NEW YORK, NY 10002/SAN JUAN, PR 00921/
OVIEDO, FL. 32765.
Founder/CEO & Artistic Director.
JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY 11372/SAN JUAN, PR 00929/
CEO
BROOKLYN, NY
Consultant/Drama Director
NEW YORK, NY 10003
Actor-Teacher
Books:
Teatro Migrante para Niños: Un Caribeño en Nueva York (An Anthology), Editorial Tablas-Alarcos, La Habana, Cuba, 2016
Mantequilla/Butter, Aventures and Tribulations of a Puerto Rican Boy, SEA Publications, New York City, USA, 2017
The Colors of Frida, SEA Publications, Serie Libros-Teatro, New York, USA, 2018
Dissertation:
The Development of Teatro Escolar, the Theatre Program of the Public Education System in Puerto Rico: From 1960 to 1990 (New York University, 2005)
Online Magazine:
La Hoja del Titiritero, UNIMA (www.unima.org) Quarterly Online Magazine, Director, 2017-2021
Academic Papers & Lectures:
“Crossing Borders,” An UNIMA-USA Symposium, National Puppetry Festival, Georgia Tech University, Atlanta, June, 2009
“Illegal Immigration on Stage and for Children?”
– 1st International Theatre for Children and Young People Researchers and Critics Forum, An ASSITEJ International Project, Buenos Aires, Argentina, July, 2010.
– Puppetry and Post-Dramatic Performance Conference, University of Connecticut, April, 2011
“An Overview of UNIMA-USA,” 11vo Taller Internacional de Títeres, Matanzas, Cuba, April, 2014
“Retablo para los títeres de Lorca,” 7mo Festival Internacional de Títeres, Escuela Ramírez, Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay, October, 2014
“Child’s Play,” National Puppetry Festival, Puppeteers of America, University of Connecticut, June, 2015
“Puppetry in the Caribbean,” World of Puppets Conference Series, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi, India, September, 2015
“Cultural Agents,” David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November, 2015
Master Class “Artistic Direction in Musical Theatre for Children,” Casa de la Memoria, Matanzas, Cuba, April, 2018
“En tiempos de austeridad ¿es sostenible la cultura?” University of Puerto Rico, Humanities Department, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, April, 2019
Journals:
Puppetry International, a publication of UNIMA-USA, “Actors as Puppets?” April, 2005, Atlanta, Georgia
Puppetry International, a publication of UNIMA-USA, “GEORGE LATSHAW: Establishing a Tradition of Puppetry in Puerto Rico” April, 2007, Atlanta, Georgia
Puppetry International, a publication of UNIMA-USA, “A Profile of Amaranta Leyva” April, 2009, Atlanta, Georgia
Puppetry International, a publication of UNIMA-USA, “Illegal Immigration on Stage and for Children?” & “An Overview of Puppet Theatre in Puerto Rico; past, present and future” October, 2010, Atlanta, GA
Revista El Sol, Asociación de Maestros de Puerto Rico, “Tres Festivales de las Artes Memorables” & “Panorama del Teatro de Títeres en Puerto Rico; pasado, presente y futuro,” September, 2012, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Móin–Móin: Revista de Estudos sobre Teatro de Formas Animadas, N. 11. “Panorama del Teatro de Títeres en Puerto Rico; pasado, presente y futuro,” Jaragu. do Sul, Brazil, Sociedade Cultura Artística de Jaraguá do Sul–SCAR, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina–UDESC, October, 2013.
Puppetry International, a publication of UNIMA-USA, “Latinizing Shakespeare” June, 2020, Atlanta, GA
Mamulengo, Revista da Associação Brasileira de Teatro de Bonecos/ Centro UNIMA Brasil – ABTB-CUB: “Titiriteros Pandémicos” Florianópolis: ABTBCUB. Periodicidade semestral ano 46, v. 17, September, 2020, Brazil
The Puppetry Journal, a publication of Puppeteers of America, “Puppetry in Puerto Rico, Young but Quickly Growing” November, 2020, Minneapolis, MN
UNIMA’s La Hoja del Titiritero, (12 Editions) Director, Guest Editor and writer of the Quarterly Online Magazine of UNIMA 3 Americas Commission, 2016-2021.
