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IRMA MAYORGA

MFA | PH.D.

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EDUCATION

Joint Ph.D., Drama and the Humanities, Stanford University, 2005

      Dissertation: Constructing Stages of Hope: Performance and Theatricality in the Aesthetic              

             Logics of Chicana Expressive Culture

      Committee: Dr. Harry J. Elam, Jr. (Chair), Dr. Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano, Dr. Alice Rayner, Dr. 

             W.B. Worthen, Cherríe Moraga

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M.F.A., Costume Design, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1992

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B.A., Theater, College of St. Benedict, 1988

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Texas Educator Teaching Certificate, Classroom Teacher in Special Education, Grades EC-12, “Highly    

      Qualified” rating for Middle School, 2007-2012

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2020-

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2019-

2011-2018

 

2007-2011

2006

2002

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2000

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1997-1999

1996-1997

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1995-1996

Theater Director/Artist-in-Residence, Stages of Equity Initiative, Department of Theatre, Film, and  

      Television, North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park, MN. 2020-23.  

Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre, Department of Theatre and Dance, Grinnell College    

Dartmouth College, Assistant Professor of Theater, Department of Theater

      Affiliated faculty Women's and Gender Studies, Affiliated faculty Latinx Studies 

The Florida State University, Assistant Professor of Theater, School of Theatre 

University of Texas-San Antonio, Lecturer II, Department of Bilingual-Bicultural Studies 

Williams College, Instructor of Drama, Theater Department

Williams College, Bolin Dissertation Teaching Fellow, Theatre Department, Williams College 

University of California-Berkeley, Instructor of Dramatic Art, Department of Theater, Dance,

      and Performance

Stanford University, Teaching Assistant, Stanford Drama 

St. John’s University/College of St. Benedict, Assistant Professor of Theater, Set Design,

      Department of Theater 

College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University, Assistant Professor of Theater, Costume Design,

      Department of Theater 

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006-2007

2005-2006

 

2002-2004

2001-2002

Harlandale Middle School, Special Education Instructor, San Antonio, Texas 

Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Galería Guadalupe Director and Literary Arts Program

       Manager, San Antonio, Texas 

Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, Arts Administrator/Cultural Worker, San Antonio, Texas 

New World Theater, Artistic Associate and Education/Access Director, Amherst, Massachusetts 

PUBLICATIONS // WRITING

TEACHING // THESES AND DISSERTATIONS

Member of Doctoral Dissertation Supervisory Committees (FSU)

  • Emily Woodbridge, doctoral candidate, 2009-10.

  • Aaron C. Thomas, doctoral comprehensive examinations, Fall 2010. Degree earned in 2013.

 

Chair of Master’s Thesis Supervisory Committees (FSU)

  • Vanessa Banta, graduate, Spring 2010. “Intimate Invasions: Examinations in the Idea of Home in Filipino American Drama.”

  • Tim Saunders, graduate, Spring 2009. Master of Arts Comprehensive Examination.

 

Member of Master’s Thesis Supervisory Committees (FSU)

  • Scott Knowles, graduate, Spring 2010.

  • Elizabeth Harbaugh, graduate, Spring 2009.

 

Chair of Bachelor of Arts Honors Thesis in Theatre (FSU)

  • Alfred Heartley, Spring 2011. “Madea’s Family History: A Critical Analysis of the Stage Plays and Films of Tyler Perry.” Project focus: dramatic criticism.

 

Senior Project Faculty Mentor/Advisor - Bachelor of Arts in Theater, Grinnell College

  • Malcolm Davis ’21. Advisor. Senior Project/Solo Performance: “Uplifting Historical African Figures: Staging the Remarkable Lives of Yasuke and Thomas-Alexandre Dumas through development of an original Solo Performance Work.” Creation and performance of an original solo performance that engages the lives of overlooked African figures from history, 2020-21.

