CURRENT:
Assistant Professor Department of Theatre & Dance, Pomona College

EDUCATION
2006 Ph.D. in Critical Theory and Directing in Drama, Stanford University
Dissertation: “One continent, one culture? The political dialectic for a united Chicana/o
and Latin American popular/political theater front, México City, 1974” (advisor: Harry Elam)
1999 Cesar Chávez Dissertation Fellowship, Dartmouth College
1994 M.F.A. Acting, University of Southern California
1984 B.A. Theater, Whittier College
1976 Centro Universitario de Teatro, Universidad Autónoma de México
1976 Universidad Ibero-Americana, México (Study Abroad)
1973 Universidad de Guadalajara, México
Seminars and Workshops
2008 Patsy Rodenburg, Electric Lodge, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Thomas Leabhart, Association Hippocamp, Paris, France
2005 Mary Overly, Viewpoints Workshop, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Augusto Boal, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH , 1973 Cal State Northridge, Northridge, CA
1997 William C. Velásquez Institute, The Latino Academy, San Antonio, TX
1996 Smithsonian Institute Latino Graduate Seminar
1997 Anna Deveare Smith, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
1989 Alan Bolt, Director (Nicaragua), Padua Hills Festival, West Hollywood, CA
1988 Charles Marowitz, Director, Los Angeles, CA
1987 Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London
1977 Jerzi Grotowski Para Theatre Lab, Berkeley, CA
1993 Ariane Mnouchkine, Theatre du Soleil, Paris, France
1984 Kate Fitzmaurice, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1981 Lee Strasberg, Master Class, Hollywood, CA

EMPLOYMENT
2007-Present Assistant Professor of Theatre, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
2001- 2007 Associate Professor (Tenured), Theater Department, University of California, Santa
Cruz
2000, 1998 Stanford University, El Centro Chicano Graduate Scholar in Residence
1995-1999 Graduate Instructor, Teaching Assistant and Lecturer, Department of Drama,
Stanford University,
1978-Present Professional Actor and Director

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND SCHOLARHIPS
Academic External Grants
2008 Irvine Grant, Zoot Suit Educational Outreach, Principal Investigator, $10,000
2006 Fulbright Grant, Lima, Peru
2001 University of California Santa Barbara, Chicana Dissertation Fellowship, declined
1999 Dartmouth College, Cesar Chávez Dissertation Fellowship Curriculum Vitae 2
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1999 Smithsonian Research Fellowship
1999 American Society of Theatre Research Dissertation Fellowship
Academic Internal Grants
* The UCSC Hitchcock Poetry Grant has funded the Kinetic Poetics Project since 2002
2008 Pomona College, Faculty Travel Grant, National Theatre Conference, NYC
2008 Pomona Collage, Lecturer’s Grant
2008 Pomona College, Wig Grant, Zoot Suit
2008 Pomona Collage, Public Events Grant, Zoot Suit
2007 Pomona College, Faculty Travel Grant, National Theatre Conference & Trustees Meeting, NYC
2007 Pomona College, Summer Research Grant, El Teatro Campesino, San Juan Bautista, CA
2007 Pomona College Faculty Travel Grant, Int’l. Conference New Directions in Humanities, France
2007 Pomona College, Faculty Travel Grant, Hemispheric Institute Conference, Argentina,
2007 University of California Santa Cruz, Porter College, Hitchcock Poetry Fund
2006 University of California Santa Cruz Arts Division Research Grant
2006 University of California Santa Cruz, Diversity Grant
2006 University of California Santa Cruz, Vice Chancellor’s Discretionary Fund
2006 University of California Santa Cruz, Porter College, Hitchcock Poetry Fund
2006 University of California Santa Cruz, Academic Committee on Research Grant
2005 University of California Santa Cruz, Porter College, Hitchcock Poetry Fund
2005 University of California Santa Cruz, Chicano/Latino Research Center, Undergraduate
Research
Grant
2005 University of California Santa Cruz, Academic Committee on Research Grant
2005 University of California Santa Cruz Arts Division Research Grant
2004 University of California Santa Cruz, Academic Committee on Research Grant
2004 University of California Santa Cruz, Diversity Grant
2004 University of California Santa Cruz, Porter College, Hitchcock Poetry Fund
2004 University of California Santa Cruz Arts Division Research Grant
2003 University of California Santa Cruz, Porter College, Hitchcock Poetry Fund
2003 University of California Santa Cruz, Arts Division Junior Faculty Research Grant
2003 University of California Santa Cruz Arts Division Research Grant
2003 University of California Santa Cruz, Academic Committee on Research Grant
2002 University of California Santa Cruz, Academic Committee on Research Grant
2002 University of California Santa Cruz, Porter College, Hitchcock Poetry Fund
2002 University of California Santa Cruz Porter College Research Assistantship Grant
2002 University of California Santa Cruz Arts Division Research Grant
