Acting and Performances Resume
Carlos Manuel Rivera
1065 Jerome Avenue Apt. 6-A
Bronx, NY, 10452.
(646) 620-4776 .
Objective:
To act in theater, film, television, and voice over; and to
direct theater.
Qualifications:
27 years acting, performing, directing, writing in theater,
Puerto Rico, Spain, Mexico, USA.
Training:
Arizona State University 1996-2000
New York University
1987-1988
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras 1980-1987
Skills:
Acting for theatre, television, film, and radio in Spanish
and English.
Performances and
Plays:
La Bori Bori de Mink”. Centro Cultural El Barco de Papel, Queens New
York 14 de abril de 2018.
Forum Amalgama, Ponce Puerto Rico, March 10, 2018.
“La Bori Bori de Mink”. VII Coloquio ¿Del otro la’o? Perspectivas y debates sobre
lo cuir. Trans, inter y otras rutas emergentes. Universidad de Puerto
Rico, Recinto de Mayagüez, March 8, 2018. (Actor Role: La Bori Bori de Mink)
"La
Regla". Monologando Ando 2017, William V. Musto Cultural Center, Union
City, New Jersey. Feebruary 9, 2018 and in The Producers Theater Club, February
22, 2018. (Actor Role: La Regla)
"La Regla". Festival de Monólogos Ando Monologando. The Producers Theater Club. September 20, 2017.
(Actor Role: La Regla)
New Year's
Day Spoken Word/Performance Extravaganza! Nuyorican Poet Cafe, NY, NY, January
1, 2018. (Poet-performer)
“La Regla”. 7ma Temporada de Ando Monologando. The Producers Club, NY, NY, September 20, 2017. (Actor Role La Regla).
Poesía Multidisciplinaria. La Cueva del Uapiti, Montevideo, Uruguay. June, 24, 2017. (Poet-performer)
Noches Equis. Centro Cultural La Senda, Buenos Aires, Argentina June 15,
2017. (Poet-Performer)
Circuito Cerrado. Vuela El Pez, Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 20, 2017.
(Poet-Performer)
Poesía Multidisciplinaria. La Cueva del Uapiti, Montevideo, Uruguay. June, 24, 2017. (Poet-performer)
“Hispanic
Panic Strike Back: May The Fierce Be With You”. BAAD, Bronx, N Y, May 5, 2017.
(Performer)
“EL A MUELTO”. Bronx Latin American Art Biennial. Loisaida Inc. Center Gallery. November 17, 2016. (Installation/Poet-Performer).
“Rescate poético”. Poetry Performance at Fest 2016 Borimix.
Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center, November 12, 2016. (Poet-Performer).
“EL A MUELTO". Borinqueya: An Envolving Travesy. Fest 2016 Borimix.
Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center, November 4, 2016. (Installation/Poet-Performer)
From Poe’s Porch. Macabre Poetry Series. Bronx Writer Center and Bronx Historical Society. Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, Bronx, NY, October 29, 2016. (Poet-Performer)
The Photographic Exibit: “Urban Latinos: Un Sopón Rico.” Luisa Capetillo Gallery, El Barrio Firehouse, NY, NY October 15, 2016. (Poet-Performer)
“Salute to Ana Castillo.” Julia de Burgos Cultural Center, NY, NY September 30, 2016. (Poet-Performer)
Feature Poet in Smokin’ Words, Elkat Productions, South of France, Bronx, New York September 16, 2016. (Poet-Performer)
“Rescate poético 1, 2, and 3”. Poetry Performance at Camaradas del Barrio, NY, NY. April 3 and August 7, 2016 and at Taíno Towers Ball Room, NY, NY. June 9, 2016. (Poet-Performer)
Stereo Island Mosaic by Vincent Toro. Book Signing and Celebration. Nuyorican Poet Cafe, June 12, 2016. (Poet-Performer)
The Rise
of the Bilingual. Brooklyn, New York, May 28, 2016. (Poet-Performer)
35 Poets for Oscar. La
Marqueta, NY, NY, May 28, 2016. (Poet-Performer)
Bronx
Community College & the Association of Latino Faculty &Staff Honor
Awards Ceremony, May 13, 2016. (Poet-Performer)
Hispanic Writers Week, May 7, 2016, Villa Victoria
Cultural Center, Boston, Massachusetts. (Poet-Performer)
“Q-Boro
Lit Crawl.” Fundraising Queens Book’s Fair. Poetry Performance at Dominies
Hoer, Queens, New York. April 7, 2016. (Poet-Performer)
“Rescate
poético”. Poetry Performance at Camaradas del Barrio, NY, NY. April 3, 2016.
