April 13-May 8, 2010 Target Margin Presents: World Premiere of THE REALLY BIG ONCE Directed by David Herskovits Ontological Theater April 13-May 8, 2010 Please click here for info and tickets.
March 22, 2010 GAIL by Mike Batistick Directed by Arin Arbus www.theworkingtheater.org 7pm March 6-21, 2010 +30 NYC "IN THE ZONE" a new play by Michael John Garces Directed by Portia Krieger Center Stage NY 48 W. 21st Street www.broadwayworld.com Tickets $25 March 8, 2010 Packwallop's Lounge Series Reading of BETWEEN ADULTS by Josh Sohn, Directed by Don Nyugen.
March 1, 2010 Developmental Reading of THIS ONE GIRL'S STORY by Bil Wright, directed by Dev Janki. February 16, 2009 Maria-Christina co-stars on an episode of "Ugly Betty," air date TBD. February 15, 2010 Developmental Reading of "167 Tongues," Directed by Ari Krieth. link to: American Theater Magazine Feature February 11, 2010 Lark Roundtable of "Trujillo: America's Dictator" by Carmen Rivera.
February 10-12, 2010 Developmental workshop of "Bernstein Bears," directed by Peter Flynn and choreographed by Dev Janki.
February 8, 2010 Partial Comfort Welcome Mat Series Reading of: "Total Power Exchange" by Edith Freni Directed by Victor Maog Featuring Jackie Chung, Jessica Frey, Andrew Garman, Greg Keller, Maria-Christina Oliveras, Danielle Slavick The Wild Project 7pm www.partialcomfort.org www.broadwayworld.com
February 6, 2010 Monarch Theater Workshop of: "Latinas in La La Land" By Migdalia Cruz, Directed by Jose Zayas Featuring Maggie Bofill, Teddy Canez, Maria Helan, Andres Munar & Maria-Christina Oliveras, j.j. Perez, Gabriel Gutierrez 7pm www.monarchtheater.org
February 5, 2010 NYU Festival of New Works "The Crying Woman" by Mohammad Yousuf & Ira Madison Directed by Judith Stevens-Ly 7pm
January 28, 2010 New York Theatre Workshop Reading of: "Before Your Very Eyes" by Edward Elefterion 7pm
Rattlestick Theatre Reading of: "Welcome to Arroyo's" by Kristoffer Diaz 3pm
January 24, 2010 hotInk Festival Reading of: "American Klepto" by Allison Moore Directed by Josh Hecht www.hotink.org January 11, 2010 Lark Roundtable of "To Walk in Two Worlds" by P.H. Lin, Facilitated by Nicole A. Watson.
January 10, 2010 Reading of "Social Work" by Larry Kunofsky, directed by Heidi Handelsman.
January 5, 2010 Reading of Bouccicault's "The Octoroon," for a new adaptation by Brandon Jacobs Jenkins.
January 3, 2010 Maria-Christina begins to collaborate and play with Packawallop's The Pack. December 15, 2010 Reading of "Good Girls Like Ricky Martin" by Olga de la Fuente, directed by Judith Stevens-Ly for Gary Garrison's NYU Drama Lab.
December 14-15, 2009 Readings for New York Theatre Workshop's Mind The Gap Playwrighting Program, facilitated by Alex Lewin.
December 14, 2009 Final Session of Lark Playground, collaborating with writers Michael Bradford, Andy Bragen, Bob Kerr, Chisa Hutchinson and Betty Shamieh, and directors May Adrales, Jessi Hill and Sturgis Warner. December 9. 2009 Reading of "Stay With Me" by Olivier Coyette, Directed by Awoye Timpo.
