Ric Oquita

STAGE PERFORMANCE

 

2017 • Instrumental Journey (A Musical Migration Story), Onda, La Jolla Athenaeum, San Diego

2016 • Zeit der Kannibalen (Age of the Cannibals), John Schernikau, Glassbooth Theatre, Germany

2013 • The Play About the Baby, Man, Play 2C, Berlin

2012 • The Way of Water, Jimmy, English Theatre Berlin (staged reading)
2008 • Struwwelpeter, Flying Robert, Stadt Theater Bielefeld, Germany
2008 • Esperando La Carroza, Sergio, Mixed Blood Theatre, Minneapolis
2007 • Grün Kommt, Man in Green, Theaterwerkstatt Bethel, Bielefeld, Germany
2004 • The Upside Down Boy, Papi, Making Books Sing, Queens Theatre in the Park, NY

2003 • Bird Woman, Lewis/ Charbonneau, Making Books Sing, Queens Theatre in the Park, NY

2002 • Sebastián (reading), Federico, New Work Now!, Public Theatre, NYC

2002 • 80 Teeth, 4 Feet & 500 Pounds (reading), Fossa, New Work Now!, Public Theatre, NYC

1999 • The Threepenny Opera, Macheath, Antioch Area Theatre, OH
1999 • The True History of Coca-Cola in Mexico, Aldo, Mixed Blood Theatre, MN
1998 • More Grimm Tales,Hare,St.Peter, People's Light & Theatre Company,PA

1998 • Three Postcards, Walter, Adirondack Theatre Festival, NY
1998 • Radio Mambo, Omar/Che/ Mr.Romero, Mixed Blood Theatre, Minneapolis
1998 • The 13 Hallucinations of Julio Rivera, Julio, The Lark Theatre, Bare Bones Series, NYC

1997 • Laugh I Thought I'd Die, Ric, w/ Jeannie Hutchins, PS 122, NYC
1997 • Street of the Sun, Jorge Cienfuegos (understudy), Mark Taper Forum, LA
1997 • Good News About Third World Shoes, Pizurno, Javier, Mixed Blood Theatre, MN

1996 • The Skriker, Brownie/Dark Fairy, Joseph Papp Public Theatre, NYC
1996 • Entries ,Celestino, George Street Playhouse , New Jersey
1995 • La Posada ,Aurelio, Teatro del Pueblo, St. Paul, Minnesota
1995 • Chinoiserie, Lord George McCarthy, Brooklyn Academy of Music , Ping Chong and Co.
1995 • Santos ,Pipo, Teatro del Pueblo, St. Paul
1995 • The Correct Posture of a True Revolutionary, Francisco, About Productions, LATC

1994 • Description of a Picture/ Explosion of a Memory, Kumasaka/ Heracles ,Frank Theatre

1994 • Kind Ness, Rudy, Group Theatre, Seattle with Ping Chong and Co.
1993 • Deshima, Narrator, John Jay College Theatre, NYC , with Ping Chong and Co.
1993 • Bitter Homes and Gardens , Father, Playwrights Center, Minneapolis
1993 • Buffalo Hair , Kiowa Killer, Penumbra Theatre, St. Paul
1992 • Sink the Ships , Ensemble, Mixed Blood Theatre, Minneapolis
1992 • Circles of 500 , Ensemble , In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, MN
1992 • Death of a Salesman , Happy , Milwaukee Repertory Theatre
1992 • According to Coyote , Storyteller, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
1991 • Our Town, George, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre
1991 • Elephant Memories, Ensemble, La MaMa E.T.C., NYC with Ping Chong and Co.
1991 • 4 A.M. America, Francisco, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre
1991 • La Nona (The Granny), Chicho, Mixed Blood Theatre, Minneapolis
1990 • A Gershwin Serenade, He, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre
1990 • McCarthy, Roy Cohn, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre
1989 • She Stoops to Conquer, Jack Slang/ Roger, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre
1989 • BuenaVista, Efraín, Mixed Blood Theatre, Minneapolis
1988 • A Christmas Carol, Young Scrooge, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre
1988 • The Torch, Riquelme, Zúñiga, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre
1987 • Young Moctezuma, Moctezuma, Bilingual Foundation of the Arts, Los Angeles
1987 • West Side Story, Bernardo, Alaska Light Opera Theatre, Anchorage
1987 • The Incredibly Famous Willy Rivers, Suit / Gypsey Davey, Old Globe Theatre
1986 • Into the Woods, Footman, Old Globe Theatre
1986 •Julius Caesar, Trebonius, Old Globe Theatre

