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? PORNING THE PLANET (solo play)

WORKSHOPS

EDWARD ALBEE – play reading and response to playwriting manuscripts
DAVID MAMET –writing film vs theatre- adapting plays to films
JOSE RIVERA – response and feedback to three playwriting manuscripts
CARMEN RIVERA – play development of The Hopefulness leading to production with Danisarte Company
LA MAMA ETC - Italy playwriting retreat with Naomi Ilizuka
LABYRINTH THEATRE- Stephen Adly Guirgis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Maggie Flannigan
HORTON FOOTE – writing as a career
JULIE HARRIS – construction of one-person shows
BRIAN JOHNSTON – master class on Henrik Ibsen

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 , selection 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 New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF) Latino Pitch Session. NYC Film Counseling Series 2010. Naked Angels Excerpt Reading .

PAPI CHULO - (Short Film/ Home Grown Productions)-Supporting Role (Anita) Cannes Film Fest 08

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 (Performance and Playwriting Degree)
FILM DIRECTING (writing, directing, lighting, sound, editing, makeup) – Miami Dade College
ACTING – Lee Michael Cohen , Susan Grace Cohen David Mamet, Marcia De Bonis, Marci Phillips, Julie Harris, Maggie Flanigan
SHAKESPEARE- Peter Craze in London –Ian Hersey of The Public Lab – Andrew Goldberg NYC Shakespeare Gym
PLAYWRITING / SCREENPLAY - Edward Albee / Harrison Reiner (UCLA-CBS) – Naomi Ilizuka, Carmen Rivera, Jose Rivera
MOVEMENT – Laban, Growtowski and Directing Jorge Guerra , Suzuki, Biomechanics, Butoh, Bogart's Siti Company
VOICE/WORKSHOPS- Alexander tech, Cicely Berry tech, Experimental theatre, Improv, Mask Work, Clowning Jango
TECHNICAL – Stage Managing (Provoked Wife), Scenic Artist (Cherry Orchard), Lighting (Wild Duck)

PROJECT FUNDING

Labyrinth Theatre Company - Workshop Development of La Paloma Prisoner at Bard College. Directed by David Deblinger

Ford Foundation, Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs, The Cultural Affairs Council, Alternate Roots – Joint grant for commission and staged reading of play Glossy Page Pimps ( co-writer/performer) with artist/performer Teo Castellanos. Presented at Miami Light Project, directed by Michael Garces

The Fund for Creative Communities/New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program, The Manhattan Community Arts Fund, Public Service Award from the Department of Cultural Affairs – Co-produced The Hopefulness (writer/performer) with Danisarte Company, which received public funding for support of Latino artists. Production was presented as part of the 4 Caminos Festival at the Latino Cultural Center/NYC

Miami Dade Department of Cultural Affairs – For multi-media dance theatre piece Anomie, (dramaturg/performer) presented at P.S. 742, Miami , with Artemis Organization

Artist Access Grant, – Individual grant for two performances of She Wolves (writer/performer) at The National Women's Studies Conference at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and The Alternate Roots Conference/North Carolina

Miami Dade Department of Cultural Affairs – For artist's residency development of Death of the Doll: A Stripper's Journey Through the Afterlife, (writer/performer) with Artemis Organization, performed at P.S. 742/Miami

Tropiculture Miami and Florida Arts – For original run of She Wolves, (writer/performer) at P.S. 742/Miami, with Artemis Organization. NYC International Fringe Festival. Excerpts later performed at P.S. 122 Avant Garde Arama/NYC, Art Basel/Miami, LA Scope Festival, New Orleans Convergence of Artists, Educators and Organizers

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.