December 3-6, 2009 MAREA By Alejandro Morales Directed by Scott Ebersold Featuring Maggie Bofill, Judith Delgado, Polly Lee, & Maria-Christina Oliveras www.packawallop.org HERE Arts Center
Thursday, December 3rd at 7pm Friday, December 4th at 7pm Saturday, December 5th at 7pm Sunday, December 6th at 2pm
November 20, 2009 New Dramatists' Reading of TEDDYGRAM! by Briana Whyte Harris Directed by Jocelyn Sawyer 3pm www.newdramatists.org
November 16, 2009 THE DINOSAUR WITHIN by John Walch Directed by Shana Gold Starring Kathleen Chalfant, Heidi Armbruster, Frankie Faison, Matthew Rauch, Andy Phelan, Hubert Point-Du Jour, Troy Schemmer & Maria-Christina Oliveras. Urban Stages, 6pm
November 11, 2009 Ensemble Studio Theatre's Octoberfest LOOK WE ARE BREATHING by Laura Jacqmin Directed by Giovanna Sardelli Featuring Keira Keely, Jake O'Connor, Maria-Christina Oliveras & Janet Zarish. www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org November 9, 2009 Closed New Dramatists' Reading of a new play by Zakiyah Alexander. www.newdramatists.org November 6, 2009 Pig Iron Benefit Galapagos Arts Space Hosted by Martha Graham Cracker 7pm
November 2-6, 2009 New Dramatists' Workshop of: Chiori Miyagawa's RESTLESS SOULS AND HAUNTED SPIRITS Directed by Sarah Cameron Sunde Featuring Jake Manabat, April Matthis, David Townsend, Godfrey Simmons, Maria-Christina Oliveras & Monique Vukovic. www.newdramatists.org October 29, 2009 THIE NIGHT OF SCARY BAD PLAYS Directed by Stephanie Gilman & Christianna Nelson New York Theatre Workshop Free Beer & Halloween Treats 7pm
October 28, 2009 THIS ONE GIRL'S STORY By Bil Wright Directed by Devanand Janki Featuring Natasha Yvette Williams, Angela Grovey, Aurelia Williams, Kim Grier, Maria-Christina Oliveras, Nik Walker & Sadrina Renee. A Benefit for Middle Collegiate Church's GLBT Ministry 7pm
October 26, 2009 A STAGE FOR CHANGE, Theatreworks/USA Gala Hosted by Colman Domingo Awardees include Kathleen Chaflant, Patricia Velasquez & Mike Moynihan http://www.theatreworksusa.org/UpcomingEvents.cfm
October 24, 2009 Naked Stage Reading of: A DOLL'S HOUSE By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Paul Walsh New Adaptation by Anna Gutto Featuring Anno Gutto, Frank Harts, David Gerson, Raymond McNally & Maria-Christina Oliveras
October 19 & 20, 2009 National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) 21st Annual Festival of New Musicals HOSTAGE SONG By Kyle Jarrow and Clay McLeod Chapman Directed by Oliver Butler Featuring Jeb Brown, Abe Goldfarb, Susan Goodwillie, Maria-Christina Oliveras and Caesar Samayoa. New World Stages http://namt.org/festival-2009.aspx
Featuring Raul Castillo, Ziad Ghanem, Ty Jones, Ryan Victor Pierce, Bridgette Antoinette Evans, & Maria-Christina Oliveras
Dance Theatre Workshop
October 8, 2009
Maria-Christina shoots an episode of NURSE JACKIE, Season 2, Episode 3, "Candyland."
October 4, 2009
GENIUS
A New Musical by Michael Heitzman and Ilene Reid
Featuring Olga Merediz.
Dramatists’ Guild at Playwrights’ Horizon
7pm
October 3, 2009
FUTURE ANXIETY
By Laurel Haines
Directed by Dominic D’Andrea
Featuring William Jackson Harper, Maria-Christina Oliveras, Maureen Sebastian, Jason Liebman, Patrick Edgar, Shirley Rumierk, LannaJoffrey, DebargoSanyal, Becky Comtois, Kelley O’Donnell
Featuring 10-minute plays by the Groundbreakers: Snehal Desai, Susan Ferrara, Lucy Gillespie, Mario Quesada, Andrea Thome, Karen Smith Vastola, and Heather J. Violanti.
With Laura Heisler, Maria-Christina Oliveras, Linda Powell, Nilaja Sun and April Ivette Thompson.
Page 73 @ Manhattan Theatre Club
7pm
May 13-14, 2009
Maria-Christina continues work in the Lark Playground with writers ChioriMiyagawa, Sung Rno, SinanUnel, Anna Ziegler, SaviannaSavanescu, AlladinUllah, and Rob Ackerman, with directors Sturgis Warner, Tamila Woodard, Kristin Horton, Eric Ting and May Adrales.
May 6, 2009
Maria-Christina films an episode of Law & Order: CI,airing in June.
April 22, 2009
THUNDER ABOVE DEEPS BELOW
By A. Rey Pamatmat
Directed by Pat Diamond
The Public Theatre
April 20, 2009
Sex.Scotch.Snakes. 7pm Telephone Bar and Grill
New short plays by Mando Alvarado, Maria Alexandra Beech, Kristoffer Diaz, LannaJoffrey, Bryant Mason, Matthew Paul Olmos, SavianaStanescu, CaridadSvich, and Andrea Thome.