 

Director of Bachelor of Arts Honors Thesis in Theater (Dartmouth College)

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RESEARCH GRANTS AND FINANCIAL AWARDS

  • Association for Theater in Higher Education Technology Grant. Annual National Conference, 2016

  • Walter and Constance Burke Research Initiation Award. Dartmouth College, 2014-2017

  • Dartmouth College, Junior Faculty Fellowship, Awarded 2014, implemented Winter 2015

  • Association for Theater in Higher Education Technology Grant. Annual National Conference, 2013  

  • The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center, Classroom Enhancement Grant. Dartmouth College, 2012

  • Guest Speaker/Artist Classroom Visit by Cherríe Moraga. Dartmouth College, Fall 2012. Funding/      

             Grants awarded by the following Dartmouth College entities:

             Department of English, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center, Native American Studies Program,    

             Comparative Literature Program, Department of Theater - VOICES Program, Office of the Associate

             Dean for the Arts & Humanities, Women and Gender Studies Program, Latin American, Latino &

             Caribbean Studies, Dartmouth Year of the Arts Grant, Leslie Center for the Humanities,        

             Interdisciplinary Studies

  • Association for Theater in Higher Education Technology Grant. Annual National Conference, 2012 

  • Walter and Constance Burke Research Initiation Award. Dartmouth College, 2011-2014  

  • Professional Development Grant. School of Theatre, Florida State University, 2010–2011  

  • Professional Development Grant. School of Theatre, Florida State University, 2009–2010  

  • “Art Into Action: DVD/Film Creation of the Stage Play The Panza Monologues.” Funded by the Council

             on Research and Creativity, Small Grant Program, Florida State University, January 1, 2009–June                  30, 2009 

  • Professional Development Grant. School of Theatre, Florida State University, 2008–2009. “¡En Vivo!:    

            Theatre, Access, and Representation within Mexican-American Communities.” Funded by the        

            Council on Research and Creativity, First Year Assistant Professor Awards, Florida State University. 

            May 8, 2008–August 6, 2008  

  • “¡En Vivo!: The Panza Monologues in San Antonio, Tejas.” Funded by the Open Meadows Foundation,

             Brooklyn, NY, 2008

  • “The Panza Monologues Performance Film Project.” Funded by the Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation,

             2008

  • “¡En Vivo!: Chicana/o Theatre, Performance Film, and The Panza Monologues.” Approved by Austin

             Script Works Seed Funding Grant, Austin, TX. Organization unable to fund grant recipients due                     to economic difficulties. 2008.

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ACADEMIC SERVICE

GRINNELL COLLEGE

  • Curatorial Support, Conference Operations and Events, Director: Rachel Bly. Offer research and

          insight for curating Grinnell’s National Theatre Live 2019-20 season of broadcasts. 2019

  • Meal Delivery, faculty volunteer. Assist in delivering meals to on-campus student residents 

          during shelter-in-place protocols at Grinnell College. Spring 2020.

  • Grinnell College Volunteer Community Mask-making team. Construct and sew Corona-virus face

          masks for free distribution to elders, factory workers, and families in and around Grinnell, IA. 

          2020.

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE DIVISION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

  • First Year Student Faculty Advisor. One-to-one counseling provided to four first-year students for     the totality of the academic year. 2016-17.

  • First Year Student Faculty Advisor. One-to-one counseling provided to three first-year students         for the totality of the academic year. 2015-16.

  • Composite Letter Writer for medical school applications for Sanjana Awasty ’15, Spring 2014**

  • Invited Faculty Participant. Digital Dartmouth Strategic Planning Working Group, Fall 2012

  • Invited Faculty Participant. “Find and Follow Your Passion: Faculty Share Their Journeys.” Co-

            sponsored by the Faculty Engagement Initiative and the Sophomore Program, Winter 2012

  • Invited Faculty Panelist. “Vagina Monologue Controversies.” Dartmouth V-Week activities. Center      for Women & Gender, Winter 2012

  • Faculty Co-Advisor (with Dr. Beatriz Pastor, Spanish and Portuguese Department). Dartmouth    

           Senior Fellowship application, student: Emmanuel Tecuatl, ’13

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF THEATER

  • Faculty Advisor, “The Ghostlight Project.” a student-led performance response to results of the 2016 presidential election – staged in concert with the national “Ghostlight Project” event

  • Search Committee Member. Tenure-track search, Assistant Professor in Black Theater and  

