Producing

Performance Salon 2016-2018
The Artists’ Collective / CSLA
www.performancesalon.org

High-Risk
​The Artists' Collective 2015 - 2018
www.high-risk.org

Artivists: A Documentary Series 
The Artists’ Collective
(Producer/Director/Editor) Unedited..

Series One: 2011
Augusto Boal 
Father Gregory Boyle 
Mark Thomas 

VISMS
Pedagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed
Miami (Oxford), Ohio 2013
www.visms.org

Cancer: Culture of Identity
Performance Lecture
Honolulu, Hawaii, 2011

Performing The Visms
Workshop
Honolulu, Hawaii, 2011

Performing The Visms
Workshop  for California Educational Theatre Association, Long Beach, 2010
 
Glocal Activists’ Theatre Workshop: Legislative Theatre
Ventura / Thousand Oaks, 2009          

Bless Me, Ultima
(Adapted Novel (by Rudolfo Anaya), Director)
National Endowment for the Arts / Big Read, 2008

Staged Readings for Los Angeles County Library / Cal State LA / Bilingual Foundation for the Arts / Dallas Cultural Affairs Department / Latino Cultural Center

Global Warming: Explorations of Crisis Through Legislative Theatre
Ventura / Workshop Leader, 2007

San Pedro Nine  
The Artists’ Collective, Warner Grand & Hollywood
(Writer / Director / Co-Producer), 2005-2006

Mine: In Her Own Name               
The Artists’ Collective
(Co-Author, Producer, Director)

Smithsonian Institution
February 2007

Performance Riverside
February 2006

Cal State LA
February 2006
  
Edge Fest LA
October  2005

 Awarded: County of Riverside Proclamation Charter, 2007

Cruel and Unusual: Proposition 66 
Southland Tour 
Fall 2004

The Artists’ Collective in conjunction with Center for Theatre of the Oppressed, Los Angeles, Fringe Benefits, and ACLU Southern California. 
(Producer / Director / Co-Author)

ACLU Uppies                                     
Upton Sinclair Freedom of Expression 
2nd Annual Awards 2004           
The Warner Grand Theater (Director)  

Living Newspaper
Banning’s Landing (Director)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
State Playhouse 
Cal State LA (Director)

Sinclair, The Musical
Edge of the World Festival 2003 
Los Angeles History Project
Gene Autry Museum (Producer / Director)

As Beauty Does
Edge of the World Festival 2003
The Attic Theatre (Producer)

ACLU UPPIES  
Upton Sinclair Freedom of Expression Awards
(Featuring George Carlin)
The Warner Grand Theatre (Director)

A Map of the World
Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Los Angeles 
(Producer, Director, Scenic, Costume Designer)
 6/01-7/01

Ahakhav Tribal Preserve 
Colorado Indian River Tribes (Co-Producer, Director, Co-Editor)       
                                                                  
Ahakhav Tribal Preserve /  Shot, directed and edited video about the International HeadStart Program, CSLA International Programs and the Colorado Indian River Tribes.  
4/99-6/00                                                                                                          

All’s Well That Ends Well
Luckman Fine Arts Complex / TAC & CSLA 
(Director / Scenic, Media, and Costume Designer)
Equity Guest Artist / Multi Media Conceptual Production 

1/00

The Cherry Orchard 
The Artists’ Collective / Gascon Center Theatre, Los Angeles (Producer / Director)
1/98–2/98. 

*LA Times Best Bets.

Morongo: Indian Gaming in California   Video (Co-Producer / Director / Co-Editor)
12/96-7/97

Raves:  Generation Zero's Collective Consciousness Raising.  
Video Short (Producer / Director/ Co-Editor) 
1/97

Zanatany: Children of the Ancestors
Video (Co-Producer / Director / Co-Editor)
Madagascar, Africa 4/94 - 9/97 

In A Woman's Voice, parts 1 & 2 
Los Angeles Theatre Center, Los Angeles 
(Workshop of New Work / Writer / Director) 
11/94-9/96

TAC'S BIG SPRING FESTIVAL
Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC) 
5/93 - 7/93 
(Four New Works Premiered)

1. Neva's Tale 
(By Clif Harper) 1993
The Artists’ Collective / Los Angeles Theatre Center (Producer)

NAACP Award, Dramalogue Award
2. The Haunting 
(By Laurel Meade and Noel Salzman)
The Artists’ Collective (Co-producer) / Los Angeles Theatre Center (Producer)

