April 13-May 8, 2010
Target Margin Presents World Premiere of:
THE REALLY BIG ONCE
Directed by David Herskovits
Ontological Theater
Please click here for info and tickets.
April 13, 2010
Lark Roundtable of AGUA by Carrie Louise Nutt, facilitated by May Adrales.
April 5, 2010
Maria-Christina guest stars on NURSE JACKIE--Season 2, Episode 3, "Candyland."
SHOWTIME at 10pm/11pm
Maria-Christina continues to collaborate with The Packawallop Pack.
www.packawallop.org
March 29, 2010
Maria-Christina continues to collaborate in the Lark Playground.
www.larktheatre.org
March 25, 2010
Maria-Christina guest stars on UGLY BETTY, "Million Dollar Smile."
ABC at 10pm
LOVELY ASSISTANT
by Caroline V. McGraw
Directed by Heidi Handelsman
Featuring Jackie Chung, Frank De Julio, Allyson Morgan, Peter O'Connor, Maria-Christina Oliveras, Joe Stipek and Max Wolkowitz
Directors' Company (311 W. 43rd St @ 8th Avenue)
7:30pm
www.newyorktheatreexperiment.org
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
October 12 & 14, 2009
FAYE DRUMMOND
By Tom Rowan
Featuring Denny Bess, Geneva Carr, Phillip Clark, Kristen Griffith, Vince Gatton, Maria-Christina Oliveras & Julian Stetkeyvytch.
Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Octoberfest
7pm
www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org
October 9, 2009
Mixed Phoenix Theatre Group presents:
I STAND CORRECTED
By Akin Salawu
Directed by Kaipo Schwab
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, Lanna Joffrey, Debargo Sanyal, Becky Comtois, Kelley O’Donnell
www.larktheatre.org
October 1, 2009
TERRA NOVA'S MONTHLY PERFORMANCE PARTY
SUBTERRANEAN
Featuring 10-minute plays by the Groundbreakers: Snehal Desai, Susan Ferrara, Lucy Gillespie, Mario Quesada, Andrea Thome, Karen Smith Vastola, and Heather J. Violanti.
DR2 Theater
10pm
www.terranovacollective.org
http://broadwayworld.com/article/terraNOVA_Collective_Presents_SUBTERRANEAN_Monthly_Performance_Party_101_20090915
September 20, 2009
Developmental Reading of VOLLEYGIRLS by Rob Ackerman.
September 17, 2009
Lark Roundtable of TWO ROBERTS by Migdalia Cruz.
September 16, 2009
Lark Roundtable of A NEW LIFE by Sinan Unel.
September 14, 2009
A BED THE SIZE OF PORTUGAL
By Mat Smart
Directed by Wes Grantom
Featuring Julian Acosta, Remy Auberjenois, Maria-Christina Oliveras, Matthew Dellapina, Stacey Yen
ARS NOVA
7pm
www.arsnovanyc.com
August 26, 2009
Maria-Christina serves as a guest artist with Carmen Rivera for MTC’s Education program collaboration with CUNY.
August 7-22, 2009
Maria-Christina plays Joanne in:
RENT
Directed by Dev Janki
Hangar Theatre
www.hangartheatre.org
July 28, 2009
MY SECRET LANGUAGE OF WISHES
By Cori Thomas
Directed by May Adrales
With Heidi Armbruster, Nora Cole, Laura Heisler, Marva Hicks, Maria-Christina Oliveras, Nilaja Sun
The Playwrights’ Realm
www.playwrightsrealm.org
July 7, 2009
Lark Roundtable of Bash Doran’s KIN, facilitated by Dominic D’Andrea.
June 25-27, 2009
Maria-Christina heads on retreat with Partial Comfort Productions.
June 22, 2009
Lark Roundtable of Michele Lowe’s A MAP OF THE WORLD, facilitated by Giovanna Sardelli.
June 15, 2009
X&Y Stories
By Migdalia Cruz, Michael John Garces, Jesse Mojica, Carmen Rivera, Cyn Canel Rossi, Edwin Sanchez, Candido Tirado & Janis Astor del Valle
Directed by Candido Tirado
With Jose Febus, Josie DeGuzman, Julia Grob, Dominic Colon, Armando Riesco, Nilaja Sun, Flaco Navaja, Kelly Coffield Park & Maria-Christina Oliveras.
May 22-June 20, 2009
NIGHT SKY
By Susan Yankowitz
Directed by Daniella Topol
Starring Jordan Baker, Lauren Ashley Carter, Dan Domingues, Tuck Milligan, Maria-
Christina Oliveras & Jim Stanek.
www.nightskytheplay.com
May 20, 2009
MY SECRET LANGUAGE OF WISHES
By Cori Thomas
Directed by May Adrales
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 Chiori Miyagawa, Sung Rno, Sinan Unel, Anna Ziegler, Savianna Savanescu, Alladin Ullah, 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, Lanna Joffrey, Bryant Mason, Matthew Paul Olmos, Saviana Stanescu, Caridad Svich, 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
and Maria-Christina Oliveras
Tribeca Performing Arts Center Theatre
www.americainplay.org/aipnews/festival
March 26th-27th, 2009
Maria-Christina reads multiple roles in a developmental reading with Theatreworks/USA of a new TYA musical, conceived by Alex Timbers.