            Performance, 2015-16

  • Faculty Mentor for Theater Major Cristy Altamarino ’15. Senior culminating project: Mud by María      Irene Fornés, (directing), 2015

  • Search Committee Member. Visiting Lecturer in Theater Studies search, Winter 2014

  • Committee Member. 2013-14 Season Selection Committee, Winter 2014

  • Faculty Mentor for Theater Major Diane Chen ’14, Dartmouth Class of 1969 Grant Project, Spring      & Fall 2013

  • Faculty Support for Department of Theater Spring 2013 Visiting Instructor search, Fall 2013

  • Contributor. Department of Theater promotional video, Summer 2013

  • Department of Theater Fall Open House participant, Fall 2013

  • Faculty Judge. Frost/Dodd Student Playwriting Competition, Spring 2013

  • Faculty Support for Department of Theater External Review, Fall 2013 & Winter 2013

  • Committee Member. 2013-14 Season Selection Committee, 2013

  • Ad Hoc Committee Member. Department of Theater Organization, Regulations, and Courses.    

            Reconceive and redesign of the Theater Major, Modified Major, and Minor requirements and

            curriculum, Fall 2012 & Winter 2013

  • Lead Organizer. Artist Visit, Public Lecture and Reading. Cherríe Moraga (playwright, author,

            and feminist theorist), Fall 2012

  • Search Committee Chair. Visiting Lecturer in Theater Studies Search, 2012

  • Faculty Participant/Reviewer. Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowship Review and Interview, Winter  

            2012

  • Faculty Judge. Frost/Dodd Student Playwriting Competition, Spring 2012

  • Faculty Advisor, directing/dramaturgy. Dartmouth College’s annual benefit production of The  

           Vagina Monologues, student Director: Mia Jessup ’12

  • Advisor, dramaturgy. 2012 VOICES production of The African Company Presents Richard III,

            student: Ryan French Williams ’12

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE PROGRAM FOR LATIN AMERICAN, LATINO & CARIBBEAN STUDIES (LALACS)

  • Organizing Committee. Arts events, Latina/o Heritage Month, Spring & Fall 2016  

  • Faculty Speaker, LALACS student dinner, Spring 2016

  • Organizing Committee. New England Consortium of Latina/o Studies biannual meetings at  

            Dartmouth College, Spring 2013-Spring 2014

  • Organizing Committee. “The Latina/o Century: Path Breakers and New Directions in Latina/o

            Studies,” a two-day conference on the state of U.S. Latina/os, Spring 2013-Winter 2014  

  • Selection Committee Member. César Chávez Dissertation Fellowship, Winter 2013

  • Lead Organizer. Artist Visit, Public Lecture and Reading. Cherríe Moraga (playwright, author, and 

            feminist theorist), Fall 2012

  • Faculty Support for Latin American, Latino & Caribbean Studies External Review, Fall 2013 &

            Winter 2013

  • Latin American, Latino & Caribbean Studies Steering Committee Member, 2012-present

  • Faculty Representative. César Chávez Dissertation Fellowship, Winter 2012

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF THEATER GRADUATE PROGRAM IN THEATRE STUDIES

  • Faculty Committee Member, Graduate Studies, 2007-2011

UNIVERSITY

  • Faculty Advisor, Black Actor’s Guild, independent FSU Student Theatre Group, 2008-2011

  • Faculty Grant Reviewer, Florida State University Committee on Faculty Research Support Grants,

            2008

FOR THE SCHOOL OF THEATER

  • Faculty Representative, B.A. Program and Theatre Studies Area, FSU Graduation Ceremony, 2011

  • Committee Member, Production Advisory Committee, 2010-2011

  • Peer Review Evaluator for the School of Theater, 13 evaluations performed, 2007-2011  

  • Faculty Representative, B.A. Program and Theatre Studies Area, FSU Graduation Ceremony, Spring

            2010

  • Faculty Mentor for Teaching (peer assignment), 2009-2010

  • Faculty Representative, B.A. Program and Theatre Studies Area, FSU Graduation Ceremony, Spring

            2009

  • School of Theatre, Student Disability Resource Center Department Liaison, 2009-2011

  • Committee Member, Promotion and Tenure, 2009-2010

  • Lead Organizer, School of Theater Symposium 2009: HAIR

  • Academic Honor System Hearing Panel, Spring 2009

  • Committee Member, M.F.A. Playwriting/Screenwriting Admissions Committee, Spring 2009

  • Florida State University’s Office of National Fellowships, reference for Fulbright English Teaching.

