Maria Jose Ramos
Community Theater organizer
Personal Statement: "I am searching to be destroyed, to be challenged. I seek to use performance to empower others and myself. I strive to find ways I can link collective and individual physicalities with the political un/consciousness. "
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR Venue Date
Theater of the Oppressed for Educators UNM, Albuquerque Spring 2017
Theater of the Oppressed for Community Organizers Peace and Justice Center, Albuquerque Spring 2016
Restorative Justice Theater Workshop Mariposas Sin Fronteras, Tucson, AZ Fall 2015
Trust Building Theater Workshops Earlham College, Richmond, IN Spring 2014
Image Theater Workshop Border Studies Program, Tucson, AZ Spring 2013
Image Theater Workshop Owl and Panther Project, Tucson Spring 2013
A Litany for Survival Earlham College Spring 2010
Theater of the
Oppressed Akshara School, Pune, India Summer 2009
PERFORMANCE Role Director Venue Date
Voces de la Calle
Multimedia Art Collective Member of Collective Tucson Arizona 2014-2015
A Black Woman's Heart:
What Makes The Blood Director Earlham College Spring, 2014
Continue Flow Against Adversity
Mujeres Performance Ensemble Collective Tucson, AZ Spring 2013
Art Collective
The San Francisco Mime Ensemble Lisa Hori-García Bay Area Summer 2012
Troupe Workshop
Celebrate your Global Ensemble Ana Cornide Earlham College Fall, 2012
Engagement Celebration
A Litany for Survival Ensemble Ricardo Garciaherreros Earlham College Spring 2010
Hidden Fires Ensemble Hartman De Souza United World College 2008
Yemanya Director and playwright Collective United World College 2008
PRODUCTION SUPPORT Role Director Venue Date
Borderlands Theater Front House Marc Pinate Tucson 2015
The Adrian Mejía Fund Producer Adolfo Mejia Bay Area Summer 2012
Multicultural Cabaret Producer Ana Cornide Earlham College Spring 2012
4.48 Psychosis Light Designer/Producer Zia Pochkhanawal United World College 2009
Earlham College Special Events Staff (2011-2014)
Ranged from lectures to concerts, to touring shows (Maya Angelou 2011, The Acting Company 2013, Intergalactic Nemesis 2013) and Special Art Installations (Coco Fusco 2014, Indiana TED Talks 2014)
Roles and positions included: Backstage manager, backstage crew, box office, ushering
EDUCATION
- University of New Mexico:
M.A. in Latin American Studies, concentrations: Sociology and Community Regional Planning Spring 2017
- Graduate Teaching Academy, teaching undergraduate classes Albuquerque, NM Fall 2015
- Earlham College:
Double BA Theater Arts and Latin American studies Richmond, Indiana 2014
- La Pocha Nostra Performance Art Workshop Tucson, Arizona Spring 2013
- The San Francisco Mime Troupe Summer Workshop San Francisco Summer 2012
-Mahindra United World College:
International Baccalaureate Maharashtra, India 2008-2010
REFERENCES UPON REQUEST
RESUME
Languages
Bilingual: Spanish and English.
PHOTOSHOP
AUDIO EDITING
WEBSITE MANAGEMENT
EXCELL
PHOTOGRAPHY
ADVANCED RESEARCH AND SURVEY SKILLS
OUTLOOK
PHONE ETIQUETTE
JUGGLING
WORKSHOP COORDINATOR FOR:
THEATER OF THE OPPRESSED
IMAGE THEATER
ENSEMBLE BUILDING