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NYWIFT at Tribeca 2025: In Conversation with Melanie Armer

NYWIFT member Melanie Armer is celebrating a major milestone in her multifaceted career with the official selection of Last Resort at the 2025 Tribeca Festival. As the Director and Co-Producer of the gripping new audio drama — described as The White Lotus meets Black Mirror — Armer brings her decades of experience in independent theater, multimedia production, and storytelling to a bold and timely project that explores cancel culture, identity, and the blurred lines between technology and transformation. With a creative legacy that includes collaborations on Broadway and groundbreaking work through her company Nerve Tank Media, Armer continues to redefine the boundaries of narrative art and sonic immersion. In our interview, she discusses Last Resort – written and created by her partner Chance Muehleck – and its exciting Tribeca debut.

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