            Assistantship (ETA) candidate, Brittany Rae Dohar, Spring 2008

  • Committee Member, M.F.A. Playwriting/Screenwriting Admissions Committee, Spring 2008

  • Committee Member, School of Theater, Strategic Planning Committee, 2008-2009

FOR THE SCHOOL OF THEATER BACHELOR OF ARTS PROGRAM

  • Bachelor of Arts Program in Theatre, Co-Director, 2009-2011

  • Committee Member, Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Program Committee, 2007-08

WILLIAMS COLLEGE

  • Search Committee Participant, Tenure-track line in Latina/o History, Williams College, 2000.

  • Co-Presenter, with Assistant Professor José E. Muñoz (NYU, Performance Studies). “An Evening with

            Playwrights Cherríe Moraga and Ricardo Bracho,” Williams College, 2000.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

  • Co-Chair, Chicana/o/Latina/o Graduate Students Association, Stanford University, 1998-99

  • Co-ordinator, Drama Department Graduate Student/Faculty Colloquium, Stanford University, 1998-99

  • Council Member, El Guiding Concilio, El Centro Chicano, Stanford University, 1998-99

  • Stanford University Recruiting Representative, Lewis and Clark College, University of Minnesota

            College, 1999

  • Steering Committee Member, The Graduate Program in the Humanities 1998 Symposium: “Forms of

            Identity/Identity of Forms,” Stanford University, 1998

  • Presenter and Co-Director, “Floricanto,” Casa Zapata, Stanford University, 1997

  • Cast Member: La Gran Carpa De Los Rasquachis, Drama Department, Touring Production, Stanford

            University, 1997

COLLEGE OF ST. BENEDICT // ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY

  • Academic Advisor, College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University, St. Joseph, MN, 1994-96

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

PEER REVIEW

  • Invited article reviewer, Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism—A Feminist, Interdisciplinary    

          Journal 

  • Invited contributor/reviewer/consultant. "The Source List." SDC Journal. Stage Directors and            

      Choreographers Society, Summer 2016

A curated list of sources by and about women directors and choreographers, primarily composed of books and scholarly journals.

  • Manuscript (anthology) proposal/reviewer. Southern Illinois University Press, 2015

  • Invited Reviewer. Traumatology, The International Journal, 2009

  • Invite Reviewer. African American Review, 2009

  • Manuscript (monograph) proposal/reviewer. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas, 2007

SCHOLARLY OR PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • Committee Member, President's Diversity Committee, Association for Theater in Higher Education, 2014-2016   

  • Letter Writer for the nomination of Chicano theater artist Luis Valdez to receive the 2014 Association for Theater

            in Higher Education’s “Ellen Stewart Award for Career Achievement in Professional Theatre.” Mr. Valdez was    

            selected and received the award at ATHE 2014.

  • Focus Group Representative, Latina/o Focus Group, Association for Theater in Higher Education, 2013-2015

  • Committee Member, Research and Publications Committee, Association for Theater in Higher Education, 2014-15

  • Committee Member, Strategic Planning Committee, Association for Theater in Higher Education, 2011-2015

  • Conference Planner, Latina/o Focus Group, Association for Theater in Higher Education, 2011-2013

  • Focus Group Representative, Latina/o Focus Group, Association for Theater in Higher Education, 2002-2004

  • Founder, Latina/o Focus Group, Association for Theater in Higher Education, 2002

  • Committee Member, National Conference Planning Committee, Association for Theater in Higher Education, 2003-  

            2004

  • Committee Member, Strategic Planning Committee, Association for Theater in Higher Education, 2003-04

SELECTED SERVICE TO NON-ACADEMIC COMMUNITIES

  • Member: Curation and Planning Committee for the 2019 Theatre for Young Artists (TYA)  

            Sin Fronteras Festival, Latinx Theatre Commons. 2018-present.   