(Poet-Performer)
“La
poética de la alcapurria”. Poetry
Performance at Dixon Place, NY, NY,
March 16 2016. (Poet-Performer)
“La Regla”. VI Coloquio Del otro la’ Perspectivas
sobre sexualidades queers caribeñas. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de
Mayagüez, March 2, 2016. (Actor Role: La Regla)
Festival de Declamadores. Comisionado Dominicano
de la Cultura, NY, NY February 11, 2016.
(Poet-Performer)
“An
Evening with Miguel Algarín. Nuyorican Legendary Poet.” Hostos Community
College, CUNY, November 18, 2015. (Poet-Performer)
Blaqlist
Poetry Reading Serie. Port Morris Distillery, Bronx, NY, October 22 , 2015
(Poet-Performer)
Presentation of the Anthology Amanecida. Ed. by Etnairis Ribera.
Boricua College, Manhattan
Campus NY, NY October 8, 2015.
(Poet-Performer)
“AFROPOETICS: Honoring
the Afro-Descendant Puerto Rican Legacy.” Museo del Barrio, NY, NY, June 8 2015. (Poet)
Smokin’ Word by Machete Movement. El Fogón Cultural Center,
Bronx, NY, January 31, 2015. (Poet-Performer)
"Past
Forward" Bronx Latin American Art Biennial, November 15, 2014. Bronx Arts
Space, Bronx, NY. (Poet- Performer)
“Gathering of Carnations: A Marathon of Julia de Burgos' poetry”. Taíno
Stickball Community Gallery, NY, NY, September 27, 2014. (Poet)
The Americas Poetry Festival of New York 2014. College at The Center for Worker
Education. Center for Worker Education, City College CUNY, NY, NY, October 15,
2014. (Poet)
"Balbucéalo". Casa de la Cultura Ruth
Hernández, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 18, 2014. (Poet-Performer)
"De búsqueda a Trazos 30 años después:
puesta en circulación de la Revista Trazos". Gregorio Luperón School, NY, NY, May 29,
2014. (Poet)
"La Regla". Veinte 14, Mayagüez,
Puerto Rico, April 19, 2014. (Performer)
"The
Last Poet Standing" Bowery Poetry Club, NY, NY, February 16, 2014. (Poet)
December 9, 2013. "Latino
Spoken Words: Worship to Spanglish." General Consulate of Spain in New York.
Bowery Poetry Club, NY, NY. (Poet and Curator)
November 29, 2013. Monologue
"La Regla" by Carlos Manuel Rivera IX New Poetry Festival of New York.
Word Up Bookstore, NY, NY. (Actor La Regla)
October 17, 2013. Festival de la
Palabra de Puerto Rico en Nueva York. Poetry reading, CUNY Graduate Center,
(Poet)
October 6, 2013, "Yans &
Reto 2013 7 minutes or less performances, short films, videos, proclamations,
comedy, song." Anthology Film Archives-New York, New York (Performer).
July
27, 2013, The 3rd Poetry Festival, Governor Island, NY, NY. (Poet).
July 6, 2013, Poetry Performance Sexta Maratón Cultural de Colectivo Poetas
de Nueva York, Quuens, NY. (Performer).
May 26, 2013, Soap Box Poets. Howl
Festival, NY, NY. (Poet) .
May 18, 2013, Serie
de Lecturas Rizoma. Instituto Cervantes, NY, NY. (Poet).