2001 University of California Santa Cruz, Academic Committee on Research Grant
2001 University of California Santa Cruz Arts Division Research Grant
2001 University of California Santa Cruz Center for Excellence in Teaching Grant
1999 Stanford University, Humanities & Sciences Graduate Research Grant
1999 Stanford University, Latin American Studies Graduate Research Grant
1996 Stanford University, Dorothy Danforth Compton Research Assistantship
Scholarships
2001 Nosotros/Buchanan Scholarship
2000 John Dales Scholarship, Screen Actors Guild
1999 John Dales Scholarship, Screen Actors Guild
1998 John Dales Scholarship, Screen Actors Guild
1997 John Dales Scholarship, Screen Actors Guild
1999 Nosotros/Buchanan Scholarship
1998 Nosotros/Buchanan Scholarship
1998 National Hispanic Scholarship Fund
1997 National Hispanic Scholarship Fund
1995 John Dales Scholarship, Screen Actors Guild
1986 John Dales Scholarship, Screen Actors Guild Curriculum Vitae 3
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HONORS AND AWARDS
2003 Porter College Faculty Advisor of the Year, University of California Santa Cruz, CA
2003 Electricidad, (Actor) Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays ($30,000)
2001 Ballad of a Solider, (Actor) Special Jury Award, San Antonio Film Festival, TX
2001 Ballad of a Soldier, (Actor) Best Film, El Paso Latino Film Festival, TX
2000 Mummified Deer, (Actor) Beverly Garland Award, Honorable Mention, Actor , BackStage West
2000 Barrio Station, Quarter Century Achievement Award, San Diego, CA
1992 The Panama Deception, (Actor) Best Documentary, (Oscar) American Film Academy Award,
1994 In The Summer House, (Actor) Outstanding Direction of a Play, Outstanding Set Design,
nomination, Tony Award (New York Drama Desk)
1993 Quiet Killer, (Actor) Best TV Movie, nomination, Gemini Award (Canada)
1990 Maria’s Story, (Actor) Best Documentary Runner-Up Grand Jury Award, Sundance
Film Festival,
1987 Outstanding Hispanic Alumni Award, Whittier College, Whittier, CA
1987 Born in East LA, (Actor) Grand Coral Award – Third Place, Best Production Design, Best
Screenplay, Glauber Rocha Award (Special Recognition), Havana Film Festival,
1987 Corridos: Tales of Passion & Revolution, (Actor) KQED/PBS, Peabody Award
(Excellence in TV)
1986 Alumni Hall of Fame, El Rancho High School, Pico Rivera, CA
1985 Hispanic Entertainer of the Year, The Equitable Company, New York, NY
1984 Under Fire, (Actor) Best Producer, David di Donatello Award (Italian Oscar)
1984 Under Fire, (Actor) Best Original Musical Score, nomination, (Oscar) American Film
Academy Award
1984 Under Fire, (Actor) Best Editing, nomination, British Academy of Film and Television Award
1984 Under Fire, (Actor) Best Original Motion Picture Score, nomination, Golden Globe
1981 Zoot Suit, (Actor) Best Motion Picture Comedy/Musical, nomination, Golden Globe
1980 Barrio Station, Special Recognition Zoot Suit, San Diego, CA
1978 Zoot Suit, (Actor) Best Production, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award,
(Joined cast for the Aquarius Theatre extension)
1977 El Teatro Campesino, Certificate of Appreciation, San Juan Bautista, CA
1971 Bank of America, Special Achievement in Drama, Pico Rivera, CA
UNPUBLISHED WORK
Virgin Revolution: Luis Valdez, Augusto Boal and the Chicano and Latin American Political Theatre
Impasse, México, 1974. (Book –length manuscript in progress based on dissertation.)
PUBLISHED AND ELECTRONIC PROFESSIONAL CITATIONS
(Interviews, work cited and/or performance pictorial images reproduced in publications. or electronic
media.)
2007 Pomona College Magazine, (Zoot Suit) Spring 2008. Pages 44-45 and back cover.
Claremont McKenna College Magazine, (Zoot Suit) , Summer 2008, Pages 4-5.
Pomona College Magazine, (Zoot Suit) Winter 2008, Pages 4-5.
Tu Ciudad – Los Angeles Magazine, (Zoot Suit), April 2008, Pages 27-28.
2006 Radio Filarmonía, interview, Lima, Peru, August 14
2006 Radio La Cronica, interview, Lima, Peru, August 14
2006 “El Correo Newspaper,” “En Peru se ve mucha separacion cultural”, interview, Lima, Peru,
August 18
2005 Mummified Deer and Other Plays by Luis Valdez, Arte Publico Press, Houston, TX, 2005.
Book Cover and pages v-xiii.
2005 “AARP Segunda Juventud Magazine,” “Encore- Incansable Actriz,” Feature Story, Monthly Curriculum Vitae 4
Alma R. Martinez
publication, 1.2 million circulation, AARP, Washington, DC. Back page cover, page 3.
2001 Brown Celluloid: Latino/a Film Icons and Images in Hollywood Film Industry (Volume 1
(1894-1959), by Frank Garcia Beruman, Vantage Press, New York. Book dedication.
2000 Chicano Drama: Performance, Society and Myth by Dr. Jorge Huerta. Cambridge University
Press. United Kingdom. 2000. Page 28.
1997 “Multicultural Approaches in Dramaturgy: A Case Study” by Elizabeth Ramirez. Dramaturgy
in American Theatre: A Source Book. Editors Susan Jonas, Geoggrey S. Prole and Michael
Lupu. Harcourt Brace College Publishers. Fort Worth, TX. Pages 331-341.
1978 New York Times Magazine, “A Theatrical Force Comes out of the West”, (Zoot Suit),
March 11,1979. Cover.