1986 •A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, Constantine, Cornell University

1986 • No Exit, Joseph Garcin, Cornell University

1985 • Tis Pity She's A Whore, Richardetto, Cornell University

1985 • The Three Sisters, Richardetto, Cornell University

 

 

SOLO PERFORMANCE

 

2019 • La Fuñata, TuYo Theatre, San Diego

2011 • High Five, La Jolla Athaneum, San Diego
2008 • Ric’s Café, performed installation, Galerie 15 1⁄2, Cologne, Germany
2001 • Frontal System and Die Frau Ohne Kopf , poetry and performance, The Brook, Brooklyn

1996 • El Sexo Seguro es Muy Sexy, Proyecto Gol, NYC
1995 • Como Agua Para Lubricante, National Gay and Lesbian Health Conference, MN
1994 • Glory Hole, directed by John Fleming
1994 • Fireballs , Intermedia Arts Performance Slam, Minneapolis
1994 • Jack Flint -Boy Detective , solo performance, Patricks Cabaret
1992 • Aftershocked , for Balls and Regional Mens Conference, Minneapolis
1992 • American Me/2 , Patricks Cabaret

 

COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE

 

2017 • Instrumental Journey: A Musical Migration Story, devised with Julie Trappett and Bernardo Mazón

2016 • Taking Flight,Making Tracks, performance co-written and performed with John Polak, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, San Diego, California

2007 • Nebel and Neblina 2, performance installation with Patrick Scully, Patrick’s Cabaret

2003 • Descanso, dance theatre, created for Tag des Friedhofs (Day of Cemeteries), Cologne

2002 • goldenfear: soon, now, later, performance installation, Chez Neubeck, Berlin, Germany

2001-02 • Proyecto Gol including Dos Mujeres, Un Virus, ProyectoGoal, NYC

1999 • Alucard , Village Adult Day Care Center , NYC
1997 • Nebel and Neblina , Patricks Cabaret, produced by Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis
1994 • Sabor A Mi , performance meal co-written with Liliana Amador, commissioned by the St.

Paul Companies and Teatro del Pueblo for Hispanic Heritage Month
1994 • Finishing Sentences , performance written with Eyenga Bokamba, Patricks Cabaret

1994 • Dumpster Dancers , performance with Maria Asp, for Loose Cannons Late Night Series,

Southern Theatre, Minneapolis
1993 • Queer Quinceañera , fiesta performance written with David Figueroa and Carmen

Murgia, for Loose Cannons, Patricks Cabaret and Theatre X, Milwaukee

 

FILMS / VIDEOS

 

2019 • Ric's Big Break: A San Diego Story, 2020

2006 • Tijuana, Eddie Ojitos, video short directed by Stefan Silies and Till Nachtmann, Hürth, Germany

2002 • Sprachkurs Deutsch, lead, video short written with Andreas Rühlow, Cologne, Germany

2001 • From Head to Toe, lead, video short directed by Phillip Thoma, NYC
1995 • skindiving, performer , docu-performance short, directed by Judith Oishei for Patricks

Cabaret 10th Anniversary
1994 • La Verdad No Duele, Eduardo, 'tele-novela' style HIV/AIDS educational program for

KTCA-Twin Cities and the Midwest Hispanic AIDS Coalition

 

PUBLISHED WRITING

 

2006 • The History of Latin America, The Conscious Reader 10th. ed, Longman Publishers

2003 • Against Traffic (Bolero on Broadway), Challenge of Advent, dilaogverlag, Münster