December 8, 2012. Poetry Reading Hispanic
Latino Book Fair. Queens, NY (Poet).
December 1, 2012. Poetry Reading Festival
de Nueva Poesía, Colectivo Poetas de Nueva York, NY, NY (Poet).
November 16, 2012. "Perfume
para entes o veneno pa' la gente". 3rd United Solo Festival. Theatre Row,
NY, NY. November 29, 2012. Opart, Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center,
(Performer).
November 2, 2012. "La Tongo" by Abniel
Marat. BAAD, Bronx, NY. (La Tongo).
September 27, 2012. "Trilingua: The Innauguration".
Performing the poetry. La Cantina Royal, Brooklyn, NY. (Poet-Performer).
August
26, 2012. ASI MI NATION. Performing
the Poetry. La casa Azul Book Store, NY NY, and October 6, 2012, El Barco de
Papel Book Store, Queens, NY (Poet-Performer).
June
29, 2012. A
poetry reading and performance “Niuyoriqueando Mi Nation” VI Congress of
Hispanic Association of Humanities, Madrid, Spain. (Poet-Performer).
June
23, 2012. Poetry
Performance Quinta Maratón Cultural de Colectivo Poetas de Nueva York.
(Poet-Performer).
May
26, 2012. “San
Hediondo Sal que Daña” by Carlos Manuel Rivera. Performance. 10th Anniversary
Trazarte Huellas Creativas. Comisionado Dominicano de la Cultura en los Estados
Unidos. NY NY. (San Hediondo).
November
27, 2011. Dramatic
Reading “Quisimos tanto a Lydia” written and directed by Aravind Adyanthaya.
O.P.A.R.T. Cultural Center Clemente Soto Vélez, NY, NY. (Luisa).
November
9, 2011. O.P.A.R.T
presents a night of Poetry, Performance, and Visual Art. BORIMIX, Puerto Fest
2011, Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center, NY, NY. (Poet-Performer).
October
29, 2011. “Suspense”.
Performing the Poetry. Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center, NY, NY.(Poet-Performer).
October
15, 2011.“San Hediondo Sal que Daña”. Libro Abierto. Feria
Latinoamericana del Libro. Literary Fair. Lincoln Hospital, Bronx NY. (San
Hediondo).
August
13, 2011. ASI
MI NATION.
Poetry and Spoken Words by Carlos Manuel Rivera. Recorded and Arrangements by
Papo “Forajido”Gely. CD Released Presentation. Sister’s Uptown Bookstore and
Cultural Center, NY, NY. (Poet-Performer).
July
24, 2011.Words and Music for Miguel Algarín. The Phoenix, NY, NY.
(Poet-Performer).
June
15, 2011. “La
Tongo” de Abniel Marat. Monologue. “Live from Cuba!: Roxy La Rusa and Friends”.
The Phoenix, NY, NY. (La Tongo).
June
2-4, 2011. “San
Hediondo Sal que Daña”. Horas de Junio. Universidad de Sonora,
Hermosillo, México. (San Hediondo).
May 29, 2011.“Callejerismo”. Agueybaná
Productions. Poetry Performance. The Loisaida Festival, NY, NY. (Poet-Performer).
April
27, 2011.“Boricabaret”. Hispanic Panic. Performing the Poetry. Nowhere, NY, NY.
(Performer).
April
23, 2011.“Resurrection”. Performing the Poetry. Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural
Center, NY, NY. (Performer).
November
30, 2010.Tribute to Miguel in HisWords. Performing the Poetry. Niuyorican Poet
Café, NY, NY. (Poet-Performer).
November
20, 2010. Machete
Band Aniversary. Performing the Poetry. Notice, Brooklyn, NY. (Poet-Performer).
November
2010 until the present. Capicu Cultural Showcase. Performing the Poetry.
Notice Lounge, Brooklyn, NY. (Poet-Performer).
November
17, 2010. ASI MI NATION. Performing
the Poetry. BMCC, CUNY. (Poet-Performer).
October
27, 2010. “Spirits
and Monster Panic”. Hispanic Panic . Nowhere, NY, NY. (Poet-Performer).