  • Member, Tertulia Committee for the 2017 “Encuentro de las Americas” International Theater                          Festival, Latinx Theater Commons, 2017.

  • Curator and Organizer. “EL FUEGO: Fueling the American Theater,” and initiative of the Latina/o

            Theater Commons, 2015-present.

  • Play Selection Committee Member, Carnaval Festival of New Plays, Latina/o Theater Commons, invited

            member. 2014.

  • Steering Committee Member, Latina/o Theater Commons. 2013-present

  • Task Force Member, Carnaval at DePaul (one of two national level Latina/o Theater Festivals to be

            organized for 2015), DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, (1 of 5 invited members), 2014-present.

  • Invited Scholar/Artist. Latino/a Theater Commons Convening. Boston, Massachusetts, (2013).

  • Board Member. Jersey City Children’s Theater, Jersey City, New Jersey, (2013-2015).

  • Invited State-level Judge, “Poetry Outloud!” competition, (2011). State of Florida Finals competition

            organized by the State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs.

  • Invited Panelist and Grant Reviewer for State of Florida Arts Grants, “Community Theatre Grants Panel,”

            State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs (DCA), 2010

  • Invited State-level Judge, “Poetry Outloud!” competition, State of Florida Finals competition

            organized by the State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, 2010

  • Teatrofest!, Advisory Board, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX, 2006

  • Invited Judge and Dramaturg. Five College Student One-Act Play Contest, 2002

AFFILIATIONS

  • Latinx Theater Commons, Advisory Board (presently), Steering Committee Member (2013-18)

  • New England Consortium of Latina/o Scholars

  • National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies

  • Association for Theater in Higher Education

  • American Society for Theatre Research

  • Sandra Cisneros’ Macondo Writers’ Workshop

Footnote for service

** Organized by Dartmouth, students seeking admission to medical school select a primary faculty member to collate and author a primary letter of nomination that summates the student’s skills and accomplishments for medical school applications. A primary task of this Dartmouth letter is to weave together and organize the most salient points offered by four-five professors’ individual reference letters penned in support of the student. This letter serves as a key component of a student’s medical school application. The student does not participate in this process. Sanjana Awasty received acceptance to four medical schools.

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CREATIVE ACTIVITY

PLAY DEVELOPMENT

Featured Play Reading/Development. Cascarones. Directed by Daniel Banks. Presented and produced by        DNAWorks & Teatro Paraguas, Santa Fe, New Mexico. 2014.

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Playwright. Golondrinas: A Texas Story. [Play script]. Semi-Finalist. Philadelphia: PlayPenn, 2009

  • PlayPenn is one of the premiere new play development opportunities in the U.S. for playwrights. Golondrinas was selected as a semi-finalist (along with about twenty-five plays) from a field of several hundred submissions. For playwriting, it is an honor to be considered in this final pool of candidates.

 

Featured Workshop Production. ¡STICK!: a short story of texas mexican education. [Play]. (with co- 

      author Virginia Grise). The Playhouse Theatre, Cultural Conversations at Pennsylvania State University. 

      2008.

  • Cultural Conversations is a new play development workshop initiated by Pennsylvania State University. This play was selected for play development from a pool of approximately 300 script submissions.

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Finalist Playwright. Cascarones. Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, New London, CT. Eugene O’Neill 

      Playwrights Conference. 2003.

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Playwriting Development Residency. Cascarones. Direction and Dramaturgy by Chay Yew (Artistic

      Director, Victory Gardens Theater). Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles/New World Theater, Amherst, MA.

      2002.  

THEATERMAKING // PRODUCTIONS

Upcoming professional production: The Panza Monologues, August 2021. Rights secured by Teatro Audaz        theater company for their 2020-21 mainstage season. San Antonio, TX.

 

Director/dramaturg. A new, online theater work addressing racial inequity in the Twin Cities - developed       

     with and for North Hennepin Community College students. Inaugural production, Stages of Equity

     Initiative, North Hennepin Community College. Presented and produced by the Department of Film,

     Television, and Theater, North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. April 2021.

