Josefina+Baez




 * Josefina Baez** Born in La Romana, Dominican Republic then moved to New York. Josefina Baez is an actor, writer, director and educator, is the founder and present director of Ay Ombe Theatre Troupe (estd. 1986). //Dominicanish// and //Comrade, Bliss Ain't Playing// are two of her published works, and are both performance texts. //Dominicanish// has been performed several times internationally over the last ten years. The text has also been translated into Bengal. Baez describes herself as "a performer-writer-educator-director whose work explores the present and its encounters with the past and future." She has taken part in numerous theatre festivals over the years and travels globally conducting Ay Ombe workshops and theatre retreats Her works have been published in Forward Motion Magazine (NYC), Brujula/Compass (Latin American Writers Institute (NYC), Ventana Abierta (University of California), Tertuliando/Hanging Out (Anthology of Dominican women writers in New York), Vetas (Dominican Republic), Caribbean Connections: Moving North (NECA/Washington, Dominicanish (NYC), Beacon Press 2001 Anthology, among others.

Performances: //Dominicanish// //Comrade, Bliss Ain't Playing//

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josefina_Baez