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
Acting/Theater
2008 American Voices: Spirit of Revolution, Artistic Collaborator, dir. Dustin Hoffman, conducted by
Kent Pagano, inaugural performance of Eli & Edy Broad Theatre, Santa Monica, CA, August 10
2007 Sweet Fifteen, by Rick Najera, dir. Sam Woodhouse, San Diego Repertory, (Premiere)
2007 Corridos, by Luis Valdez, El Teatro Campesino, Variety Arts Theater, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Sweet Fifteen, by Rick Najera, dir. Sam Woodhouse, San Diego Repertory, (Workshop)
2007 Re-Born in East LA, by Paul Rodríguez, Comedy Store, Los Angeles, CA, April 30
(Workshop)
2006 Anna in the Tropics, by Nilo Cruz, dir. Amy González, Theatre Works, Palo Alto, CA
2005 Electricidad, by Luis Alfaro, dir. Lisa Peterson, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Señor Discretion, Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser, Book by Frank Loesser and Culture
Clash, dir. Charles Randolph-Wright, Pasadera Playhouse, (Staged Reading)
2004 Posada Mágica, by Octavio Solis, dir. Susanna Tubert, Sundance Theatre Institute, Park
City, UT (Workshop)
2003 Electricidad, by Luis Alfaro, dir. Barclay Goldsmith, Borderlands Theatre, Tucson, AZ (Premiere)
2002 Electricidad, by Luis Alfaro, dir. Barclay Goldsmith, Borderlands Theatre, Tucson, AZ
(Workshop)
2001 Electricidad, by Luis Alfaro, dir. Barclay Goldsmith, Borderlands Theatre, Tucson, AZ
(Workshop)
2003 The Price of Doing Business, dir. Timothy Blake, Odyssey Theatre, West Los Angeles, CA
(Workshop)
2002 The Seagull, by Anton Chekhov, dir. Risa Brainin, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
2002 Mummified Deer, playwright and dir. Luis Valdez, El Teatro Campesino, San Juan Bautista, CA
2002 Lupe Now! by Jonathan Ceniceroz , dir. Dona Barbara, POV Festival Mark Taper Forum/Lee
Strasberg Institute, Hollywood, CA
2002 The Price of Doing Business, dir. Timothy Blake, Odyssey Theatre, West Los Angeles, CA
(Workshop)
2000 Mummified Deer, playwright and dir. Luis Valdez, San Diego Repertory, San Diego, CA
(Premiere)
1999 St. Cecilia, by Tony Kushner, dir. Richard Said, American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco,
CA (Workshop)
1999 Cuchifrito, by Eduardo Andino, Pacific Playwrights Festival Reading, South Coast Repertory,
Costa Mesa, CA (Workshop)
1999 Before Death Comes for the Archbishop, by Elaine Romero, Arizona Theater Company, Tucson,
AZ (Workshop)
1998 Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare, dir. Michael Butler, San Jose Repertory, San Jose, CA
1998 Destinos y Milagros, dir. Belita Moreno, U.S. West Theatre Festival Play Reading, Denver
Center Theatre Company, Denver, CO (Workshop)
1998 Bethlehem, by Octavio Solís, dir. Richard Said, American Conservatory Theatre,
San Francisco, CA (Workshop)
1994 A Christmas Carol, adapted by Jerry Patch, dir. John David Keller, South Coast Repertory,
Costa Mesa, CA Curriculum Vitae 5
Alma R. Martinez
1996 Watsonville, by Cherrie Moraga, dir. Amy Mueller, Kennedy Center Fund for New American
Plays, Washington, DC (Staged reading)
1996 Miss Consuelo, by Guillermo Reyes, dir. Amy Gonzalez, San Jose Repertory, San Jose, CA
(Workshop)
1995 Midsummer Night’s Dream, Actor, by Felix Mendelssohn, conductor Lawrence Layton
Smith, Sun River Music Festival, Sun River, OR August 23
1995 Skin of our Teeth, by Thornton Wilder, dir. Fontaine Sayer, Oregon Shakespeare Festival,
Ashland, OR
1995 Macbeth, by Wm. Shakespeare, dir. Jerry Turner, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, OR
1994 A Royal Affair, by Luis Santiero, Hispanic Playwright’s Project, South Coast Repertory Theatre,
Costa Mesa, CA (Workshop)
1993 In the Summer House, by Jane Bowles, dir. Joanne Akalaitis, Lincoln Center, NYC,
BROADWAY
1993 A Dream of Wealth, by Arturo Girón, dir. Lee Sankowich, Marin Theatre Company, Mill Valley,
CA (Premiere)
1992 Sons of Don Juan, by John P. Roman, dir. Margaret Booker, Asolo Theatre, Sarasota, FL
(Premiere)
1992 One Crazy Day: Marriage of Figaro, by Pierre Beaumarchais, dir. David Goldstein, Arizona
Theatre Company, Tucson, AZ
1992 The Stork Club, by Carrie Fisher, dir. Frances Ford Coppola, Zoetrope Studios, San Francisco,
CA (Staged reading of new film script)
1991 Hello Dolly, dir. Michael Bell, Long Beach Civic Light Opera, Long Beach, CA
1991 Man of the Flesh, by Octavio Solís, dir. Sam Woodhouse, San Diego Repertory, San Diego, CA
1991 Marías Story, Narrator, writer and dir. Pam Cohen, Documentary
1990 Shadow of a Man, by Cherríe Moraga, dir. Maria Irene Fornes, Eureka Theatre, San Francisco,
CA (Premiere)
1990 Fuente Ovejuna, dir. Sharon Ott, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, CA
1990 I Don’t Have to Show You No Stinking Badges, playwright and dir. Luis Valdez, Marine’s
Memorial Theatre, San Francisco, CA
1990 I Don’t Have to Show you No Stinking Badges, playwright and dir. Luis Valdez, El Teatro
Campesino, San Juan Bautista, CA
1989 Bocón, dir. Peter Brosius, by Lisa Loomer, Barnsdall Art Parks Gallery Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
(Premiere)
1989 Wait Until Dark, by Fredrick Knott, dir. Steven Rothman, Pennsylvania Stage Company,
Allentown, PA
1988 Burning Patience, by Antonio Skarmeta, dir. Douglas Jacobs and Jorge Huerta, San Diego
Repertory Theatre, San Diego, CA
1988 Infinity’s House, dir. David Emmes, South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, CA (Staged reading)
1988 Green Card, by Joanne Akalaitis, Joyce Theatre, NYC OFF BROADWAY
1987 The House of Blue Leaves, by John Guare, dir. Tony Abatemarco, Pasadena Playhouse,
Pasadena, CA
1987 Passion, by Ana Maria Simo, Hispanic Playwright’s Project, South Coast Repertory, Costa
Mesa, CA (Workshop)
1986 Green Card, by Joanne Akalaitis, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA (Premiere)
1984 Green Card, playwright and dir. Joanne Akalaitis, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA
(Workshop)
1984 Corridos, playwright and dir. Luis Valdez, Variety Arts Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
1984 The Miser, by Molière, dir. Frank Condon, Odyssey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
1983 Rosalba y los Llaveros, by Emilio Carbailido, dir. Margarita Galván, Bilingual Foundation of the