March 23rd, 2009
THE BEREAVED
By Thomas Bradshaw
Facilitated by David Henry Hwang
Lark Playwrights’ Workshop
March 17th, March 24th, 2009
Readings with NYTW’s Mind the Gap Playwrights
Facilitator: Alex Lewin
New York Theatre Workshop
March 11th, 2009
Radio Play with Jaradoa Theater Company—lend your support at www.jaradoatheatre.org.
January 28-March 8, 2009
FABULATION, or THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE
By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Jackson Gay
Baltimore Centerstage
www.centerstage.org
February 16, 2009
SANS-COULOTTES IN THE PROMISED LAND
By Kirsten Greenidge
Baltimore Centerstage First Look Series
www.centerstage.org
February 2, 2009
RESTLESS SOULS AND HAUNTED SPIRITS
By Chiori Miyagawa
New Dramatists
January 8, 2009
Lark Roundtable:
THE BODY POLITIC
By Richard Abrons
Directed by John Eisner
December 8, 2008-May 2009
Maria begins collaborating and developing work with writers, Chiori Miyagawa, Sung Rno, Sinan Unel, Anna Ziegler, Saviana Savanescu, Rob Ackerman, Alladin Ullah and Kenneth Lin and directors, Kristin Horton, Eric Ting, May Adrales, Sturgis Warner, and Tamila Woodard in the Lark Playground.
December 11, 2008
Lark roundtable:
AGNES
By Aditi Kapili
Directed by John Eisner
December 11th, 15th 2008
DANCE OF DESIRE
Music by Liz Swados
Directed & Conceived by Kay Matschullat
Adaptation/Translation by Caridad Svich
www.larktheatre.org
November 23-24, 2008
LAS MENINAS
By Ernesto Anaya
Translated by Migdalia Cruz
Directed by Daniel Jaquez
www.larktheatre.org
November 21, 2008
Maria reads the role of Sheba in a developmental reading of Mike Batistick’s new play, Gail.
November 17, 2008
WIDER THAN THE SKY
by Jessica Litwak
With Jessma Evans, William Franke, Maria-Christina Oliveras, Godfery Simmons, Jennifer Dorr White
October 10 - November 15, 2008
BOLEROS FOR THE DISENCHANTED
by Jose Rivera
Directed by Chay Yew
Huntington Theatre
www.huntingtontheatre.org
July 22-August 24, 2008
UNBEATABLE
Co-created by Laurie Frey and Michael Barnard
Written by Eric Coble
Music and Lyrics by Todd Schroeder and Kevin Fisher
www.unbeatablemusical.com
www.phoenixtheater.com
June 30, 2008
Maria-Christina reads the role of Actor 5 in a Lark Roundtable of Jessica Litwak’s new play, Wider than the Sky, facilitated by Kristin Horton.
June 22-28, 2008
Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks
SLAVEY
by Sigrid Gilmer
Directed by Robert O’Hara
The Ohio Theatre
66 Wooster Street (between Broome & Greene Streets)
www.clubbedthumb.org
June 3, 2008
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
The West End Theatre
263 W. 86th Street
http://www.sixfigures.com/
April-May 2008
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 at www.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.
January 9-13, 2008
She Like Girls
By Chisa Hutchinson
Directed by Kristen Horton
Lark Play Development Center
www.larktheatre.org
January 12, 2008
Workshop of Jose Limon: The Musical
By Barbara Zinn Krieger; Music by Cristian Amigo
Directed by Brad Mallow
City Center
http://www.makingbookssing.org/
December 13, 2007
Reading of A Brief History of Helen of Troy
By Mark Schultz
Directed by Mark Brokaw
Manhattan Theatre Club
www.mtc-nyc.org
December 16, 2007
PAPER BEATS ROCK
@ CLUB MIDWAY
Ave B btw. 2nd and 3rd
Tha Bess Shit
Written by Chad Beckim
Directed by Lynn Thomson
The Lonely Thing
Written by Normandy Sherwood
Directed by Robert Berg
Featuring
Frank Harts
Maria Christina Oliveras
November 17-18, 2008
Of Princes, Princesses and Other Creatures
by Paola Izquierdo; translated by Susanna Cook
Directed by Kristin Horton
www.larktheatre.org
Sunday, November 17th
8pm
Lark Play Development Center
Word Exchange Celebracion
Monday, November 18th
8:30pm
HERE Arts Center
145 Sixth Avenue (between Spring and Broome)
November 30-December 10, 2007
Lonnie/Jake
by K. Lorrel Manning
Directed by Tim Farrell
Featuring:
Jason Blaine, Michael Cuomo, Robin DeJesus, Frank Harts, Alfredo Narciso, and
Maria-Christina Oliveras
Barrow Group Theater
www.barrowgroup.org
October 8, 2007
Partial Comfort Productions 2007 Welcome Mat Series
www.partialcomfort.org
Kidstuff by Edith Freni
Directed by Erica Gould
Studio Theatre/Theatre Row Studios
October 18, 2007
Partial Comfort Productions 2007 Welcome Mat Series
Blunt-Piercing Edge by Ed Cardona, Jr.
Directed by McKenna Kerrigan
October 18, 2007
7:30pm
Studio Theatre/Theatre Row Studios
October 13-17, 2007
Queens Scenes II
www.queenstheatre.org
Queens Theatre in the Park
September 29, 2007
Lark Play Development Center’s Playwrights’ Week
www.larktheatre.org
She Like Girls
by Chisa Huthchinson
Directed by Kristin Horton
Summer 2007
COLORADO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
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
www.curioustheatre.org
PARTIAL COMFORT PRODUCTIONS’ 365 PROJECT
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.