April 9, 2009
LOS ILLEGALS
By Michael John Garces
Directed by Lou Moreno
New Dramatists
7pm
April 6, 2009
CODA
By Fred Crecca
Directed by Rick Mowat
Puerto Rican Traveling Theater
8:30pm
March 30th, 2009
EXCHANGING GLANCES An Original Evenings of Plays, Performances and Installations Inspired by A Glance at New York (1848)
Directed by Lynn Thomson With Godfrey Simmons, Chris Kipiniak, Lisa Barnes, Lori Gardner, Carrington Vilmont
Maria begins collaborating and developing work with writers, ChioriMiyagawa, Sung Rno, SinanUnel, Anna Ziegler, SavianaSavanescu, Rob Ackerman, AlladinUllah and Kenneth Lin and directors, Kristin Horton, Eric Ting, May Adrales, Sturgis Warner, and Tamila Woodard in the Lark Playground.
Maria-Christina reads the role of Samantha in the Lark Roundtable Reading of Elaine Romero’s Wetback, directed by Angel David.
May 16th & May 17, 2008
Maria-Christina co-directs Stand up and Speak at the Helen Mills Theater. Produced by Step-Up Women’s Network, it is an original show written and performed by young women from the The Women’s Leadership School in Harlem. Please contact Maria for ticket information.
April 30-May 3, 2008
Six Figures Theatre Company presents: 2GETHER Conceived and Developed by Ari Laura Kreith Written by J. Holtham, Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich, Steven Fechter, Jenny Lyn Bader, Brooke Berman, Jennifer Gibbs, Kevin Quinn and Daniel Talbott with music by Simon Gray and Benjamin Morss
Maria-Christina plays Charley Chan and Rosamund in the Theatreworks/USA production, Nate the Great, directed by Peter Flynn and choreographed by Dev Janki at various venues throughout NY. Public performances at the Town Hall Theater (43rd Street b/t 6th and Broadway) on May 5th and May 14th. For more details, please visit www.theatreworksusa.org.
March-April 2008
Maria-Christina plays multiple roles in the Theatreworks/USA production, If You Give a Pig a Pancake…and Other Stories, directed by Kevin Del Aguila and choreographed by Dev Janki at at various venues throughout NY.
March 5th & March 12th, 2008
Sledgehammer Punch
By Pamela Liou
Directed by Daphne Richards
NYU’S Festival of New Works
March 13, 2008
Maria-Christina reads the role of Cie/Cindy in a Lark Roundtable of a new play by Cheryl Davis, directed by Giovanna Sardelli.
March 9, 2008
Maria-Christina reads the role of Pinkie in a Lark Roundtable of a new musical by Carson Kreitzer and Erin Kamler, directed by Wendy McClellan.
Maria-Christina participates in a radio play with Jaradoa Theatre Company, a wonderful new company dedicated to “compassionate action, authentic storytelling, collaboration, diversity and play,” and founded by fellow Shades and Yale alum, Anika Larsen. Check them out and lend your support atwww.jaradoatheater.org.
February 27, 2008
Maria-Christina reads the role of Garance in a Lark Roundtable of American Car¸by Catherine Leger, translated by Chantal Blodeau, facilitated by Sturgis Warner.
February 15, 2008
Maria-Christina shoots the role of Bryce in the feature film, New Brooklyn, directed by Chris Cannuciarri.
February 9, 2008
Maria-Christina directs a reading of Getting Home by Anton Dudley at the Stella Adler Studios.
February 4, 2008
Maria-Christina reads the role of Gina in a Lark Roundtable of Ian Cohen’s Jefferson St., directed by Giovanna Sardelli.
January 27, 2008
Maria-Christina plays a number of roles in a reading of 2gether, conceived and directed by Ari Laura Kreith, written by a collective of writers including Daniel Talbott, J. Holtham, Kevin Quinn, Brooke Berman, Jennifer Gibbs, and Jenny Lynn Bader.
January 20, 2008
Maria-Christina plays the role of Betty in a Developmental Workshop of Artists and Artistocracy, a new musical by Kevin Breuer and Bryce Kulak, directed by Ross Williams.
October 2007-May 2008
Maria-Christina continues to work with the Lark Playground, a group of actors, directors and playwrights who meet monthly. They are currently developing new work by Michael Bradford, Jessica Litwak, Chantal Bilodeau, David Simpatico, Sonia Pabley and working with directors Sturgis Warner, Kristin Horton and May Adrales.
Maria spent the summer performing the roles of Petra Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Gavin Cameron-Webb and Smeraldina in The Servant of Two Masters, directed by Scott Schwartz.
CURIOUS NEW VOICES
Maria was thrilled to be a part of Curious New Voices, a program that “connects high school aged aspiring playwrights with nationally recognized artists culminating in the staged reading of the young artists’ plays by professional actors.” For more information, please visit
PCP recently produced a week of plays in conjunction with Suzan Lori Parks’ 365 project, which included response pieces written by PCP Members, including Maria.
May 2007
Maria-Christina receives her M.F.A. in Acting from the National Theatre Conservatory/Denver Center.
