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Jerry Ruiz is an Americantheatre director.

Jerry Ruiz grew up inBrownsville, Texas. Ruiz identifies as a Texican.^[1] Ruiz graduated from college with honors, receiving aBachelor of Arts in English Literature and Language fromHarvard University in 2000.^[2] In 2007, he obtained aMaster of Fine Arts in Directing from theUniversity of California, San Diego.^[3]

From 2010-2015, Ruiz collaborated with theTwo River Theater Company, acting as curator for the new play festivalCrossing Rivers.^[4] In 2010, Ruiz directedKiss Bessemer Goodbye atRepertorio Español, a play written by Tencha Ávila, which demonstrates the racial and economic tensions of a Mexican-American family living in Colorado in the 1970s.^[5] In 2011, he began working with playwrights Tanya Saracho and Mando Alvarado, directing readings and productions of their plays in NYC. Jerry Ruiz was one of the directors of the New York One-Minute Play Festival of Latino Voices that took place in November 2013.^[6] In 2014, he was invited to directIn the Heights, byLin-Manuel Miranda, at theUniversity of Texas at Austin.^[7] Ruiz is the former Executive Director at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. Ruiz's vision at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center was to help those that identify as Latino, Chicano, or Mexican-American to examine what it means to belong to these groups.^[8] In 2016, Ruiz was named Associate Artistic Director atPlayMakers Repertory Company^[9] In 2018, he became an Assistant Professor atTexas State University, where he heads the Directing program.^[10]

Sources:^[11][12]

Plays as Director:

1. Mala Hierba, byTanya Saracho, at Second Stage
2. Fade, byTanya Saracho, at Denver Center for the Performing Arts, and then produced by Primary Stages atCherry Lane Theatre
3. Enfrascada, byTanya Saracho, at Clubbed Thumb
4. Basílica, by Mando Alvarado, at theRattlestick Playwrights Theater^[13]
5. Twelfth Night, byWilliam Shakespeare at PlayMakers Repertory Company and the Old Globe Theater.
6. The Survivors, by Katie Bender at the Alley Theater's Alley All New Festival.
7. Mariela in the Desert, by Karen Zacarías, atRepertorio Español^[14]
8. Sangre, by Mando Alvarado, at SummerStage
9. Philip Goes Forth, byGeorge Kelly, at Mint Theater Company
10. Love Goes to Press, byMartha Gellhorn andVirginia Cowles, at Mint Theater Company
11. A Map of Broken Glass, byAnna Ziegler, at F*it Club
12. Rattlers, by Johnna Adams, at Flux Ensemble Theater
13. The King is Dead, by Caroline McGraw, at Highwire Theater

Plays as Assistant Director:

1. La bohème, directed byBaz Luhrmann atBroadway theatre
2. Measure for Measure, directed byBill Rauch, atOregon Shakespeare Festival
3. Taking Over, directed byTony Taccone, atThe Public Theater
4. The Winter's Tale, directed by Darko Tresnjak, atThe Old Globe Theatre
5. Mother Courage and Her Children, directed by Lisa Peterson, atLa Jolla Playhouse

Notable awards and fellowships:

1. Second Stage Van Lier Directing Fellow, from 2007-2009
2. NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Directors Grant, from 2009-2011
3. Phil Killian Fellow at theOregon Shakespeare Festival, 2011

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