2003 • Vanessa and Ricardo, The Conscious Reader 9th. ed, Longman Publishers, New York

1994 • Kingdom Hall Hard-On, excerpts from Aftershocked , published in VIVA Arts

Fall93/Winter 94 Quarterly "Sexy and Spiritual", Los Angeles

 

 

READINGS

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2016-19 • Ric's Café, Berlin, Germany

2006-08 • Ric’s Café, Bielefeld, Germany
2002-05 • Brooklyn Love (art) Salon, Red Hook, Brooklyn
2003 • Salon 46, Berlin, Germany
2002 • Ric’s Open Stage, Gallery 66, Cologne, Germany
2002 • Insights, Rodea/Ristra, Hoboken, New Jersey
2001 • Sunday at the Brook, The Brook, Brooklyn
1996 • Homeboy Beautiful, Highways, Santa Monica, California
1995 • Featured Artist, Beyond Baroque, with Ricardo Braccho, sponsored by VIVA, Venice , CA 1995 • Featured Artist, Gay Pride Week Celebration, Occidental College, Los Angeles
1995 • Calling All Angels , with Han Ong and Ricardo Braccho, A Different Light, Los Angeles 1995 • Overblow, fund raiser for the Eagle Center, A Different Light, Los Angeles
1995 • Queer Quince , fundraiser for Voces de Ambiente with Carmen Murgia, Patricks Cabaret 1994 • Glory Hole, Playwrights Center Monday Night Reading Series, Minneapolis
1994 • Sexy and Spiritual, with VIVA Arts, The Bean, Los Angeles
1994 • Featured Artist, Mexican Independence Day Celebration, Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis 1993 • Men of Fire , with Luis Alfaro, Patricks Cabaret, Minneapolis

 

WORKSHOPS

 

2019 • La Fuñata, TuYo Theatre, San Diego ($1200)

2004 • Echoes from the New World, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, NYC, produced by Teatro del Pueblo

1995 • Out of the Margins , play for young audiences, Teatro del Pueblo, New Work Series ( $600)

1994 • Glory Hole , Illusion Theatre, Fresh Ink Series, Antioch College, Gay/Lesbian/ Bisexual/Transgender Student Union ($100) and featured in the Cleveland Performance Art Festival ($500)

 

GRANTS

 

1994 • $2000 Many Voices Collaboration Grant from the Playwrights Center for Glory Hole , with the Illusion Theatre

1994 • $2500 from theNational Performance Network for Glory Hole , with Centro Cultural de la Raza , San Diego

1994 • $500 from Yellow Springs Art Institute for Glory Hole , as part of a two week residency with John Fleming and Eloise de Leon

1994 • $900 from theMcKnight Foundation for La Verdad No Duele , with the Midwest Hispanic AIDS Coalition

 

COMMISSIONS

 

2017 • Instrumental Journey, La Jolla Athaneum ($3500)

2011 • High Five, La Jolla Athaneum ($2000)

2003 • Echoes from the New World, Teatro del Pueblo ($5000)
1995 • Out of the Margins, play for young audiences, Minnesota Regional Arts Council ($1000)Teatro del Pueblo 

($600)

1994 • Sabor a Mi , musical performance, St. Paul Companies ($800) with Teatro del Pueblo

 

AWARDS

 

1983-84 • Le Var Burton Scholarship Award , University of Southern California, Los Angeles

1979 • Outstanding Achievement in Acting, San Diego City Schools Speech Arts League

United States International UniversityScholarship ($1000), San Diego
1979 • Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award, Association of Mexican-American Educators

of San Diego County
1976 • Outstanding Achievement in Theatre Arts, Mildred L. Hale Junior High School, San Diego

 

 

INDUSTRIAL

 

Education

1996-98 • Proyecto Gol, HIV/AIDS Education, street theatre outreach for Spanish speaking audiences,
2002 Commitee for Hispanic Families and Children, NYC
1995 •Chicano/Latino HIV/AIDS educational performance outreach , Teatro VIVA, Los Angeles