Arts, Los Angeles, CA
1983 The Tempest, by Wm. Shakespeare, Old Globe Playhouse, West Hollywood, CA
1982 The Sun Always Shines for the Cool, by Miguel Piñero, Los Angeles Actor’s Theatre, Los
Angeles, CA (West Coast premiere)
1982 Las Mariposas Son Libres, Earl Holliman’s Fiesta Dinner Theatre, San Antonio, TX
(US Spanish language premiere)
1981 Macbeth, dir. Bill Bushnell, Los Angeles Theater Center, Los Angeles, CA (understudy) Curriculum Vitae 6
Alma R. Martinez
1980 Latina, by Milcha Sánchez-Scott, Pilot Theatre, Hollywood, CA (Premiere)
1978 Zoot Suit, by Luis Valdez, playwright and dir. Luis Valdez, Center Theatre Group, Los
Angeles, CA (Premiere)
1977 La Gran Carpa de los Rasquachis and Fin del Mundo, by Luis Valdez, dir. Socorro Valdez, US
and European Tour, El Teatro Campesino, San Juan Bautista, CA
1975 Maggie the Mouse Meets the Dirty Rat Fink, dir. Reggie Montgomery, playwright Bernard
Jackson, Inner City Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA , (Premiere)
Acting/Film
2007 Crossing Over, starring Harrison Ford, The Weinstein Company, (Aug. 2007 release date),
2004 Planting Melvin, writer and dir. Keri Nevil, June Bug Films, Menlo Park, CA
1998 The Novice, writer and dir. Judy Hecht Dumontet, Mujer Dormida Productions, Los Angeles, CA
1997 Ballad of a Soldier, dir. Kinan Valdez, Chicanos on the Run Productions, San Juan Bautista, CA
1994 Mi Familia, dir. Gregory Nava, Screen Test, East LA Production, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
1994 Jacaranda, writer and dir. Francisco Velásquez, Cachita Productions, Los Angeles, CA
1993 It Could Happen to You, dir. Andrew Bergman, Tristar Pictures, (Extra)
1990 Dollie Dearest, dir. Maria Lease, Trimark Pictures
1982 Barbarosa, dir. Fred Schepisi, Universal Studios, Studio City, CA
1983 Under Fire, dir. Roger Spottiswoode, Lion’s Gate Pictures, West Los Angeles, CA
1983 Trial by Terror, dir. Hildy Brooks, Trimark Pictures
1980 Zoot Suit, dir. Luis Valdez, Universal Pictures, Studio City , CA.
1987 Born in East LA, writer/producer/dir. Cheech Marin, Universal Pictures, Studio City, CA
1987 A Good and Perfect Gift, dir. Tony Frank, Franciscan Communications, Los Angeles, CA
Acting/Television
2007 The Unit, ”Paradise Lost,” dir. Vahan Moosekian, CBS
1996 Nash Bridges, “Key Witness,” Off Duty Productions, CBS
1994 Shattered Image, dir. Fritz Kiersch, Rysher Production Inc.
1993 500 Nations, Pathways Productions, PBS
1992 Quiet Killer, dir. Sheldon Larry, CBS, Sunrise Film Limited
1992 FBI Untold Stories, “Borderkill,” dir. Jesus Trevino, Arthur Company
1992 The Panama Deception, Voice Over, dir. Barbara Trent, Documentary
1991 In a Child’s Name, dir. Tom McLoughlin, Green Lady Productions
1991 Gambler IV: The Luck of the Draw, dir. Dick Lowry, NBC
1991 The Boys, Dir: Glenn Jordan, William Link Productions, ABC
1990 Adam 12, The Arthur Company, MCA-Universal Studios (15 episodes, series regular)
1989 Wings, Grub Street Productions, USA Channel
1989 Corridos: Tales of Passion and Revolution, by Luis Valdez, PBS American Playhouse
1989 Trial and Jury, dir. Martin Pasetta, Dick Clark Productions
1986 Superior Court, dir. Joseph Behar, (4 episodes)
1986 Dress Gray, dir. Glenn Jordan, Warner Bros Television, NBC
1985 Murphy’s Law, (pilot), 20th Century Fox
1985 The Twilight Zone, ‘”The Chameleon”, Creator: Rod Serling, CBS
1985 Tough Love, dir. Glenn Jordan, Warner Bros Television, NBC
1984 St Elsewhere “Breathless,” Creator: Josh Brand, NBC
1984 Whiz Kids, ‘”Maid in the USA,” Creator: Philip De Guere, CBS
1984 Dust Under the World’s Feet, Nationally Syndicated Television Special,
Christian Children’s Fund
1984 Cry the African Children, Nationally Syndicated Television Special,
Christian Children’s Fund
1982 General Hospital, Recurring, dir. Marlena Laird, ABC
1982 Scamps, series pilot, dir. Harry Harris, NBC
1980 Seguin, dir. Jesus Trevino, PBS American Playhouse
Acting/Radio Curriculum Vitae 7
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2006 Anna in the Tropics, by Nilo Cruz, dir. Jose Luis Valenzuela, TheatreWorks and National Public
Radio, West Los Angeles, CA
2001 Zoot Suit, playwright and dir. Luis Valdez, TheatreWorks and National Public Radio, West Los
Angeles, CA
1991 Questa, Radio Play, LA Classic TheatreWorks, KCRW/National Public Radio
1989 McTeague, by Frank Norris, Radio Play, LA Classic TheatreWorks, KCRW/National Public Radio
Automatic Dialogue Replacement (ADR)
1996 Miracle Baby, Documentary, CBS
1991 Dark Justice, “Out of Mind out of Sight”, TV, Lorimar Productions, Burbank, CA
1992 Of Love and Shadows, Feature Film
1985 Stitches, Feature Film, Gomillion Sound
1986 Love Among Thieves, TV
1986 Down Twisted, Feature Film
1987 Milagro Beanfield War, Feature Film
1981 The Border, Feature Film
Acting/Commercials
On-Camera
Albertson’s Supermarket
Arizona Inter-State Bank
Bank of America 1996, 1997
Blue Cross Insurance
Blue Shield Insurance
Budweiser 1988
California Lottery (2) 1994
Canada Dry
Christian Children’s Fund (4)
Greyhound Bus 1984
GMC 1997
Colony Wine
Domestic Violence-PSA
Gain Detergent
Greyhound
GTE 1997
Hall’s Mentholyptus
Illinois Bell
Kellogg’s Common Sense Cereal
Lucky Supermarkets (2) 1991
Maalox
Maryland Lottery 1992
McDonald’s (4) 1993,1995, 1996
Mervyn’s (3) 1986, 1990
OnStar 1996
Payless Shoes
Pacific Bell 1990
Pacific Bell Yellow Pages 1999
Save the Children (3)
Southwestern Bell
Sprite (Dir. Alan Parker) 1992
Tostitos Tortilla Chips
Ultra Tide (2) 1990
Universal Studios 1988
US Postal Service Priority Mail 1996
Wells Fargo Bank 1992, 1996
Wesson Oil Curriculum Vitae 8
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Zody’s Department Store 1984
Radio and Voice-Over
Arizona Inter-State Bank
Cancer Research Institute 1991, 1992, 1994
Crisco Oil (2)
Home Savings (2) 1993, 1994
Illinois Bell
Kaiser Permanente 1992
LA Recyclables 1991
La Victoria Salsa 1993
Mervyn’s
Mission Tortillas
NeoSpeech (2) 2003
Pacific Bell (2) 1999
Physics 1991
Save the Children 1993
So. Union Gas of Texas
Tang
US Department of Social Services
VISA 1997
Print
Academic Systems 1996
Arizona Interstate Bank
Avon Books 1986
Banana Republic 1999
Bank of America 1996,1997
Hallmark 1998
