Chicahua Zipactonal Martínez, MFA 2024

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Experience Name:
MFA Thesis Capstone

Show:
In This Moment (Short Film)

Character:
Love

Playhouse / Producer:
HERE ARTS CENTER (In Collaboration with The New School)

Playwright:
Chicahua Zipactonal Martínez (they/them/elle) & Zandra Paxton (she/her)

Director:
Neka Cecilia Knowles (she/they) & Chicahua Zipactonal Martínez (they/them/elle)

Role:
Performer, Writer, Creator, Co-Director, Editor, Color Grader


Experience Name:
MFA Thesis Capstone

Show:
Unforgiveables

Character:
Ramona

Playhouse / Producer:
HERE ARTS CENTER (In Collaboration with The New School)

Playwright:
Raina Lawrence (she/her)

Director:
Raina Lawrence (she/her)

Role:
Performer


Experience Name:
MFA Thesis Capstone

Show:
Them

Playhouse / Producer:
HERE ARTS CENTER (In Collaboration with The New School)

Playwright:
Xin “Zinc” Tong (they/them) & Marg Zhang (they/them)

Director:
Christian Johnson (he/him)

Role:
Creative Consultant


Experience Name:
New Play MFA Workshop

Show:
Monica, Richie, & Angel: A One-Act Traumatic Comedy

Playhouse / Producer:
Tea Alagic (she/her)/The Bank Street Theater (In Collaboration with The New School)

Playwright:
Chicahua Zipactonal Martínez (they/them/elle)

Director:
Raina Lawrence (she/her)

Role:
Playwright


Experience Name:
Developing Digital Pilot Proof of Concept (Media Studies Course)

Show:
Somewhere In The Middle (Ten-Minute Proof of Concept)

Character:
Azul

Playhouse / Producer:
Vinay Chowdry (he/him)

Playwright:
Chicahua Zipactonal Martínez (they/them/elle)

Director:
Chicahua Zipactonal Martínez (they/them/elle)

Role:
Performer, Writer, Director, Editor, DP


Experience Name:
Parsons MFA Thesis

Show:
The Ruthless Cosmopolitan: Apotropaios

Character:
Dancer

Playhouse / Producer:
Chelsea Steinberg-Gay (she/they) (In Collaboration with Tishmann Auditorium

Playwright:
Chelsea Steinberg-Gay (she/they)

Director:
Chelsea Steinberg-Gay (she/they)

Role:
Dancer (Contemporary/Vogue)


Experience Name:
Project 2 (MFA CTP Course/Performance)

Show:
Playing the Other

Character:
Self

Playhouse / Producer:
Dael Orlandersmith & Jim Niccola (In Collaboration with The Wild Project)

Playwright:
Giancarlo Abrahan (he/they), Justin Armstrong (he/him), Irisdelia Garcia (she/they), Augustin Groz (he/him), Elly Yang (she/her), Shonari James (she/her), Bin Bin Kuo (he/him), Raina Lawrence (she/her), Chicahua Zipactonal Martínez (they/them/elle), Zandra Paxton (she/her), Xin “Zinc” Tong (they/them)

Director:
Dael Orlandersmith & Jim Niccola

Role:
Performer


Experience Name:
Site-Specific Project

Show:
No Place

Character:
Airport Employee/Dancer

Playhouse / Producer:
Wollman Hall (In Collaboration with Eugene Lang)

Playwright:
Giancarlo Abrahan (he/they), Chicahua Zipactonal Martínez (they/them/elle), & Zandra Paxton (she/her)

Director:
Irina Kruzhilina (she/her)

Role:
Performer, Writer, & Dramaturg


Experience Name:
Immigrant Experiences

Show:
Immigrant Experiences: An Evening of Songs

Playhouse / Producer:
Michael Heitzman & George Forbes at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (Advised by Jaime Lozano

Director:
Adrian Alea (he/him)

Role:
Lyricist


Experience Name:
BFA Play

Show:
The Bacchae

Character:
Cadmus

Playhouse / Producer:
AMDA College of the Performing Arts (Los Angeles)

Playwright:
Euripides

Director:
Paul Perri (he/him)

Role:
Performer


Experience Name:
One Hour Workshop

Show:
Our Lady of 121st St.

Character:
Edwin Velasquez

Playhouse / Producer:
The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (New York)

Playwright:
Stephen Adley Gurigus

Director:
Robert Manning Jr. (he/him)

Role:
Performer & Stage Manager


Experience Name:
One Hour Workshop

Show:
Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead

Character:
Beethoven

Playhouse / Producer:
The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (New York)

Playwright:
Bert V. Royal

Director:
Robert Manning Jr. (he/him)

Role:
Performer & Stage Manager

Education

MFA, Contemporary Theatre & Performance, College of the Performing Arts, The New School (2021-2024)

BFA, Performing Arts, AMDA College of the Performing Arts (Los Angeles) (2019-2021)

Studio Certifcate, Acting, The American Musical & Dramatic Academy (New York) (2018-2019)

Minor in Transmedia & Digital Storytelling, School of Media Studies, The New School (2023-2024)

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