1995 • Celebrating Diversity, play on diversity in the workplace, Illusion Theatre, Minneapolis

1994 • Peace Up , play for young audiences on violence prevention, Illusion Theatre
1994 • Family , play on family problems and solutions, Illusion Theatre

 

Convention/Cabaret

1980-84 • Steppin' Out,troupe performing musical revues for conventions and tours
1978-80 • The Bright Side , musical performances by young people for conventions and tours

1980 • Gimme a Break, musical revue, Variety Arts Center, Los Angeles

 

Miscellaneous

1980-81 • Singing Waiter, Lyric Dinner Theatre, San Diego

1980 • Disneyworld, All-American College Band Dancer

1980 • Singing Telegrams, Live Wires, San Diego

 

DIRECTING

 

2007 • Into the Woods , Bodelschwingh Gymnasium Bielefeld, Germany
2007 • Grün Kommt , co-directed with Matthias Gräßlin, Theaterwerkstatt Bethel, Bielefeld, Germany
1992 • Sink the Ships , a Quincentennial counter-celebration, Mixed Blood Theatre, Minneapolis
1987 • Without a Parachute, staged reading, California State University, Los Angeles
1987 •The Crucible, Marian High School, San Ysidro, California
1984 • Love for Love, assistant director to Rae Allen, University of Southern Cal, Los Angeles 1983 • The Sea, assistant director to Rae Allen , University of Southern Cal, Los Angeles

 

CHOREOGRAPHY

 

2012 • 1940’s Musical, Bodelschwingh Gymnasium, Bielefeld, Germany
2009 • 99¢ High School Musical, Galerie 15 1⁄2 , Köln-Ehrenfeld, Germany
2007 • Into the Woods, Bodelschwingh Gymnasium, Bielefeld, Germany
2007 • Grün Kommt , Theaterwerkstatt Bethel, Bielefeld, Germany
1998 • Maricela de la Luz, Movement Coach, Voice and Visions Theatre, NYC
1996 • Dylan and the Flash: A Just Be Story, by Migdalia Cruz, Movement Coach,

Deborah Nitzberg-Director, City Lights Theatre, NYC
1992 • Sink the Ships , Quincentennial counter-celebration, Mixed Blood Theatre, Minneapolis

1991 • Elephant Memories, collabration with Ping Chong and Co., La Mama E.T.C., NYC

1990 • 4 A.M. America, collaboration with Ping Chong and Co., Milwaukee Repertory Theatre

1990 • Castor and Pollux, collaboration with Nathan Wallick, Studio 6A, Minneapolis for Gay

and Lesbian dance tour "Light From a New Torch"
1989 • A Gershwin Serenade , Milwaukee Repertory Theatre and International Theatre

Festival for Peace, Teatro Nacional, San Jose, Costa Rica
1988 • Nothing Sacred: Outside of the Envelope, Theatre/Theatre, Los Angeles
1987 • Bloody Poetry, movement coach, ADT at the Lex, Los Angeles
1986 • Rag Off'n the Bush, Risley Dance Theatre, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1985 • Guys and Dolls, assistant to Marsha Milgram-Dodge, Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY

1984 • A Cole Porter Cabaret, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

 

 

TEACHING

 

2007-present • Impulsplus, Communications Training for Scientists, Germany
2012 • Bodelschwingh Gymnasium, Musical Theatre Dance, Bielefeld, Germany
2008-09 • Albertus-Magnus-Gymnasium, Musical Theatre Dance, Cologne, Germany
2007-09 • University of Bielefeld, Public Speaking and Communications Training, Germany
2007-08 • Theaterwerkstatt Bethel, Musical Theatre Dance Training, Bielefeld, Germany
2000-05 • Making Books Sing, Associate Director of Education and Teaching Artist, Six-week to Ten-

week residencies with Pre-K – 4th grade. P.S 222 and P.S 99(Queens), P.S. 39, P.S. 52 and

P.S. 241 (Brooklyn)
1999 • Antioch College, Adjunct Professor, Approaches to Acting:The Practical Actor, Ohio

