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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR and Choreographer of Calpulli Mexican Dance Theatre (NYC: 2003 - 2011) ASSOCIATE ARTIST at Miracle Theater in Portland, OR (2000+); The Immediate Theater in NYC (2005+); Teatro V!da in Springfield, MA (2010+) DIRECTOR/PRODUCER of the NewWorks Lab at INTAR Theatre and The Kirk Theatre (NYC: 2003-2006): Undone by Andrea Thome; I’m With Mauricio by Daniel Zelazko; 3 to a Session by Desi Moreno-Penson; Gray Sun by Nilaja Sun; Camino/Montaña by David Anzuelo; Animus by Noemí Martínez-Cress; With love, Gabe by Ed Cardona Jr.; The Undoing of Berta by Cyn Cañel Rossi; 20 Shadows by Cusi Cram EDUCATION MFA in DIRECTING from the American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theatre Institute at Harvard-2000; SITI training in Viewpoints, Suzuki and Composition; NDI Teacher Training; Certificates in ACTING from American Academy of Dramatic Arts and Circle in the Square; BS in MATHEMATICS from the University of Texas; ACTUARIA, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Licensed Massage Therapist TEACHING EXPERIENCE Adjunct Professor at Manhattanville College; Teaching Fellow at Harvard University; Guest Artists/Teacher at Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence College; Many community workshops in dance and theatre. Math coach MEMBER of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab; ADVISORY committee The Lark US/Mexico Word Exchange; MEMBER of NoPassport, a pan-american theatre coalition PANELIST, etc: NEA, TCG, New Dramatists, NYSCA, DCA, LMCC, CUNY/NoPassport, The Lark Play Development Center Partial Directing Credits 2010 Alaska by Gibrán Portela translated by Migdalia Cruz, for Lark’s US/Mexico Word Exchange, NYC blu by Virginia Grise, @ Yale Repertory for the Yale Drama Series Award in New Haven, CT Rumors of a New Day by Magdalena Gomez, Teatro V!da @ CityStage, Springfield, MA Dante & Lino by Jerry Ruiz, part of One Night in The Valley at INTAR, NYC Calpulli at World Fest – Silver Dollar City, MO two fully produced dance touring shows (12 dancers, 6 musicians) distilled from existing repertoire 2009 Dance for a Dollar by Daniel Jáquez for Calpulli Dance Theatre at Queens Theatre in the Park, NYC Take the Zen Train, a new jazz composition by Fred Ho for the Harvard Office of the Arts performed at Lowell Hall Calpulli at Festival of Nations – Dollywood, TN two fully produced touring shows (12 dancers, 6 musicians) distilled from existing repertoire 2008 Las Meninas by Ernesto Anaya translated by Migdalia Cruz, Lark’s US/Mexico Word Exchange, NYC Present, Past, Passion, a show encompassing ancient rituals of the Aztecs and the Tarahumara indians as well as traditional celebrations of dance, theatre and music presented at Queens Theatre in the Park, NYC Te Llevo en la Sangre (in Spanish) by Monica Silver at the Miracle Theatre in Portland, OR Calpulli at Festival of Nations – Dollywood, TN two fully produced touring shows (8 dancers, 4 musicians) distilled from existing repertoire Calpulli at Symphony Space, a choreography commissioned by composer Arturo O’Farrill for his latin jazz concert Musica Nueva at Symphony Space, NYC 2007 Rosalva y los Llaveros (in Spanish) by Emilio Carballido at the Miracle Theatre in Portland, OR Juana, Mad Queen of Spain (my own adaptation of Falsa Crónica de Juana la Loca) by Miguel Sabido for Teatro Bravo at the John Paul Theatre in Phoenix, AZ. Also, in English, at Manhattanville College, NY 2006 Pleasure & Pain by Chantal Bilodeau translated by Silvia Peláez, part of The Lark’s US/Mexico Playwright Exchange, NYC Mexico: Heart and Soul, A multimedia production highlighting the poems and lyrics of famous Mexican writers and composers presented at Queens Theatre in the Park, NYC Animus by Noemí Martínez-Cress, part of INTAR’s NewWorks Lab at The Kirk Theatre, NYC Calpulli at Carnegie, a family concert created in collaboration with composer Ernesto Villa-Lobos based on traditional Mexican repertoire presented at Carnegie Hall Stern Auditorium 2005 Fuente Ovejuna by Lope de Vega (I adapted and translated it with William S. Gregory) at The Miracle Theatre in Portland, OR Retratos y Corridos: Images and songs from an era of Revolution, inspired by traditional music and photography by Casasola from the Mexican Revolution at El Museo del Barrio, NYC Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz for Speakeasy Stage at Boston Center for the Arts 2004 Lobster Face (or the shame of Amanda Cockshutt) (premier) by Magdalena Gómez (I also produced it) at INTAR 53 Theatre, NYC. Also at South Coast Rep - HPP, Costa Mesa, CA in 2002 Halves by J. Holtman, a new play for Vital Theatre’s This is You Brain On... festival, NYC Tiempo de Cempazuchitl, created in collaboration with the company based on the Day of the Dead festivals in Mexico presented at Queens Theatre in the Park, NYC & on tour 2003 Yemaya's Belly by Quiara Alegría Hudes, a new play at South Coast Rep - HPP, Costa Mesa, CA Twelfth Night by Shakespeare at Freehold Theater, Seattle, WA Two Sisters and a Piano (DRAMMY Award) by Nilo Cruz at Artists Rep Theater, Portland, OR 2002 Living History 2002 at the INTIMAN, Seattle, WA La Chunga by Mario Vargas Llosa at The Miracle Theater, Portland, OR El Delantal Blanco by Javier Vodanoviç and Parece Mentira by Xavier Villaurrutia at CTG Studio Theater in Greensboro, NC Pounding Nails In the Floor With My Forehead by Eric Bogosian at the BCA, in Boston, MA 2001 Icarus (DRAMMY for Outstanding Direction) by Edwin Sánchez at The Miracle, Portland, OR The Pelican by August Strindberg a self-produced experiment presented at Manhattan Theater Source and 78th St Theater Young Lady from Tacna by Mario Vargas Llosa for McCarter Theater’s Other Fires, Princeton, NJ 2000 Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll by Eric Bogosian for the Stanley B. Theater at the BCA, Boston, MA Chekhov On Ice (premier) by Robert Brustein for The Boston Playwrights' Theater 1998-2000 American Repertory Theatre Institute: Full productions of: A Question Of Mercy by David Rabe; The Great God Brown (my adaptation) by O'Neill; 27 Wagons Full Of Cotton by Williams (in Russian); A Lesson From Aloes by Athol Fugard Assistantships / Observerships (partial list) ROBERT WOODRUFF, JEAN PIERRE VINCENT, KAMA GINKAS, MARCUS STERN, ANDREI SERBAN, ALVIN EPSTEIN, FRANCOIS ROCHAIX, ROMAN KOZAK Full Circle by Charles Mee; Homme Pour Homme by Brecht (France); The Duel created by Kama Ginkas (Russia); The Marriage Of Bette And Boo by Christopher Durang; The Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare; Twelfth Night by Shakespeare; La Fete De Vignerons created by F. Rochaix (Switzerland); The Blue Bird by Meaterlinck (Russia)