Nordstrom’s 1992
Wells Fargo Bank 1992,1996
Washington Mutual Savings 2002
Zuni Café 1997
Industrial
Arterial Vascular Engineering
Baan, Inc. 1999
Banana Republic 1999
Chevron 1998
Columbia Hospitals 1997
Hewlett Packard 1996
Kaiser Permanente 1992
Life Span 1996
Maalox (2) 1989
Mervyn’s 1989
Pacific Bell (3)
Platonic, Inc 1999
PG&E (6) 1998-2004
San Jose Recycling 1996
Safeway 1996, 2002
US Air Force
Von’s Market
Wells Fargo Bank (2) 1996
Zenger Miller, Inc.Curriculum Vitae 9
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DVD/CD
Academic Systems 1996
El Teatro Campesino
Oregon Center for Applied Science (2)
-Food Handlers 2000
-Classroom Physics 1998
Directing/Film
2008 Small Steps, writer Rosie Ramos, dir. Alma Martinez, produced by the National Latina Health
Network, American Diabetes Association and Center for Disease Control. This 9-minute
educational video focuses on diabetes and obesity among young Latino children and proper
food preparation and life style habits. The film will be distributed to health care centers
across the country.
Directing/Theater
Professional
2001 Heroes and Saints, by Cherrie Moraga, Teatro Vision, San Jose, CA
1995 Perdita, Theatre Works, Palo Alto, CA (Staged reading)
College and University
2008 Zoot Suit, by Luis Valdez, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
2003 Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman, by Sabina Berman, Main stage, UC Santa Cruz, CA
2002 Vieques, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (Staged reading)
2000 Quinta Temporada, by Luis Valdez, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
1997 La Gran Carpa de Los Rasquachis, by Luis Valdez, BRAVA! Theatre, San Francisco, CA,
(First restaging of this production in 20 years.)
1997 La Gran Carpa de Los Rasquachis, United Farm Workers Headquarters, Watsonville, CA
1997 La Gran Carpa de Los Rasquachis, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
1997 La Gran Carpa de Los Rasquachis, El Teatro Campesino Playhouse, San Juan Bautista, CA
1996 Bed of Stone, by Alma Martinez, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
1995-1999 Zoot Suit, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (Staged readings for Zoot Suit Month)
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Off campus Lectures, Panels, Workshops
2007 “The Mexican Players and the Papua Hills Theatre,” Mistress of Ceremonias, City of
Claremont Centennial Celebration, Cahuila Park, October 6
2007 “History of Latin American Theatre,” Teacher’s workshop for production of Un Sol Amarillo,
Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA, October 6
2007 “Cultural Diplomacy,” panelist, USC Center for Public Diplomacy and the British Embassy,
UCLA, preceding production of Black Watch by the National Scottish Theatre, October 7
2007 “Chicano/Latino Dramatic Literary Criticism,” Whittier College, Whittier, CA, October 4
2007 “Performing Race,” Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO September 22
2006 “Chicano Theatre,” California State Long Beach, Class – “Hispanic Literature in the
Southwest”, Long Beach, CA April 5
2005 “Electricidad: a Chicano Ethos,” Teacher’s workshop for production of Electricidad, Mark
Taper Forum at California State University, Los Angeles, CA, March 5
2005 “El Teatro Campesino and Other Media,” panelist, El Teatro Campesino 40th Anniversary
Conference, San Jose State, San Jose, CA. October 27
2002 “Contemporary representations of Latinos in the Arts,” Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH,
April 21
2001 “Breaking Through: Latinos in Higher Education,” Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
2000 “The Intertextuality of Chicano and Latin American Agit-Prop Dramatic Narratives”,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, April 6 Curriculum Vitae 10
Alma R. Martinez
1999 “Theatre and Politics,” Brown University, Providence, RI
1997 Annual Chicano Scholarship Banquet, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, (Keynote)
1997 “Latina Representations in Film and Theatre,” Salt Lake Community Collage, Salt Lake City,
UT
1996 “Acting in the Entertainment Industry,” University of La Verne, La Verne, CA, November 12
1995 “Thornton Wilder’s Utopian Society,” Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR
1999 “The Theatre of Luis Valdez and El Teatro Campesino,” Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1994 “Contemporary Issues for Chicanas,” California State University Northridge, CA, October 27
1992 “The Politics in/of Chicano Theatre,” University Of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Lecture, “Spitfires, Latin Lovers & Bandidos: The Myth of the Hollywood Latino Stereotype”
2007 Penn State University-Altoona, Altoona, PA, October 11
2007 Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, CO, September 26
2006 Central College, Pella, IA, September 20
2006 University of Houston, Houston, TX, September 21
2005 Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ, October 13
2005 Bucknell College, Lewisburg, PA, September 29
2005 Stone Hill College, Easton, MA, September 19
2004 Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, September 16
2004 Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA, September 15
2004 Illinois State University, Normal, IL, September 9
2003 Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, October 23
2003 Drew University, Madison, NJ, September 23
2003 Shippenberg University, Shippenberg, PA, October 22
2003 Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, September 29
2003 South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, September 15
2003 SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY, November 21
2003 MECA Columbia Preparatory High School, New York, NY, April 30
2002 Middlebury College, Middlebury VT, April 20
2002 San Jacinto Junior College, Pasadena, TX, October 8
2002 Monroe College, Rochester, NY, November 7
2000 University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, September 11
2000 Penn State Delaware County, Media, PA, September 27
2000 James Madison University, Harrisburg, VA, September 26
1999 Centenary College, Shreveport, LA, February 18
1999 Blackburn College, Carlinville, IL, November 15