July 8, 2010. Presentation of
the Anthology of the Complete Poetry works by Abniel Marat. Performing the
Poetry. La Casa de la Herencia Cultural Puertorriqueña, NY, NY. (Poet-Performer).
June 23, 2010. “Pride Panic”. Performing the Poetry. Nowhere,
NY, NY. (Poet-Performer).
May 15, 2010. ASI MI
NATION. La Pregunta Arts Café, NY, NY. (Poet-Performer).
January
27, 2010 “Hispanic Panic” Performing the poetry. Nowhere, NY, NY. (Poet-Performer).
January 6, 2010 Las
Preciosas ridículas by Moliere.,
directed by Antonio Pantojas. NYCHA, Pequeño Teatro, (Monsieur Le Grange).
November 28, 2009 La
Tongo by Abniel Marat Monologue. Until Midnite Café Teatro, Bronx, NY. (La
Tongo).
October 7, 2009 Soplo mágicos disparates. Performance. Bronx Hispanic Festival, Bronx Museum. (Performer).
July 2-30 2009 Un Boricua en Nueva York. Performance.
La Pregunta Arts Café, NY, NY. (Poet-Performer).
May 30, 2009 Soplo mágicos disparates. Performance.,
La Pregunta Arts Café, NY, NY. (Poet-Performer).
June 17, 2007 Anna in
Her Tropics by Nilo Cruz. Staged Reading, directed by Frank Domínguez, Theatre Charlotte. (Santiago).
January 13 and
14, 2007 Divas Gremio by Pedro
Santaliz. Poetry reading with the author as an introduction before the
performanceNiuyorican Café and Taller Cé, San Juan Puerto Rico. (Poet-Performer).
November 15,
2006 Davidson Reads. Performing the
poetry and sharing with Dr. Randy Nelson fiction reading, Davidson College, ,
900 Room Alvarez Union. (Poet-Performer).
November 2,
2006 Performance “Invocation The Death”. Event of Día de los Muertos, OLAS, Davidson College. (Performer).
August 18, 2006 Performance The New Invaders, a Jam Cross Over with Guillermo Gómez Peña and
his troupe La Pocha Nostra. Museum of Contemporary Art, Oaxaca, Mexico. (Performer).
May 26-28, 2005. “Esto fue lo que trajo el barco”. Performance
directed by Myrna Renaud. Third Encounter of Dance, Danza Aquí. Luquillo,
Puerto Rico. (Poet-Performer).
May 21, 2005 Bilingual Spoken Word Art. Artsplosure @ Exploris: Latin Jazz Extravaganza. Exploris Art
Museum, Raleigh, North Carolina.. (Poet-Performer).
Nov. 17-21 2004 Pastiche
Trans-performance conceived and directing by Roberto Prestigiacomo. Theatre
Department, Davidson College, (Performer and Dramaturge).
August 12, 2004 Presentation
of the book Soplo mágicos disparates.
Performance.
Cultural Center Casa Aboy,
San Juan, Puerto Rico, (Poet-performer).
May 3-4, 2004 Must be
stories told by Osvaldo Dragún. Latin American Theatre course, Davidson
College, (Directing).
April 9, 2004 Presentation of the book Soplo mágicos disparates. Performance and reading.
Phoenix College, Arizona. (poet-performer).
November 2 and 3, 2003 Performance “Prelude to the Death”.
Celebration of the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos). Sponsored by OLAS and
Spanish Department, Union and Perkins Auditorium Davidson College. (Performer).
September
4-9, 2003 Writing of the
poetry-performance (script) “Calibán va pa’ la YUPI (Universidad de Puerto
Rico)” for Hincando el pie
(dance-theater performance), performed by Hincapié Modern Dance-Theater
Company, directed and choreographed by Petra Bravo. University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. (Writer).
April 2-5, 2003 La
Tongo by Abniel Marat. Fifth Congress of Latin American Theater. University
of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. (La Tongo).
