Gregory Ramos Associate Professor, Chair 410 Farrell Street #401 The Department of Theatre South Burlington, VT 05403 University of Vermont gregory.ramos@uvm.edu garamos93@yahoo.com Education The University of California, Los Angeles MFA, Playwriting, School of Theater, Film, and Television, 1999 The University of California, Los Angeles BA, Theater, School of Theater, Film and Television, 1997 Professional Affiliations Actor s Equity Association Member Lincoln Center Director s Lab Teaching and Research Interests Directing, Playwriting, Contemporary U.S. Latina/o Theater, Contemporary U.S. American LGBT Theater, Diversity in U.S. American Theater, Ethnographic Theater, Solo Performance Professional Experience Directing Actor s Equity Contracts: Time Stands Still Unnecessary Farce I ll Be Back Before Midnight Into The Woods Directing - University Productions Urinetown(also choreographer) How I Learned to Drive Stop Kiss La Ronde Found A Peanut Godspell (also Choreographer) A Doll s House (Original adaptation) Cabaret (also Choreographer) Vermont Stage Company, Burlington, VT The University of Vermont: 1
Real Women Have Curves My Visits with MGM Paso Del Norte Confessions of Women from East L.A. Santos & Santos Art The Many Deaths of Danny Rosales Our Town The Fantasticks Directing - Non- Equity: Ain t Misbehavin Once on this Island Evita (Choreographer) Directing - Community Based Theater Young Playwright s Festival Border Voices The University of Texas at El Paso: Border Public Theatre, El Paso, TX Border Public Theatre, El Paso, TX ALLGO S Tillery Street Theatre, Austin, TX Playwriting: Boredom and Ecstasy Graceful Sunrise on Peaked Hill Bars (10- Minute) A Visit from San Cristobal Queer Shorts Festival, Bartell Theatre, Madison, WI 2015 Queer Shorts Festival, Bartell Theatre, Madison, WI 2015 Provincetown Playwright s Festival, 2014 Reading, Company of Angels, Los Angeles, CA, 2013 When We Danced (original solo performance) Company of Angels, Los Angeles, CA, 2011 Flynn Center for Performing Arts, Burlington, VT, 2010 Ko- festival, Holden Theatre, Amherst, MA, 2010 Border Stories (original solo performance) California State University, Los Angeles, CA 2009 Flynn Center for Performing Arts, Burlington, VT 2008 Columbia University, New York, NY 2008 The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2008 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 2007 2
Reaching Mercy Breasts (part of A Woman s Work ) The Sleepless Night Border Voices ALLGO S Tillery Street Theatre, Austin, TX, 2003 Samuel French One Act Play Festival, New York, NY 2001 The Working Group, New York, NY, 1998 Theatre on Three, New York, NY 1996 Acting: Performance resume available upon request Publications: Ramos G, Theatre Review, El Año de Ricardo, El Foro de la Fabrica, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Latin American Theatre Review, spring 2015 Martinez A, Interview: Playwright Gregory Ramos, Texas Theatre Journal, Volume 10, Issue 1, 2014, Theatre Reviewer, El Paso Times, 1999-2001 Employment Associate Professor, University of Vermont, Department of Theatre, 2006- present: Director, ALANA U.S. Ethnic Studies Program (2010-2012) Chair, UVM Department of Theatre (July 1, 2012 Present) Courses taught: Contemporary Gay/Lesbian Theatre, Contemporary U.S. Latino/a Theatre, Directing, Diversity in U.S. American Theatre, LGBT Theatre/Queer People of Color, Performing Race, Gender and Sexuality, Playwriting, Senior Seminar Department service activities available upon request University and College of Arts and Sciences Service: Emcee - Department of Theater, 40 th Anniversary Committee, Presidential Luncheon, 2014 Committee Member, Faculty Search, Theatre Historian, 2013-2014 Chair, Strategic Planning Committee Subcommittee on Climate and Diversity, 2013-2014 College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, 2013-2014 Host, Burack Distinguished Lecture Series, Charles Busch, 2013 Host, Burack Distinguished Lecture Series, Paula Vogel, 2012 Chair, Search Committee, Chair Art/Art History, 2012 Host, Burack Distinguished Lecturer, Oliver Mayer, USC 2011 Search Committee Member for University AA/EO Director 2010-2011 Committee member, 9 th Annual Race, Gender, and Sexuality Student Conference, 2013 3