Newspaper Articles:
El Diario-La Prensa, “El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico …institución y tradición musical” August, 1993, New York
El Diario-La Prensa, “¡Puerto Rico está de fiesta!” Puerto Rico Celebrates! November, 1993, New York
Noticias del Mundo, “NotiMundo en el Planeta SEA” Weekly Kids Page, 56 weeks/editions, 2003-04, New York
Noticias del Mundo, “Mi Mundito” Weekly Children’s Newspaper, 15 Editions, 2004, New York
Book Prologue:
Apuntes sobre el teatro de títeres en Puerto Rico, by Rafael A. Ortiz Mercado, December, 2002
Other Articles:
Spiritual Mosaics, Stories of Faith from the Christ Church Family, “Snowflakes” May 2005, New York, NY
Plays & Musicals:
“Las Leyendas del Cofre Encantado; Indigenous Tales of the Americas,” Co-written with Richard Marino, March, 1997, Revised August, 2011
Prologue of “La Plenópera del Empache” by Leopoldo Santiago Lavandero, June, 1997
“El Encuentro de Juan Bobo y Pedro Animal (The Encounter),” February, 1999
“Tropical!” Co-written with Radamés Gavé, April, 1999
“La Caperucita Roja,” March, 2000
Revision May, 2017 “La Verdadera Historia de Caperucita/The True Story of Little Red”
“La Cucarachita Martina/Martina, The Little Roach,” Co-written with Iván A. Bautista & Rafael Carrasquillo, October, 2000
“Cenicienta/Cinderella,” January, 2003
Revision February, 2018 “Cenicienta Tanguera/A Tango Dancing Cinderella”
“Mi Chivita Mágica/My Magical Chivita, The Colorful Colombian Bus,” May, 2003, Revised October, 2018
“Los Amigos de Lola y Pinino,” July, 2004
“Ricitos y los 3 Ositos/Ricitos & The Three Bears,” March, 2005
“Puerto Rico en Forma,” Co-written with Mauricio Niebla, March, 2008
“Don Quixote” (Adaptation Bilingual Version) Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta, September, 2008
“Viva Pinocho! A Mexican Pinocchio” August, 2009
“Marisol y su sueño delicioso,” October, 2009
“Un Sueño de Navidad…El Musical” (In Progress)
“El Grito/The Scream,” (In Progress)
“My Superhero, Roberto Clemente,” March, 2014
“The Colors of Frida,” March, 2016
“The Galápagos Animal Convention,” November, 2019
“The Crazy-Adventures of Don Quixote” Co-written with Radamés Gavé, February, 2020
“Nico y el súper abuelo,” November, 2020
“Telenovela Dreams: A Melodramatic Latinx Musical,” January, 2021
“¡Sí, se puede! The César Chávez Story” (In Progress)
Novels & Short Stories:
“Mantequilla/Butter,” December, 2015
Film/Documentary:
“Títeres” Puppetry in the Caribbean: Cuba, Dominican Republic & Puerto Rico, A Three 45 minutes-Episodes Documentary Series, Co-Directed with Kristian Otero Morán (World Premiere, San Sebastián/Tolosa, Spain, May, 2016, Dominican Republic Premiere at Teatro Nacional de Santo Domingo, Oct. 2016; Official Selection The 2016 Habana Film Festival, Dec. 2016, Puerto Rico Premiere at Fine Arts Cinema, San Juan, March, 2018.)
“Ay-Islamiento o Encuentro Necesario,”
Co-written with Harvey Padilla, Screenplay. 2017 (In Progress)
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