Josefina Báez (La Romana, Dominican Republic/New York), actress,
writer, director and educator, is the founder and present director of
Ay Ombe Theatre Troupe (estd. 1986). She was born in La Romana,
Dominican Republic and moved to New York when she was 12 years old.
Baez is best known for her performance texts Dominicanish, Comrade,
Bliss Ain't Playing and Levente no. Yolayorkdominicanyork.Baez
describes herself as "a performer-writer-educator-director whose work
explores the present and its encounters with the past and future."
Baez has been involved with multiple theatre festivals and travels
globally conducting Ay Ombe workshops and theatre retreats. She often
writes about her bi-lingual and bi-cultural experiences.Baez's 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) and the
Beacon Press 2001 Anthology. .
writer, director and educator, is the founder and present director of
Ay Ombe Theatre Troupe (estd. 1986). She was born in La Romana,
Dominican Republic and moved to New York when she was 12 years old.
Baez is best known for her performance texts Dominicanish, Comrade,
Bliss Ain't Playing and Levente no. Yolayorkdominicanyork.Baez
describes herself as "a performer-writer-educator-director whose work
explores the present and its encounters with the past and future."
Baez has been involved with multiple theatre festivals and travels
globally conducting Ay Ombe workshops and theatre retreats. She often
writes about her bi-lingual and bi-cultural experiences.Baez's 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) and the
Beacon Press 2001 Anthology. .
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