mitzi Hamilton), “Olivia” in Sex with Strangers (Hollywood Fringe), and “Jan” in 50 Words (The Lab Creative, LA). She also originated the stage adaptation of Lois Lowry’s The Giver, directed by the late Wynn Handman of The American Place Theater.

​She is the Executive Producer of Liner Notes, currently in development. She is the producer, co-writer and star of feature film, All I Want (Prime, AppleTv, Vudu, TubiTV, itunes) and the co-director, writer and star of award-winning viral short film R.V, a narrative that anticipated the overturn of Roe vs Wade. Her short film His Name is Niv, which she wrote and directed, is inspired by her own experience with sexual assault.

​Her solo show Marrying Jake Gyllenhaal, that she wrote, starred in and produced, debuted The Pico, LA followed by Edinburgh Fringe Digital and Caveat, NYC, with global coverage in Ms. Magazine & Psychology Today. melissacenter.com