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Director. Dance Nation by Clare Baron. Department of Theatre and Dance, Grinnell College. February-March 2020.

  • Scheduled for an April opening in the department’s mainstage season. Canceled/postponed due to public safety measures necessary for the Coronavirus pandemic.

 

Playwright and Lyricist/Composer. The Day You Begin. [Play with songs]. A theatrical and musical treatment of The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodhouse. Commissioned by Stages Theater Company, Hopkins, Minnesota. Artistic Director Sandy Boren-Barrett. 2018-20.

  • World Premiere scheduled for April 2020 - postponed due to public safety measures necessary for the Coronavirus pandemic.

 

Creative Consultant in Directing and Dramaturgy. Alice in Wonderland. [Play]. Presented and produced by      the Department of Film, Television, and Theater, North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park,            Minnesota. August-October 2018.

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Director. The Houses with Ramps by Lela Gannon. A workshop production. Presented and produced by 

      the Department of Theater, Dartmouth College. 2018.

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Director. “Teen Suicide in the Contemporary American Musical.” A lecture-performance event that featured

      the presentation of research interlaced with musical performances. Presented and Produced by the

      Department of Theater, Dartmouth College. 2018.

 

Co-Director. The Panza Monologues. Co-Directed by Irma Mayorga & Kathy Hendrickson. Produced and

      presented by the Department of Film, Television, and Theater, North Hennepin Community College, 

      Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. 2017.

 

Playwright & Co-scenic designer. Cascarones [world premiere]. Directed by Daniel Banks. Presented and

      produced by DNAWorks & Teatro Paraguas, Santa Fe, New Mexico. 

Director/Playwright/Producer/Designer. “Performance Plática: The Panza Monologues.” [Performed

      Lecture with collaborator Virginia Grise]. University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. Gender and Sexuality

      Center at the University of Texas, Austin. 2010.

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Director/Playwright/Producer/Designer. The Panza Monologues (with collaborator Virginia Grise).

      University-Student Union Theatre, Los Angeles, CA. Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies Student

      Association, Cal State University Los Angeles. 2009.

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Director/Playwright/Producer/Designer. The Panza Monologues (with collaborator Virginia Grise).

      Margo Albert Theatre, Los Angeles, CA. Plaza de La Raza Cultural Arts Center. 2008.

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Director. ¡STICK!: a short story of texas mexican education. [Play]. (written with co-author Virginia Grise). The Playhouse Theatre, Cultural Conversations at Pennsylvania State University. 2008.

  • Cultural Conversations is a new play development workshop initiated by Pennsylvania State University. ¡STICK!: a short story of texas mexican education was selected for development from a pool of approx. 300 submissions.

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Playwright. “War Cantata.” Let These Words Be My Weapon: Poets and Writers Against War (An Evening of

      Anti-War Readings on the Fifth Year of the Iraq Invasion). Esperanza Peace and Justice Center

      Performance Space, San Antonio, TX. 2008.

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Director & Playwright. ¡STICK!: a short story of texas mexican education by Irma Mayorga & Virginia Grise.

      The Playhouse Theatre, State College, PA. Cultural Conversations at Pennsylvania State University.

      2008.

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Director & Playwright. ¡STICK!: a short story of texas mexican education by Irma Mayorga & Virginia Grise.

      Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX. ¡Teatrofest! at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center.

      2008.

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Director. First Time by Shannan Jackson. Conradi Studio Theatre, Tallahassee, FL. School of

      Theatre, Florida State University. 2007.

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Playwright, Performer. La Bárbara. [Solo Performance]. Tillery Street Theatre, Austin, TX. ALLGO. 2006.

 

Playwright/Performer. La Bárbara. [Solo Performance]. Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX.

      ¡Teatrofest! 2006.

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Director. Psst. . .I Have Something To Tell You Amor by Ana Castillo. Esperanza Peace and Justice

      Center Performance Space, San Antonio, TX: Esperanza Peace and Justice Center. 2005.

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Director/Playwright/Producer/Designer. The Panza Monologues (with collaborator Virginia Grise).

      Las Hermanas National Conference, San Antonio, TX. 2005.