July 13, 2002 "I'm
Pedro Pietri's Character". Performance poetry by Carlos Manuel Rivera,
Orbis Press, Phoenix, Arizona. (Poet-Performer).
April 6, 2002 Performance of La Tongo by Abniel Marat.
The Latin American Arts Festival, The Community Theatre of
Greensboro,NC, Artistika Concert Café. (La Tongo).
November 2001.
"Prospero and The Sea", version of The Tempest by William Shakespeare, Written and Directed by Oscar
Giner, Aleph, inc. 38th International Theater Festival, Fine Arts
Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Caliban).
May 2001 Híbrido
Spanish Theatre Performance directed by Carlos Manuel Rivera.
Davidson College, North Carolina. (Director).
November 2000 "Conjuro de la muerte,"
Performance Day of the Death, Davidson College, North Carolina. Performed by Carlos Manuel Rivera. (Performer).
April 2000 "The Origin of the sea" written and
directed by Oscar Giner based in Fray Ramón Pane's Spanish Chronicle of the
Taínos Indians. ASU Theatre Department. (Behique).
December 1999 La
Pastorela, Christmas Shepherd Drama, Centro La Amistad, Arizona. Directed
by Zarco Guerrero. (Luis).
November 1999 La casa
de Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca. ASU, Theatre and Spanish
Department. (La Poncia).
February 1999 Hispanick
Zone by Guillermo Reyes. Arizona Rasquachi Players, Playwright Theater,
Phoenix, Arizona. Directed by Warren Baumghart. (Mr. Puerto Rico).
December 1998 La
Pastorela, Christmas Shepherd Drama,
Teatro Chicano La Esperanza, Centro La Amistad, and ASU Public Events. Written
and directed by Rodrigo Duarte Clark. (Luis).
March, June, and September 1998 La Tongo, monologue by Abniel Marat in Chandler and Gilbert
Community College, Arizona; Third National Encounter of Mexican Writers,
Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, Oasis Review
of University of Sonora; and Nine
Literary Congress of Feminine Hispanic Literature: Feminine Imaginaries. (La
Tongo).
May 1998 Cultural Proflections: Minus 2. Multimedia
Experiment involving Internet related technologies and various artists from
Belize and United States. Directed by John Colt, North Light Gallery, and ASU. (Poet-Performer).
December 1997 Staged Reading Play Hispanick Zone by Guillermo Reyes. Theatre Department, ASU. (Mr.
Puerto Rico).
March 1997 "Bori- cuándo", Performance Poetry.
"Confluencias poéticas" Anniversary of El Culturadoor, Hispanic Cultural Review in Arizona. II Mexican Literature Congress, Spanish
Department, ASU. (Poet-Performer).
May 1996 El niño que enloqueció
de amor by Eduardo Barrios. Guaynabo Fine Arts Center, Puerto Rico. (El
Doctor).
July 1995 "No autobombo" Performance Poetry in La Iguana Dorada poetry review activity.
Café Seda, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Poet-Performer).
February 1995 “El día que conocimos el amor”.
Performance Poetry, Interamerican University, Guayama, Puerto Rico. (Poet-Performer).
December 1994 "Al desnudo en la
poesía" Performance Poetry, Inter American University, Guayama, Puerto
Rico. (Poet-Performer).
November 1994 "Rene Cla, El Escorpión
Reciclador" Performance Poetry to Marta Pérez Painting Exhibition, Botello
Gallery, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Poet-Performer).
November 1993 "Inejí" Performance Poetry with
the group Ando Caribe Ando. Bayamón
and Carolina University of Puerto Rico Campus. (Poet-Performer).
May 1993 "Somos depredadores" Written and Directed
by Ivonne Petrovich. Hogares Crea, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. (Actor).
November 1992 "Vestir para la poesía o poesía para
vestir" poetry activity with "Disparates, hábitos y monjes
vestidos" Performance Poetry. Tapia Theater, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Poet-Performer).
September 1992 "Perfume para entes o veneno pa' la
gente", monologue-poem, Museo del Chopos, Mexico City, Mexico. (Performer).
