COMMERCIALS AND VOICEOVERS (UPON REQUEST)

OTHER COMPLETED PLAYS (One Acts )

COME HOME FOR DINNER, DEAD END RACKET, HOLDING SOIL, TOM AND MARTHA, POUNDING ON DEATH'S DOOR WITHOUT AN INVITATION, WHEN CAN I DIE SO I CAN START LIVING?

PLAYWRITING WORKSHOPS

EDWARD ALBEE – play reading and response to playwriting manuscripts

DAVID MAMET – question and answer session on writing film vs theatre

JOSE RIVERA – response and feedback to three playwriting manuscripts

HORTON FOOTE – question and answer session on writing as a career

JULIE HARRIS – construction of one-person shows

BRIAN JOHNSTON – master class on Henrik Ibsen

CARMEN RIVERA – play development of The Hopefulness leading to production with Danisarte Company

LA MAMA ETC - Italy playwriting retreat with Naomi Ilizuka 08

LABYRINTH THEATRE - Playwriting Intensive – Stephen Adly Guirgis 09

FILM

DEATH OF THE DOLL (Short Film/La Lucha Arts Group) – Writer, Actor, Director, Producer. Film was screened at the 1st Annual Boyle Heights Latina Independent Film Extravaganza, Los Angeles , curated by Josefina Lopez (Real Women Have Curves). Full-length screenplay participated in National Association of Latin Independent Producers, NALIP, Writers Lab, taught by UCLA Professor and CBS Producer Harrison Reiner .

-Voted 1 st place at the 2006 New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF) Latino Pitch Session.

RED BIRD (Short Film/ Andrómeda Productions ) – Supporting Role (Sandra). Distributed by Sony Pictures, Third Prize at the Best of Florida , Made in Florida Competition

TRAINING

B.F.A. in THEATRE – New World School of the Arts Conservatory, University of Florida

FILM DIRECTING (writing, directing, lighting, sound, editing, makeup) – Miami Dade College

ACTING Workshops – Lee Michael Cohen, Susan Grace Cohen (Method), Maggie Flanigan, Peter Craze (Shakespeare, London)

PLAYWRITING/SCREENWRITING – Rafael Lima (playwright of El Salvador )

MOVEMENT – Laban/Growtowski (Jorge Guerra), Suzuki (Siti Company), Cast of Stomp, Biomechanics, Butoh

VOICE PRODUCTION – Alexander/Cicely Berry techniques, Experimental Theatre, Improvisation, Masks

TECHNICAL – Stage Managing (Provoked Wife), Scenic Artist (Cherry Orchard), Lighting (Wild Duck)

RED BIRD – Short Film – Produced in Miami , Florida . Directed by Emilia Anguita Huerta. With Mal Jones, Theadra Taylor and Raquel Almazan. A WW 11 Veteran suffering from Alzheimer's finds help in difficult times through his artist neighbor Dana. An unexpected incident forces their lives to change drastically.

Red Bird has screened at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, the West Chester International Film Festival, the Viña del Mar International Film Festival, at Flix, CineSpace, Hollywood , CA , The short won the Third Price, Short Subject at the “Best of Florida, Made in Florida Competition.

DEVIANT BORDERS (full length) - A touring production. Directed and performed by Dora Arreola and Andrea Assaf, with Maria Vale and Raquel as the male Chamuco. Produced at New World Art Center Massachusetts .

Through original poetry and movement, Fronteras Desviadas / Deviant Borders explores the feminine body, taboo and rites of passage in the border region. The production is the culmination of a six-month artistic exchange, supported by Cultural Contact (the U.S.-Mexico Foundation for Culture), between U.S. writer Andrea Assaf and Mexican director-choreographer Dora Arreola.  The creative process investigated the maquiladora and sexual tourism industries, and included community workshops in Tijuana , San Diego , and Tecate, exploring the experiences of women in the region.  A gringo tour guide known as El Chamuco leads us on a journey to “the other side” of sexuality, deviance, and culture. 3 to 4 characters

ZAP! (one act) written by Natasha Tsakos and produced at the Green Door Gallery

A political comedy about Ten Ten, a live global television hit, where the arrogant host of the show must reveal the identity of the mysterious guest at exactly 10:10. Kokoff the clown leads us and the backstage technical crew of Ten Ten into a zany metamorphosis of finding joy in these chaotic modern times.

PORTRAIT OF MY BROTHER (one person show) written by Tiffany Heller and Produced at the Louis O Gerrits Theatre as part of The Playwrights Festival- performance by Javier Pire.

A S.H.A.R.P. skinhead decides the unsure future of his daughter, as he recants his violent past in drugs, music and abusive family life.

FEMME AND FOE (one act- reading) by Shalo Penuela, at Miami Beach Cinematheque

Beginning from the calm last moments of Hank and Wendy's third date, Femme and Foe catapults into a moving portrait of traditional courtship focusing upon the seething emotions hidden beneath it.  Reminiscence, sharing secrets and darker personas play pivotal roles as chit-chat degenerates into a gut-wrenching study of male/female dynamic.