BIOGRAPHY:
Nico Torrez (they/them) considers themselves to be a multi-hyphenate artist, with credits and interest spanning across directing, dramaturgy, producing, management, and so on. In 2020, they were co-founder and Artistic Director of Virtual Theatre Collaboration, an experimental theatre project designed to digitally bring early career artists together during the pandemic; they also recently served as the Head of New Works and Development with Don’t Tell Amy Productions, where they developed new works festival Draft One. Recently into playwriting, they were a part of the 2022 Oceans Ana Rising: Queer & Black Storytelling playwriting practicum. Their premiere play ‘Pages From a Love Manifesto’ was developed at SUNY New Paltz and then appeared with the Rogue Theatre Festival; their next piece, Customer Service Representation, was named a festival semi-finalist at The Secret Theatre in Queens. SELECT CREDITS: ‘Clara & Carmilla’ (Director, NYTF),‘Grounded’, ‘14’ (Director, SUNY New Paltz), ‘The Spitfire Grill’ (AD, Vanguard Theatre Company), ‘Alabaster’ (AD, Salt Lake Acting Company), ‘Office Hours’ (AD, Nittany Theatre at the Barn), ‘Sprites’ (AD, Rising Sun Company), ‘The Wolves’ (AD, SUNY New Paltz), ‘The House of Bernarda Alba’ (The Gallery Players), ‘The Killing Fields’ (SUNY New Paltz), ‘The Mystery of the Green Teeth Ghost’ (PSM, Rising Sun Company), ‘Bloom Bloom Pow’ (Producing Assistant/Social Media Manager, Dead Horse Productions), Shortstack Play Festival (ASM, Ma-Yi)
EDUCATION / TRAINING:
BA: Theatre Arts with a concentration in Theatre Studies (SUNY New Paltz)
Minor: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Select Training/Courses include: Latin America Through the Arts, Race Gender & Performance, Directing, Performing Feminism, Asian Theatre, Improv & Performance, Play Analysis, American Musical Theatre, Feminist Theory, Dramaturgy, Theatre Management, Gay & Lesbian Identities in Contemporary Theatre, Black Drama
Oceans Ana Rising F!RE!! Playwriting Practicum - 2022
Hitz Foundation Theatre Studies Intern - 2021-22
NYS Summer School for the Arts: Theatre - 2018
SPECIAL SKILLS:
Covid Compliance Certified | Proficient with Webex and Zoom | Proficient in Google Suites | Proficiency in Office 360 | Proficient in Viewpoints Movement Method | Scheduling | Time Management