1999 State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA, November 6
1998 Hanover College, Hanover, IN, April 8
1998 Hope College, Holland, MI, April 7
1998 SUNY New Paltz College, New Paltz, NY, April 6
1998 Howard Community College, Columbia, MD, November 10
On campus
2008 Curtain Raisers of the Claremont Colleges, Director’s Comments Zoot Suit, Pomona Collage,
April 8
2008 “How to Audition,” Workshop, Chicano Latino Resource Center, Claremont Colleges, Nov. 26
2008 “Alumni in Entertainment: Allison Jones,” Moderator, Alumni Weekend, Pomona College,
May 2
2007 “Los Vendidos by Luis Valdez: Subverting Stereotypes,” Chicano Latino Resource Center,
October 3
2007 “El Teatro campesino and the United Farm Workers Union,” Lecture, Cesar Chavez Month,
Tranquada Student Services Center, Claremont Colleges, March 21
2007 “Political Theatre,” Jose Zapata Calderon, “Rural and Urban Social Movements,” Pitzer
College, March 20
2007 “Zoot Suit: the Evolution of El Teatro Campesino from the Fields to Hollywood,” Faculty Forum,
Frank Hall Blue Room, February 6 Curriculum Vitae 11
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Invited Lectures/Keynote Addresses/ Conferences/Broadcast Interviews
2008 Theatre and Health Education in Peru, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda University,
School of Global Health, Loma Linda, CA April
2008 Hartnell Junior College, Hispanic Heritage Month, Salinas, CA (Keynote) April 17
2008 “The Zoot Suit Riots and Sleepy Lagoon Case 1942-43,” Soledad High School, Soledad, CA,
April 17
2007 Theatre and Health Education in Peru, Loma Linda University, School of Global Health,
Loma Linda, CA February 6
2007 Electricidad, College premiere, Southwestern College, San Diego, CA (Special Guest),
March 16
2007 “Quetzalcoatl & Marx: The Political Dialectic for a United Chicano and Latin American
Popular/Political Theater Front, Mexico City, 1974,” 5th International Conference on New
Directions in the Humanities, Paris, France, July 17-20
2007 “Representations of violence in Chicano and Latin American Theatre,” (on-line paper
submission), “Corpo-Politico Conference,” Hemispheric Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina,
June 6-18
2006 “Corridors of Culture,” National Association of Latino Arts and Culture Conference,
San Antonio, TX, October 14
2006 Hartnell Junior College, Women’s Month, Salinas, KA (Keynote), April 24
2006 “No Solo Broadway: Corrientes y Movimientos en el Teatro Norteamericano,” Institución
Cultural Peruano Norteamericano, Lima, Peru, August 14
2006 “Teatro Chicano: El Teatro de Immigrante Mexicano en los EEUU,” UNESCO – International
Theatre Institute, Instituto Cultural Peruano y Norteamericano, and US Embassy, Lima,
June 26
2006 “Teatro Chicano,” radio interview, “Radio Filarmonia,” Lima, Peru, August 14
2006 “Teatro de la diaspora latina,” radio interview, “Los Domingos con Susan Leon,”
Lima, Peru, August 13
2005 Chicano/Latino Graduation, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA (Keynote), June 12
2005 “Latinos as Bridges to Latin America,” Smithsonian Institute, Graduate Latino Seminar,
Washington, D.C. June 30
2004 30th Anniversary Gathering of the ‘”Quinto Festival de Teatro Chicano Primer Encuentro
Latinoamiercano” Festival, Special Invited Guest, (My research of this event has prompted a
resurgence of interest in this important transnational festival), Teotihuacán, Mexico City,
Mexico, June 22-28
2003 “Honoring Our Heritage, Harvesting Our Youth,” Cesar Chavez Month Celebration, City of
Watsonville, Emece, Watsonville, CA. April 7
2003 “Luis Alfaro’s Electricidad: a Chicano Barrio Mythos,” II International Conference on American
Theatre, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
2003 “La Pachuca: The Women of the Zoot Suit Era,” Zoot Suit Week, Casa Zapata, Stanford
University, Palo Alto, CA, Feb. 25
2003 “Culture Clash/Chicano Theatre Symposium,” panelist, Center for Race and Gender, University
of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2002 “Latina/os in Higher Education,” Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT (Keynote)
2001 “Latina/os in Higher Education,” Heartland Latino Leadership Conference, University of
Nebraska, Omaha, NE (Keynote) November 2
2000 East Coast Chicano Student Forum Conference, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH (Keynote)
1998 “Cine Chicano,” Latino Film Festival of Marin, Larkspur, CA (Special Guest, Zoot Suit tribute),
October 30
1998 “El Teatro Chicano: el immigrante Mexicano como sujeto,” National Association of Chicano
and Chicana Studies, National Conference, Mexico City, June 26
1998 “Invoking Memory in Theatre Performance,” New Mexico Association of Bilingual Educators,
Albuquerque, NM, (Keynote) April 3
1998 “Queer Latina voices in theater and poetry,” AIDS Conference, Hyatt Hotel, Los Angeles, Curriculum Vitae 12
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CA (Keynote)
1997 “Latino family culture and their impact higher education,” Adelante Mujer Latina Conference,
Riverside County Office of Education, Riverside, CA (Keynote) February 1
1997 National Hispanic Employee Association Conference, San Jose, CA (Keynote) March 15
1997 “Latinas in Higher Education,” Hispanic Women’s Conference, Riverside County Office of
Education, Riverside, CA (Keynote) April 19
1996 “Fighting the odds and going to college,” Adelante Mujer Latina Conference, California State
University Chico, CA (Keynote) April 20
1996 “Latinas in Higher Education,” Hispanic Women’s Conference, Riverside County Office of
Education, Riverside, CA (Keynote) May 18
1995 “Latino Theatre,” Southern Oregon Stage College, Ashland, OR, June 7
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
American Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Studio City, CA (1998 – present)
I continue to be a voting member of the American Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (Actors
Peer Group). Each year, after viewing over 100 DVD submissions, we determine the best performances
on television and hand out awards at the annual Emmy Awards Presentation, which is aired
internationally. The Emmy is nation’s highest award for television production.
