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Off-Broadway Productions

LA GRINGA
OBIE AWARD -- 1996
Longest Running Off-Broadway Show in the Latino Theatre in NYC
Repertorio Español, N.Y.C. 
National Tour -- United States, Puerto Rico
Theatre Festivals -- Bolivia and Colombia
Brooklyn Academy of Music -- 651 Spanish Voices Series 
El Ateneo -- San Juan, PR
Raíces Theatre -- Buffalo, NY (English Version)
Caribbean Cultural Center -- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands (English Version)

CELIA: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF CELIA CRUZ -- Co-written w/ Cándido Tirado
ACE AWARD - BEST PRODUCTION -- 2008
HOLA AWARD -- BEST MUSICAL / BEST PLAYWRITING -- 2008
Commissioned by The Cardenas Group
New World Stages -- New York City
Adrienne Arscht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County Carnival Center for the Performing Arts -- Miami, Florida
Annual Music Festival -- Santa Cruz de Tenerife -- Canary Islands, Spain
Centro de Bellas Arts -- Puerto Rico
The Antheneum -- Chicago 

LA LUPE: MY LIFE, MY DESTINY
ACE AWARD -- BEST PRODUCTION -- 2001
Commissioned by Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre - N.Y.C.
Extended and Transferred - THEATRE 4 - Women’s Project and Productions - N. Y. C
Latino Cultural Center for Arts and Letters and Martice Enterprises - Dallas, Texas

JULIA DE BURGOS: CHILD OF WATER
Commissioned by Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre, N.Y.C. 
Videotaped for the Archives at the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts
Instituto de Puerto Rico (in Spanish) -- Annual Theatre Festival, San Juan
Urban Theatre Company (in English) -- Centennial Production, Chicago -- 2014
Teatro Tapia and Producciones AngelBello (in Spanish) -- Centennial Production --              San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2014 

 LA PRÓXIMA PARADA (THE NEXT STOP)
Repertorio Español

THE NEXT STOP
INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center -- N.Y.C.

TO CATCH THE LIGHTNING
ACE AWARD -- NOMINATION -- BEST PRODUCTION -- 1997
Lamb’s Theatre, Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre
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Other Productions

THE DOWNFALL OF RAFAEL TRUJILLO (LA CAIDA DE RAFAEL TRUJILLO)
ATI AWARD (Independent Theatre Artists) BEST PRODUCTION -- 2014
Commissioned by RMM Productions
Teatro Circulo -- N.Y.C.

UNDER THE MANGO TREE
Commissioned by INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center -- N.Y.C.

THE MAGIC OF THE SALSA KINGDOM
International Salsa Congress – Southport, England
Co-creator/ Director/choreographer – Maria Torres

BETTY’S GARAGE
INTAR / L.E.FT -- N.Y.C.
Theatre At St. Clements -- N.Y.C.
The Women’s Project and Productions -- NYC Tour of Community Centers and Schools
La Mama E.T.C. / L.E.F.T. -- N.Y.C.

DELIA’S RACE (Part of the Series POSITIVE WOMEN - Latinas living with AIDS)
INTAR / L.E.F.T., NYC
La Mama E.T.C. / L.E.F.T. -- N.Y.C.

A KISS UNDER THE MANGO TREE - Playwrights in Performance
Curated by Michael John Garcés
Aaron Davis Hall -- N.Y.C.

THE PARK -- 24-Hour Play Festival
INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center -- N.Y.C.

THE NURSE -- Summer Theatre Festival
SOHO REP -- N.Y.C.

THE POWER OF WORDS 
La Tea / L.E.F.T. -- N.Y.C.

A SONG IN THE HEART
La Tea / L.E.F.T. -- N.Y.C.

ameRICAN
The Nuyorican Poet’s Café Theatre / Shaman Repertory -- N.Y.C.

PLASTIC FLOWERS
La Mama E.T.C. -- N.Y.C.
The Nuyorican Poet’s Café Theatre / Shaman Repertory -- N.Y.C.

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