1998 • The Actors Studio, The New School, Movement for Actors, NYC
1998 • Theatre for a New Audience, Teaching Artist, ten-week residency at I.S. 119 adapting Richard the Third, Queens, NY

1997 • National Actors Theatre, Teaching Artist (The Sunshine Boys), NYC
1997 • TADA! , Beginning Acting for K - 4th grade, NYC
1997 • Chicanos /Latinos Unidos en Servicio, La Escuelita, Theatre Workshop for Teens, Minneapolis
1994 • Teatro del Pueblo, Playwriting workshop for teens, Minneapolis
1994 • Centro Cultural de la Raza, Performance Lab for Performing Artists, San Diego,

Sponsored by the National Performance Network
1994 • Camp Tanadoona, Storytelling Workshop for teens, Minneapolis
1994 • Chicanos/Latinos Unidos en Servicio, HIV/AIDS educational theatre workshop for teens, St. Paul
1993 • Pillsbury House Summer Arts Camp, Acting Workshop for children and teens, Minneapolis
1993 • Casa de Esperanza , Theatre Workshop for children and teens, St. Paul
1993 • Proyecto Primavera, Theatre Workshop for children and teens, Medellín. Colombia
1992 • Steppingstone Theatre, Beginning Acting for teens, St. Paul
1992 • High School Theatre Festival, Theatre Games and Exercises Workshop, Milwaukee
1991 • American Indian AIDS Task Force, Acting Coach for the Ogitchidag Gikinooamagad

Players, Minneapolis
1991-92 • Centro Cultural, Acting Coach for Latino Youth UCC Players , w/ Milwaukee Rep. Theatre

1991 • COMPAS -Native American Cultural Arts Program, Beginning Acting, Minneapolis

1989 • National Childrens Theatre, Beginning Acting for teens, Milwaukee
1987-88 • California State University - Los Angeles, Theatre Games and Exercises,

ActingCharacters, Play Production

1987 • Casa San Juan, Acting Games and Improvisation, House for Border Detainees, San Diego

1986-87 • Old Globe Theatre- Camp Orbit, Beginning Acting for Teens, San Diego
1985-86 • Cornell University, Acting 101, Ithaca, NY
1983 • San Diego Junior Theatre, Beginning Acting for children and teens, Musical TheatreDance

 

 

EDUCATION

 

2009-present • Ballet – Stage 7, Kathryn Irey, San Diego
2010-present • Tap –Tap Beat, Cristina Delius, Jason Samuels Smith, Cartier Williams, Berlin

1995-12 • Checkov Technique - Leanord Petit, NYC
2009 • Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Tap – Cologne Dance Center, Germany
2000 • Playmaking – Daniel Sklar, 52nd Street Project, NYC
1997 • Solo Performance/Clown - Christopher Bayes, Actors Center, NYC
1995-98 • Ballet - Cynthia Vallone, Broadway Dance Center, NYC
1995-96 • Vocal Technique - Marcy Jellison, NYC
1994-95 • Modern Dance - Isaac, McCaleb and Dancers, San Diego
1993-94 • Ballet - Linda Gudmondson, Ballet of the Dolls, Minneapolis
1991-95 • Modern, Jazz, Ballet - Zenon Dance, Minneapolis
1993 • Modern Dance - Lindaria Espinosa, Medellín , Colombia
1988-90 • Voice- Robert Alexander, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre
1988-90 • Modern Dance - Deb Loewen, Wild Space Dance Company, Milwaukee
1987-88 • Ballet- Don Hewitt, Cal. State- LA
1986-87 • Linklatter Vocal Technique, Alexander Technique - Old Globe Theatre, San Diego

1984-86 • Master of Fine Arts in Acting (MFA) - Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1980-84 • Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting (BFA) - University of Southern California, LA

1979-83 • Ballet, Jazz - Stage 7, San Diego
1976-79 • Musical Theatre Dance, Acting - D.J. Sullivan, Don and Bonnie Ward, San Diego Junior Theatre