Grant Reviewer, Rockefeller Foundation and the Institute of International Education,
Washington, DC. (January, September 2008)
Reviewed grants from an international applicant pool for the 2008 Bellagio Arts Residency Program in
Bellagio, Italy.
Judge, 8
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Festival Teatro Peru-USA, Instituto Cultural Peruano Norte Americano (ICPNA), Lima,
Peru. (July 20-August 9)
Served as a judge for the ICPNA annual theatre festival competition, the largest and most prestigious
national theatre competition in Peru that drew playwrights, directors and actors from across country.
The three winners were announced at a national press conference and given cash awards as well as
full productions.
Artistic Associate and Company Member, El Teatro Campesino (ETC), San Juan Bautista, CA
(1978 – present)
I have worked with Founder/Artistic Director Luis Valdez and ETC since 1978 and have been Valdez’s
lead actress beginning with Zoot Suit (stage and film) and including Corridos (stage), Corridos: Tales
of Passion and Revolution (PBS-TV), I Don’t Have to Show You No Stinking Badges (stage), Ballad of
a Solider (film), and Mummified Deer (stage). As Artistic Associate I have worked with the artistic staff
in the following areas: advising on the selection of plays for the season; new play development;
organizing and leading post show discussions and academic discussion panels; serving as a liaison
with the theater departments at the University of California Santa Cruz and Stanford University to
develop co-productions, performances, and workshops; and organizing workshops, classes and
lectures with visiting professionals for the ETC Acting Ensemble. In December 2006 I organized a
meeting between former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, the first indigenous President in 500
years, and Luis Valdez to discuss the intersections of politics, theatre and indigeniety. In February
2007 I organized a 3-day residency with Luis Valdez at Pomona College.
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library
Project (2006-present)
On-going collaboration with the Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library Project at NYU, funded by
the Mellon Foundation. NYU Professor Diana Taylor heads the project which seeks to identify, gather,
digitize and catalogue the work of Latino theaters and performers across the Americas. This is the first
project of its kind and will serve to preserve the history of Latino performance in the Americas. I am
working with Professor Taylor and Luis Valdez to identify and catalogue never before seen archival
videos from El Teatro Campesino. Also with Professor Taylor, I am working with Cecilia Preciado
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the founding members of Culture Clash and his widow will be making his collection available to the
Hemispheric Project. (4/04-present)
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library
Project (2005)
Collaborated with the Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library Project and its director, Professor
Diana Taylor, in gathering information on the Colombian theater company, Teatro Experimental de Cali
(TEC) and its founder Enrique Buenaventura. This company and Mr. Buenaventura’s and work
represent some of the most important in the history of contemporary Latin American Theater. I donated
over 100 hours of video interviews taped when I was conducting research on TEC and Mr.
Buenaventura (now deceased) in 1999. My archive has now been digitized and is available on the
NYU- Hemispheric Institute website. http://hemi.nyu.edu/eng/archive/index.shtml
Board of Directors, El Teatro Campesino (ETC), San Juan Bautista, CA(1997-present)
Working with Chairman Luis Valdez and a 12-member Board of Directors, our principle responsibilities
included fund-raising and audience development. Generated income is from grants, single ticket
sales, private donations, fundraising events, and merchandising. The 150-seat theatre is located 60
miles south of San Jose, CA in the rural farming community of San Juan Bautista, population 2,000.
We produce 3-4 plays a year including the annual Christmas Pageant, which has been continually
produced since 1971 and draws 3,000 people a year. Performed at the San Juan Bautista Mission,
this Christmas pageant is a Northern California theatrical tradition and a community collaboration with
a cast of 70 adults, children.
Board of Directors and Theater Consultant, National Latina Health Network (NLHN),
Washington, DC(1998-present)
As a member of the Board of Directors, I also serve as theater consultant for NLHN’s various health
outreach programs and contracts implementing theatre a grassroots community educational tool. The
Teatro AIDS Prevention Project (TAPP), funded by the Center for Disease Control focused on AIDS
prevention for Latina/o youth, one of the fastest growing infected populations in the country. I work
collaboratively with a team of health care professionals and NLHN staff in creating, writing, conducting
workshops and updating a handbook for grassroots community health organizations to help them
develop theater as a tool for distributing information on HIV/AIDS prevention. Work also entails
leading training workshops, giving informational presentations, conducting phone and on-site
consultations, and submitting field reports. In September 2007 the NLHN went to the Capitol for a
luncheon with Senators Ted Kennedy and Hilda Solis and presented to them and Congressional
members the first comprehensive National Latina Health Education policy document in the history of
the nation. The document was a compilation of the outreach and research compiled by NLHN from
grass roots Latina/o health centers across the country.
On-Site Evaluator, California Arts Council, Sacramento (CAC), CA (1998-present)
Conducted site visits of CAC funded theaters and acted as a liaison to facilitate compliance between
CAC and theatre organizations funded by CAC. Wrote and submitted reports to the CAC review
panel.
Theatre/Film Consultant, The Stanford University Libraries, Stanford University, CA (1996-
present)
As a graduate student I initiated collaboration with the Librarian for Special Collections Robert Trujillo
to identify for acquisition significant collections in the arts community. I assisted in the acquisition of
the archives of Efrain Gutierrez, recognized as the first Chicano feature film director/producer and
Alejandro Stuart, cultural ethnographer and photographer.
