EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Drama and Theatre 2008-2014, University of California, Irvine and University of California, San Diego
Emphases: Critical Theory, Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies, Dramaturgy
UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow, 2016
Juris Doctorate, cum laude, 2006-2008, California Western School of Law, San Diego, CA
Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 2001- 2005, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
REGIONAL
LEADERSHIP
Associate Artistic Director, San Diego Repertory Theatre, 2021-2022
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San Diego REP Latinx New Play Festival: founded and produced the festival 2017-2021, secured funding, managed a team of 80 volunteer readers, curated and selected seasons, hired and managed artists, produced in-persons, fully online, and hybrid festivals, and drafted and managed budgets
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Executive Producer of Amigos del REP, an advocacy council for Latinx work at San Diego REP, directed and led the community council of artists and supporters, secured funding, drafted and managed budgets, produced stage reading, video series, master classes, community festivals, monthly meetings, and fundraisers 2016-2022
Co-Artistic Director, TuYo Theatre, 2018-Present
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Founder and served as producer for season productions and community events, managed production marketing, secured funding, drafted and managed budgets
Board Member, National New Play Network 2019-Present
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Membership committee, Governance Committee
Steering Committee Member, Latinx Theatre Commons, 2016-Present
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Comedy Carnival Selection Committee, Carnaval Producing Committee, Irene Fornes Committee, Circle of Scholars
DIRECTING |
PRODUCTIONS
The Revolutionists
Lauren Gunderson
CSU San Marcos
San Marcos, CA
2022
Group! A Musical
Julia Rosenblatt, Eloise Govedare, Aleksandra Weil
Passage Theatre
Trenton, NJ
2022
A Skeptic and A Bruja
Rosa Fernandez
Urbanite Theatre
Sarasota FL
2022
On Her Shoulders We Stand
Maria Patrice Amon
TuYo Theatre
La Jolla Playhouse WOW Festival
San Diego, CA
2022
Azul
C Quintana
Diversionary Theatre
San Diego, CA
2022
Nana's Theatre Spectacular
Maria Patrice Amon
Moxie Theatre, Zoom Fest
San Diego, CA
Su Teatro
Denver, CO
2020
Mojada
Luis Alfaro
UCSD
San Diego, CA
2020
DREAM HOU$E
Eliana Pipes
CSU San Marcos
San Marcos, CA
2020
A Play About Eye Contact
Daria Miyeko Marinelli
La Jolla Playhouse WOW Festival
San Diego, CA
2019
Fade
Tanya Saracho
Moxie Theatre
San Diego, CA
2018
The Madres
Stephanie Allison Walker
Moxie Theatre
San Diego, CA
2018
Lydia
Octavio Solis
Brown Bag Theatre Company
Irvine, CA
2016
Hoops
Eliana Pipes
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
Milwaukee, WI
2023
DIRECTING |
WORKSHOPS & READINGS
Refuge
Andrew Rosendorf, Satya Chavez
Playwrights Center
Minneapolis, MN
2021
Extreme Home Makeover
Makasha Copeland
Capital Repertory Theatre
Albany, NY
2021
A Skeptic and A Bruja
2021
Rosa Fernandez
San Diego REP Latinx New Play Festival
San Diego, CA
Hoopla!
Cheryl West
La Jolla Playhouse POP Tour
San Diego, CA
2021
Fucked Up Pen Pal Poet
Ruben Carrazana
Kitchen Dog Theatre
Dallas TX
2021
A Skeptic and A Bruja
Rosa Fernandez
Urbanite Theatre New Works Festival
Sarasota, FL
2021
Ich Bin Ein Berliner
Vanessa Garcia
Theatre Lab
Boca Raton, FL
2020
Saints Go Marching
Matthew Barbot
Milagro Theatre Ingenio Festival
Portland, OR
2020
The Cucuy Will Find You
Jaymes Sanchez
San Diego REP Latinx New Play Festival
San Diego, CA
2020
Mojada
Luis Alfaro
San Diego REP
San Diego, CA
2019
DREAM HOU$E
Eliana Pipes
San Diego REP Latinx New Play Festival
San Diego, CA
2019
Jets, Sharks, and Beckys
Nancy Garcia Loza
Breath of Fire Latina Theatre Ensemble
Santa Ana, CA
2018
DIRECTING |
WORKSHOPS & READINGS
On Her Shoulders We Stand
Touring Production
TuYo Theatre
La Jolla Playhouse WOW Festival
San Diego, CA
2021
Anna in the Tropics
Staged Reading
San Diego REP
San Diego, CA
2021
In the Wings
Video Series
San Diego REP
San Diego, CA
2021
Latinx Accents and Dialects with Cynthia Santos DeCure
Master Class
San Diego REP
San Diego, CA
2021
Historias Tenebrosas
Community Festival
San Diego REP
San Diego, CA
2016-2021
San Diego REP Latinx New Play Festival
New Works Festival
San Diego REP
San Diego, CA
2016-2021
GRANTS & AWARDS
National Endowment for the Arts, Grants for Arts Projects | TuYo Theatre | 2021
On Her Shoulders We Stand
California Arts Council | TuYo Theatre | 2021
Impact Projects Grant, On Her Shoulders,
JUMP StArts, Arts & Cultural
Organizations General Operating Relief
National Directing Fellowship | 2019-2020
Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center,
National New Play Network,
The Kennedy Center,
Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts, Art Works Grant | 2019
California Humanities, Humanities for All Grant | 2019
NNPN Collaboration Fund Grant | 2019
SDSU Common Experience Grant Awardee | 2018
National New Play Network Producer in Residence Fellowship | 2016-2017
San Diego Repertory Theatre
Amigos del REP