3. Larry Swell's Big Bang  (By Ken Roht)
The Artists’ Collective / Los Angeles Theatre Center (Producer)

4. Life and Death: The Vaudeville Show (By Susan Rubin and Shishir Kurup)
Indecent Exposure & The Artists’ Collective
Los Angeles Theatre Center 
(Co-Producer)  (Toured to Santiago, Cuba)

THEATRE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

LATINO CLASSICAL REPERTORY

(On Campus @ CSLU) 
Semi-Professional Theatre Company)

SUMMER FESTIVAL 1991-1993

 1. Latino Classical Repertory Fundraiser
Guest Artists included Robert Beltran, Andy Garcia, the late Raul Julia, Paul Rodriguez, Martin Sheen, Rachel Ticotin, Cheech Marin (Emcee) / The Artists’ Collective & Latino Classical Repertory Theatre / Los Angeles Theatre Company (Producer, Co-Director) 5/93

2. A Touch of the Poet
(Adaptation set in rural Mexico. Inaugural production directed by the late Ruben Sierra)
The Artists’ Collective, Theater for the 21st Century & Latino Classical Repertory Theatre
The Arena Theatre (Producer).

LA Times Best Bets. 7/93 –9/93

3. LA Talks 
Theatre for the 21st Century & The Artists’ Collective
The Arena Theatre (Producer)                  
 6/93 – 7/93

4. Measure for Measure
Theatre for the 21st Century & The Artist’s Collective
State Playhouse (Director, Producer) 7/93 – 8/93

5. Carnival
Theatre for the 21st Century & The Artists’ Collective/
State Playhouse (Director, Producer) 7/92 – 8/92

6. Working
(By Studs Terkel)
Theatre for the 21st Century & The Artists’ Collective
State Playhouse (Producer) 7/92 – 8/92

 7. Curse 
(By Clif Harper)
Theatre for the 21st Century & The Artists’ Collective
State Playhouse (Producer) 7/92 – 8/92

8. Othello
Theatre for the 21st Century & The Artists’ Collective
State Playhouse (Director, Producer)
 7/92 – 8/92

9. Black and White and Somewhere in the Shade of Grey
Theatre for the 21st Century & The Artists’ Collective
State Playhouse (Writer, Director)
Touring Production
2-92 – 8-94

10. In A Woman’s Voice
Workshop (Author, Producer, Director, Choreographer, Visual Designer) 

THEATRELIFE

Romeo & Juliet
Theatrelife & The Artists’ Collective / CBS Studio Backlot (Fiscal Receiver)
6/93-9/93

Joe Louis Blues
(By Oliver Mayer)
Theatrelife / The Artists’ Collective / Oliveri Productions
Los Angeles Theatre Center (Co-Producer)
 7/92 – 12/92                                                                         

LA Times Best Bets. Dramalogue and NAACP Awards

Spoon River Anthology
Irvine Valley College (Director)
10/89-12/89                  

After The First Death
(By Richard Stayton) 
Theatrelife / San Jose State University 
Ventura Court Theatre (Producer) 7/89 – 10/89

Shakespeare’s Women 
Touring Production (Writer, Director, Performer) 
1982-1989
         
Not About Heroes
San Jose State University (Director) Studio Workshop ‘88

America Hurrah
San Jose State University (Director) Studio Workshop ‘88

Aunt Dan and Lemon
 San Jose State University (Director) Studio Workshop ‘88

The Winter’s Tale
San Jose State University 
 1/88 – 3/88
Equity Guest Artist Robert Sicular  
Founded Shakespearean Training Institute            

Summerfolk
SIU Carbondale 
Studio Workshop  ‘86 

The Three Sisters
SIU Carbondale 
Studio Workshop ‘86

Miss Julie
SIU Carbondale  
Studio Workshop ‘86

Strange Snow
UC Irvine (Director) 3/83-4/83

Shakespeare’s Women 
(With William Needles)
UC Irvine (Director, Writer, Actress, Producer) 
4/82-5/82

Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander 
Zephyr Theatre (Producer, Lead Actress) 
6/81-9/81

*Won LA Dramalogue Award for ‘Best Actress’ 1981

*Cited ‘Legend of Los Angeles Theatre’ 2002
by the late and beloved verteran Los Angeles theatre critic, Polly Warfield

The Shadow Box
UC Irvine (Director) ‘80

The Great American Musical
University of London (Director) Workshop ‘76

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Bless Me, Ultima, 2008
Artwork by George Yepes

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