Trustee, National Theatre Conference (NTC) and Co-Chair, Barry Stavis New Play Award, New
York, NY (Second term 2006 – present)
NTC is national organization of 150 theatre professionals and scholars founded in 1932. As a Trustee
I assist in developing, planning and carrying out all NTC policy, governance, selection of committee
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the Year, and planning the yearly conference. As co-chair of the Barry Stavis New Play Award
committee from 2001-2005, I was responsible for soliciting new plays from key theatres and festivals
across the country. After reading all submissions, committee members selected a playwright who
was invited to receive the award at the NTC Award Luncheon held each year at the Player’s Club in
NYC. First term 1997-2004.
Arts Consultant, Smithsonian Institution, American History Museum, Washington, D.C. (1999-
2001)
Consultant to “Encuentros” Executive Director Soledad Campos. Assisted in selecting and contacting
Latina/o artists and Latina/o themed artistic product for the “Encuentros” live performance series and
the “Encuentros en Cine” film festival.
Actor/Script Development, Rockefeller Foundation Grant, Borderlands Theatre, Tucson, AZ
(2001-2005)
Participated as the lead actor in workshops to develop the play Electricidad written by Macarthur
Award winner Luis Alfaro. The script was awarded the 2002 Kennedy Center New Play Fund Award
and premiered at Borderlands Theater in 2003. The play had its west coast premiere at the Mark
Taper Forum, Los Angeles in 2005.
Actor/Script Development, Bethlehem/ Steel Workers Union Hall, Maywood, CA (1985)
Participated as the lead actor in workshops to develop the play Lady Beth in collaboration with
unemployed workers of Bethlehem Steel Mill after the plant closure in 1984. The play, written and
directed by Susan Tanner, had several performances at the Steel Workers Union Hall. Musician Bruce
Springsteen funded the project.
Co-Founder/Community Arts Advocate, Art-In-The-Park, Highland Park, CA (1985-1987)
With Founder Robyn Salazar Valdez, established a community art center to serve the need for after
school programs for at risk youth. Lobbied Los Angeles city government for initial funding. The center
continues to be a vital and vibrant part of this community and was recently renamed the Lalo Guerrero
School of Music.
PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIPS
Board Of Directors/Trustees
Claremont Museum of Art, 2006- Present
El Teatro Campesino, San Juan Bautista, CA, 1997-Present
Latinas Partners in Health, Washington, DC, 1996-Present
National Theatre Conference, New York, NYC, 1997-2004, 2006-Present
Central America Refugee Center, Los Angeles, CA (1984-1987)
The Mexican Museum, San Francisco, CA (1997-1999)
Professional Affiliations – Scholarly
American Theater and Drama Society
Association for Theater in Higher Education
Bay Area Network of Latinas
Latin American Studies Association
Modern Language Association
Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cultura
National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies
National Theatre Conference
Professional Unions & Affiliations – Film, Theater & Television
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Acting Peer Group (select annual Emmy Award winners)
Actor’s Equity Association
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
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National Association of Latina/o Independent Producers
Screen Actors Guild
Theatre Communications Guild
Global Professional Service
As the former international on-camera spokes person for the relief organization the Christian
Children’s Fund, I traveled to some of the most critical poverty areas in the world, i.e. Kenya (Masai
community), Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Philippines, and to Ethiopia during the 1980’s famine crisis.
ACADEMIC AFFILIATED ACTIVITIES-Stanford University
Producer, Symposium, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (April 6, 1997)
Created and produced the symposium “Acts of Protest and Affirmation: The Indigenous Roots of
Chicano and Latin American Teatristas”. I organized this 5-day event to increase the programming of
Latino Theater in the Drama Department and to bring an awareness of diverse theater communities.
Collaborating with a group of 15 student volunteers, I raised funds to bring in US Chicano theatre
practitioners and Grupo Los Mascarones from Mexico City, organized a public symposium, set-up
exhibits, organized workshops and lectures, and produced for university broadcast, Los Mascarones’
production of Emiliano Zapata, which aired on Stanford Instructional Television Network.

Exec. Producer, Stanford Instructional Television Network, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
(March 9 and 10, 1998)
Wrote, produced, directed, and co-edited three one- hour programs, “Chicano Theater in America”
Oversaw a production crew of 5 people. The program looked at the origins of Teatro Chicano and its
relationship to Latin American Popular/political Theater in the latter years of the movement. First aired

Producer/Founder, Latina Performance Initiative, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (1997-
1999)
Founded this organization to increase the diffusion, knowledge, and production of Latino arts and
culture at Stanford and the community at-large. The organization produced programming such as the
premiere screening of the PBS documentary Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights
Movement, the touring company of La Gran Carpa de los Rasquachis by Luis Valdez, and guest
speakers such as Arturo Rodriguez, President of the United Farm workers Union, among others.
GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS/LECTURING – Stanford University (1996-
2000)
Teaching Affiliate/Research Assistant, Department of Drama, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
“Designing your Performance Space,” visiting Mexican artist Rafael Zamarripa
Lecturer, Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
“One continent, one culture? Teatro Chicano and Latin American agit-prop theatre”
Lecturer, Centro Chicano, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
“Chicana/o images in film and theatre”
Lecturer, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
“Teatro America Workshop: the influence of indigenous images in Teatro Chicano”
Lecturer, Department of Drama, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
“‘Zoot Suit’: the first Chicano play on Broadway”
Lecturer, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
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COURSES TAUGHT:
Department of Drama, Stanford University
Theater and Dance Department, University of California, Santa Cruz
Introduction to Chicano Theatre and Performance
Chicano Theatre in Performance, “La Gran Carpa de los Rasquachis”
Creating a Solo Performance
Chicano Theatre
Theater of American Cultures
Introduction to Acting
Intermediate Acting
Acting Studio
WORKSHOPS/FESTIVALS ORGANIZED AT POMONA COLLEGE
2008 Daniel Valdez Concert, Athenaeum, Claremont McKenna Collage, April
2008 Pachucos Diego Vigil, Ray Buriel, Frank’s Dining Room, April
2008 Guest Artist, Tony Plana (“Ugly Betty”, orginal Zoot Suit cast member),
2008 A Master Class in Butoh, Guest Artist, Shakina Nayfack, April 16
2007 Artist in Residence, Guest Playwright/Actor/Director, Luis Valdez