Co- Chair, 8 th Annual Race, Gender, and Sexuality Student Conference 2011, 2012 Host, Key Note Performer, Adelina Anthony, 7 th Annual Race, Gender and Sexuality Student Conference, 2011 Honor s College Steering Committee Member 2010-2012 Lattie Coor Faculty Development Award Committee Member 2009, 2010, 2011 Name Reader, 2010 University Commencement Name Reader 2011, 2012, 2013 College of Arts and Sciences Graduation Panelist, Black Board Jungle Symposium, 2008, 2009, 2010 Host Latino Heritage Month Guest Lecturer, Dr. Guadalupe Rivera Marin, 2008 Host, Burack Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Emma Perez, UC Boulder, 2008 Faculty Advisor, Free2B, LGBTQA student group 2006-2008 Key Note Speaker, Alianza Latina Annual Dinner, 2008 Gold Key Lecturer, 2007 Awards/Grants University of Vermont, Faculty Research Support Award, 2013-2014 University of Vermont, Lattie Coor Faculty Development Award, 2008 University of Vermont, Recipient, LGBTQA Services - Faculty Achievement Award, 2008 2004-2006 TMG/The Marketing Group: Account Executive Created marketing initiatives and education platforms for Broadway shows with specialization on diversity. Shows included: Mamma Mia! Avenue Q, Brooklyn: The Musical, Chita Rivera The Dancer s Life, The Color Purple 1999-2004 University of Texas at El Paso, Department of Theatre, Dance, and Film, Assistant Professor Courses Taught: Chicano/a Theatre and Drama, Playwriting, Play Development, Theatre of Diversity, Introduction to Theatre Department service activities available upon request Symposiums/Conferences/Labs Kenyon Playwrights Conference, Gambier, OH, 2015 Lincoln Center Director s Lab, New York, NY 2014 Association for Joteria Arts, Activism, and Scholarship, 1 st National Encuentro, Panel Participant, reading from Border Stories, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 2012 Association for Theater in Higher Education, Leadership Institute, Chicago, IL, 2011 Association for Theater in Higher Education Pre- Conference Moderator/Panelist, Latina/o New Works Panel, Los Angeles, CA, August 2010 4
Association for Theater Higher Education Post- Conference Moderator: Latina/o Artists' Panel, New York City, August 2009 Association for Theater in Higher Education Conference Presented solo performance from work in progress: When We Danced Denver, CO 2008 OHMAR - Oral History and Performance Conference Presentation of works from Border Stories, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2008 NOPE- No Passport Annual Conference Presented solo performance from original play Border Stories, City University of New York, New York, NY, 2007 International HIV/AIDS Symposium Presented solo performance from original play Border Voices, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2004 Association of Theatre in Higher Education Annual Conference Presented solo performance from original play Border Voices, New York, NY, 2003 The Classics of Chicano Theatre, Panelist for Carlos Morton s The Many Deaths of Danny Rosales, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 2002 Otro Corazon: The Queering of Aztlan, Performed Original solo- piece entitled What I m not Supposed to Be, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 2001 Gender on the Borderlands, St. Mary s College, San Antonio, TX 2001 Presented: Coca, The Construction of Transgender Identity on the Border Other Professional Memberships: The Playwright s Center, Minneapolis, MN National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, San Antonio, TX Theater Communications Group, Individual Member, New York, NY Community Service: Vermont Shakespeare Company, Board of Directors, 2015 Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, Board of Directors, 2002-2004 Vermont Cares Committee for AIDS, Resources, Education and Services, Board of Directors, 2010-2012 5