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Director/Playwright/Producer/Designer. The Panza Monologues (with collaborator Virginia Grise).

      Tillery Street Theatre, Austin, TX: ALLGO. 2004.

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Playwright. Reverse Transatlantic. Sheldon Vexler Theatre, San Antonio, TX: Theater ASAP Festival

      produced by The San Antonio Theater Coalition. 2004.

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Director/Playwright/Producer/Designer. The Panza Monologues (with collaborator Virginia Grise).

      Teatro Caliente Theater Festival, Phoenix, AZ.

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Playwright. Cascarones. Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, New London, CT: Eugene O’Neill

      Playwrights Conference. 2003.

  • The Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference is one of the premiere new play development opportunities in the U.S. for playwrights. Cascarones was selected from a field of 400-500 submissions. For the field of playwriting, this opportunity stands at the apex of invitations a playwright can garner for new play development.  

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Director/Playwright/Producer/Designer. The Panza Monologues. Teatro Caliente Theater Festival. Phoenix,

      AZ. 2003.

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Director, Dramaturg & Scenic Designer. Chrome-Magnum Man by Beto Araiza. New WORLD Theater,

      Amherst, MA. New WORLD Theater. 2002.

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Dramaturg. Diasporican Dementia by Mariposa. New WORLD Theater, Amherst, MA. New WORLD Theater.

      2001.

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Director & Dramaturg. Project 2050: Creative Cadences. New WORLD Theater, Amherst, MA. New WORLD

      Theater. 2001.

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Dramaturg. Insufficient Fare by Nilaja Sun. New WORLD Theater, Amherst, MA. New WORLD Theater.

      2001.

 

Director. The Hungry Woman: A Mexican Medea by Cherríe Moraga. Esperanza Peace and Justice

      Center Performance Space, San Antonio, TX. Esperanza Peace and Justice Center. 2000.

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Director. Who Killed Yolanda Saldívar? by Cherríe Moraga. The Magic Theater, San Francisco, CA.

      The Magic Theatre. 2000.

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Director. Tinderbox by Lorien McKenna. [Play]. St. Mary’s College of California, Moraga, CA. St. Mary’s

      College of California. 2000.

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Director & Designer. Venus by Suzan-Lori Parks. Memorial Auditorium, Stanford, CA. Department of Drama

      at Stanford University. 1998.

VISUAL ARTS

Curator, Online Coordinator. “West Side Lotería: An Exhibition of New Work by Juan Miguel Ramos” 

      Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX: Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. 2005.  

THEATER DESIGN, SELECTED WORK

SCENIC DESIGN

 

Cascarones by Irma Mayorga (co-designer)

The Panza Monologues

Chrome-Magnum Man by Beto Araiza                          

Venus by Suzan-Lori Parks                                           

Gas by José Rivera                                                       

The Witlings by Francis Burney (World Premiere)        

Strange Bedfellows                                                       

Talk Radio by Eric Bogosian                                         

In Between Dreams                                                       

 

 

Teatro Paraguas, Santa Fe, NM

Tillery Street Theatre & Various

New World Theater, Amherst, MA           

Stanford University

Stanford University

College of St. Benedict/St. John’s Univ.

College of St. Benedict/St. John’s Univ.

University of Wisconsin, Madison

University of Wisconsin, Madison

 

 

2014

2000s

2001

1998

1997

1996

1995

1991

1990

COSTUME DESIGN

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Venus by Suzan-Lori Parks

The Winged Man by José Rivera

Gas by José Rivera

Threepenny Opera

West Side Story

Blithe Spirit

Oedipus Rex

Henry IV, Part I

Merry Wives of Windsor

Little Shop of Horrors

Macbeth 

Much Ado About Nothing

Stanford University

Stanford University

Stanford University

College of St. Benedict/St. John’s Univ.

Minnesota Festival Theatre

Minnesota Festival Theatre

College of St. Catherine/St. Thomas Univ.

Minnesota Shakespeare Company

Minnesota Shakespeare Company

Madison Summer Theatre

Minnesota Shakespeare Company          

Minnesota Shakespeare Company

1998

1997

1997

1995

1995

1995

1994

1993

1993

1993

1992

1992

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