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BioCarmen Rivera holds an MA in Playwriting and Latin American Theatre from New York University. Her play, La Gringa, was part of the OBIE Award Winning Series New Voices in 1996 and this year, celebrated its 29th year anniversary in repertory at Repertorio Español. It is now the 2nd longest running play in Off-Broadway history after The Fantasticks. It was published in both English and Spanish by Concord Theatrical Productions (Formerly Samuel French.)
Off-Broadway productions include: Celia: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz (Co-written with Cándido Tirado) - (HOLA Award, Outstanding Achievement in Playwriting); La Lupe: My Life, My Destiny (ACE Award – Best Production); Julia de Burgos: Child of Water; and To Catch the Lightning (Nomination ACE Award – Best Production), which was also published by No Passport Press. La Caída De Rafael Trujillo (The Downfall of Rafael Trujillo) received an ATI (Artistas Teatro Independientes) Award for Best Production at Teatro Círculo, which recently revived the play for a fourth production. Both English and Spanish versions were recently published by Theatrical Rights Worldwide (TRW). Other works include: Riding The Bear (Honorable Mention – Kilroy’s List, 2016), which was recently featured in a reading series, produced by Dramatic Question Theatre at The Flea; The Magic of the Salsa Kingdom, with director/choreographer, Maria Torres; The Loves of our Lives; The Next Cycle; Betty’s Garage; Ghosts in Brooklyn; ameRICAN; Delia’s Race; Plastic Flowers; The Power of Words; La Pesadilla (The Nightmare); ameRICAN; The Nurse; Julia; A State of Bliss; Delia’s Race; Caravan of Death and a co-writer in The XY Stories, which have appeared at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) INTAR; The Women’s Project & Productions; New Georges; La Mama E.T.C.; SOHO Rep; HERE; New Perspectives Theatre; Songs Of Coconut Hill Theatre Festival; Ballet Hispánico of New York; This American Life - National Public Radio (NPR); The Point; La TEA; Theatre for a New City; The Nuyorican Poet’s Café; The Latino Experimental Fantastic Theatre (L.E.F.T. – Founding Member); The Henry Street Settlement; The Julia de Burgos Café Teatro; Aaron Davis Hall; Dixon Place; El Puente; City Lights Youth Theatre/Lower East Side Tenement Museum; Theatre 22; Urbantheater Company in Chicago; Raíces Theatre in Buffalo; Martice Enterprises in Dallas; Taller Puertorriqueño in Philadelphia; the American Alliance for Theatre and Education Conference; Just Add Water Festival at New York Theatre Workshop and at Theatre Festivals in Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Puerto Rico and Moscow. Under The Mango Tree was published by Steep Spring Stage Rights. Her one-act play, Betty’s Garage is included in The Women’s Project and Productions: Rowing to America and 16 Other Short Plays. Carmen is also included in Women Who Make Theatre both published by Smith and Kraus. Delia’s Race is an included in the anthology, POSITIVE/NEGATIVE – women of color and HIV/AIDS, published by Aunt Lute. JULIA has toured the New York City Public Schools and is included in Nuestro New York, an anthology of Puerto Rican Theatre published by Penguin USA. Carmen’s work is the subject of two doctoral dissertations: Latinidad: The Theatre of Carmen Rivera, written by theatre scholar Dr. Jason Ramirez; and “Es que ella es de afuera.” La identidad puertorriqueña desde la experiencia diaspórica Nuyorican vista en la obra teatral “La Gringa” de Carmen Rivera, written by theatre scholar Dr. Ruth Torres Hernández. Carmen’s work can also be found on the online archive, Alexander Street Press. Carmen has been the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), ATT On-Stage and New York State Council of the Arts (NYSCA). Carmen has participated in the CBS Writing Development Program, working on the TV serial Guiding Light. She also has served as a Dialect Coach and Translator for the television shows – POWER, POWER BOOK II: GHOST, POWER BOOK III: KANAN RISING, POWER BOOK IV: FORCE, all produced by the STARZ Network. Carmen is a Founding Member and Co-Executive Director of E.P.P. (Educational Play Productions), which brings plays, that deal with social issues into the public schools. She has taught Playwriting at The City College of New York, NYU, and at The New School. She is currently a Teaching Artist with Manhattan Theatre Club, Remote Theatre Project, and Repertorio Español. |
Carmen on NPR's This American Life
A road trip can be a profound test of any relationship. It can save a marriage or destroy it. We have this example of a road trip in Europe. Playwrights Candido Tirado and Carmen Rivera told the story at the Nuyorican Cafe in New York City
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