August 1992 "Sudaca 92 Ni Taínos acá /Ni Taínos
allá" Performance Poetry, Tapia Theater, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Poet-Performer).
May 1991 La nueva vida
by Lydia Milagros González. Acting and directing by Carlos Manuel Rivera.
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. (El Jíbaro).
May 1990 En la diestra
de Dios Padre by Enrique Buenavaventura. Metropolitan University, Cupey,
Puerto Rico, directed by María Vilches. (Peralta).
October 1989 Pepita
Jiménez by Juan Varela, Adaptation by Roberto Ramos-Perea, Yo Soy, inc.
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, directed by Edgar Quiles. (Sebastíán).
September 1989 "El negro en América" by Victoria
Espinosa. Dance, Music and Poetry Performance. University of Puerto Rico, Río
Piedras. (Performer).
November 1988 Otello
by William Shakespeare. Directed by Alina Marrero , Bohío
Puertorriqueño,inc. Puerto Rico,
Fine Arts Center. (Dux
of Venice).
July-August, 1987 Coqui
Corihundo vira el mundo (Anastasia). Written and directed by Zora Moreno,
Flor de Cahíllo, inc. Fine Arts Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Policía)
May 1987 Dream on Monkey Mountain by Derek Walcott.
Directed by Fedora Montañez and supervised for a theater course of directing by
Victoria Espinosa. University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. (Mosquito).
May 1987 Tres lirios de cala
by Abniel Marat. Directed by Josean Ortiz and supervised for a theater course
of directing by Victoria Espinosa. University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. (El
Utilero).
April, 1987 Retablo de las maravillas y otras maravillas
by Cervantes. Spanish Language Fest.
Touring Theater of University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. (El
Procurador).
April 1987 Aulularia by
Plauto. Directed by Gilda Navarra, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras.
(Cocinero).
February 1987 El carbón que ha sido brasa (Triología
Costumbrista). Directed by Dean M. Zayas, University of Puerto Rico. (Ruperto).
February to July 1987 El
Cemí de Maboya Written and Directed by Pedro Santaliz and The New American
Theater of the Poor, Puerto Rico. (Tratoriafux)
November 1985 Mother Courage by Bertold Brecht.
University of Puerto Rico, directed by Dean M. Zayas. (Actor).
November 1984 The
Man of the Moon. University of
Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, directed by María Eugenia (Cuca) Mercado. (Pyp).
May 1984 Dr. Death de
3 a 5 University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, directed by Mérida Méndez and
supervised for a theater course of directing by Victoria Espinosa. (El Ayudante
del Doctor).
November 1983 The Sun and The Mac Donald by René
Marqués. Univeristy of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, directed by Victoria Espinosa.
(Ciro).
March
1983. A Man is a Man by Bertold
Brecht. Coribantes, inc. Corral de la Cruz, San Juan, Puerto Rico, directed by
Edgar Quiles. (Actor)
September 1982 Revolution on the Hell by Roberto
Ramos-Perea. First Encounter of Puerto Rican New Playwrights, University of
Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, directed by Victoria Espinosa. (El Abanderado and
Conrado).
September 1982 Oedipus the King by Sofocles, Coribantes
inc., University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, directed by Rafael Rojas. (Coro).
Film/TV
January, 2010 Last
Shot written and filmed by Cindy Sanabria. Writer Scene, NYC. (The Vodoo
Priest).
October 16, 2004 51st
State directed by Vincent González, Gonzfield Pictures. Broadcasting and
Cinema Department, Univeristy of North Carolina at Greensboro. (The Old Man).
1995 Jennifer Wolf Show- TV Documental, Telemundo, Chanel 2,
San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Actor).
1995-1996 ¿Será acaso este su caso? TV Program, WIPR, Chanel
6, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Actor).
Professional
Membership
Puerto Rican Studies Association, USA.
College of Theater Actor Puerto Rico.
Languages
Spanish, English. Speaking, Writing and Reading.
*My Theater
Company Polen Extraño, Inc. San Juan, and Puerto Rico did many of these
Performances.