Professional experience and career objectives: Alma, has been an active participant in the theatrical scene in New York since 1980 . She has performed her poetry and has featured as an actor in Puerto Rico, New York and England. Her work as a director/writer began with a multimedia theatrical performance called EI hombre de nuestro tiempo. Other plays: Borinquen Mall: La Vitrina de las Americas, Don Pedro Vive, and Madre Selva: From Life to Spirit. Currently working iIntimate Voices, a multi-media performance art piece.
Skills and areas of expertise: Theater Directing, Theater Producer, Performer, Writer, Acting Instructor (Physical Actions Acting Technique) and Theology of the Arts' researcher and teacher.
Current Employment
Founder and President
The Gift of Art
(Arts and Culture) - United States
It is the study of the different manifestations of the creative arts found in the Bible. It is geared for creative individuals who desire to have a Biblical foundation and understanding of the arts and how to use them, as a creative instrument of worship, inspiration, healing and transformation.
Founder and President
Alma Villegas Productions
(Arts and Culture) - United States
august 2005 - Today (4 years 3 months)
Production and development of new plays, films and TV projects.
Former Employment
Executive and Artistic Director
Musica Against Drugs, Inc.
(Arts and Culture) - United States
september 1995 - august 2005 (9 years 11 months)
Development, coordination, and management of all program services and sites.
Education
Bretton Hall College of the Arts/University of Leeds United Kingdom
, june 1980 - june 1981
Summer Program, Medieval, Renaissance (Shakespearean Theater) and Restoration Theater
New York University United States (New York)
, september 1980 - may 1995
Educational Theater/Ph.D., Department of Music and Performing Arts
About me
Interests:
Theater, Film, Dance, Performance Arts, Visual Arts and the Theology of the Art