EDWARD GALLARDO
Contact: WGA, DGA, ASCAP
Currently seeking Representation
Playwriting & Screenwriting - City College of New York, BA Theatre Arts 1973
Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre - Playwright's Unit - 1979 & 1980
Actor's Studio - Playwright's Unit - (Guest Auditor) - 1970- 1971
Intar - Playwright's in Residence Laboratory - 1980
Westside Repertory Theatre - Plawright in Residence - 1980
Selena Forever
A new musical about the Tejano Music Superstar, Selena Quintanilla-Perez.
Book and lyrics by Edward Gallardo. Music by Fernando Rivas. Directed by William Virchis. Featuring additional songs by Selena. Produced by Selena Forever, LP (Jerry Frankel, Tom Quinn and Michel Vega). Executive Producer, Forbes Candlish. Casting by Stephen DeAngelis. Sound by Peter Fitzgerald, Sound Associates. Tour begins in March 2000.
Jammin’ in the Slam Zone
Henry Street Settlement/Abrons Arts Center. Experimental lab workshop directed by David Becker, 1998. Jonathan Ward, Henry Street Settlement Playhouse, Producer. Starring Richard Vasquez, Tessa Martin and Martin Revere. Full production to be mounted in Fall of 1998.
Resurrecting Levin
Denver Center Theatre Company. Donovan Marley, Artistic Director. Bruce Sevy, Director of New Plays Project. Fully rehearsed staged reading directed by Arthur Mesalla as part of their 1998 U S West TheatreFest. Written in collaboration with John Flaxman. Starring Rocco Sisto and Jacqueline Antaramian and the Denver Center Theatre Company.
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Lyrics by Edward Gallardo, Music by Gary William Friedman. Dramaturg, Edward Gallardo. Based on the novel and screenplay by Mordechai Richler. Directed by Bryna Wasserman. Saidye Bronfman Center for the Arts. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 1997
The Petrified Prince
Bookwriter. Music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa. New York Shakespeare Festival, George C. Wolfe, Producer. Directed by Harold Prince. Rob Marshall, Choreographer. 1994. Based on the screenplay "The Petrified Prince" by Ingmar Bergman. Starring Candy Buckley (Drama Desk nominee) & Alexander (Gaberman) Chaplin (SPIN CITY). Workshop and readings starred Christine Baranski, Lucie Arnaz, Judy Kaye, Tony Goldwyn.
Carmen Libre
Book and lyrics. Music by George Bizet. A new musical based on the opera CARMEN, set in Cuba sometime in the near future. Commissioned and Co-produced in Concert by the Coconut Grove Playhouse and the Greater Miami Opera. Arnold Mittelman, director. Joseph Ilick, musical director. 1992.
Women Without Men
Public Theatre - Joseph Papp and the New York Shakespeare Festival production. Santiago Garcia, director - 1985. Starring Giilda Miros, Socorro Santiago (All My Children) and Wanda DeJesus (Santa Barbara).
Puerto Rico - Teatro Bellas Artes - Virazon, producer. Vicente Castro, director - 1988
Mexico - Instituto Nacional de Beflas Artes, producer. Vicente Castro, director - 1988
Los Angeles - Bilingual Foundation For the Arts - Carmen Zapata, Producer. Charles Bazaldua, director 1991.
Texas - The Elenco Experimental - University of Texas at El Paso. Roberto Pomo, director 1992.
California - Produced as a benefit for Indian and Latin women, 1994.
Texas - King's Country Proteus Employees, July 1994. Benefit for educational scholarships for children of migrant and seasonal farm workers.
* Published by Arte Publico Press
Fantasma
A Street Opera - Music by Marc Affen Trujillo
Public Theater - Staged Reading - Joseph Papp and the New York Shakespeare; Festival Producer. Biff Castellino, director - August 1989
Southwestern College - (San Diego) Bill Virchis, director - 1990
Simpson Street
National productions:
Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre (New York City), Miriam Colon, director - First Production - '79; Subsequent Revival Productions in '80, '85 and 1995. Originally starring Antonia Rey. Subsequently starring Miriam Colón.
Nosotros Theatre - (Los Angeles) - 1991;
Public Theater - Festival Latino - Joseph Papp and the New York Shakespeare Festival - 1980
Puerto Rican Cultural Center (Springfield, Massachusettes) 1980
San Juan Center, Inc. (Hartford, Connecticut) 1980
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) 1980
Bonfils Theatre - Artes Chicanos, Inc. (Denver, Colorado) 1980
Adelante Estudiantes Latinos - Buffalo, New York) 1980
Cornell University - (Ithaca, New York) - 1985
Interational productions:
Spain - 17 City Tour including Madrid, Sevilla & Valencia 1981. Starring Carmen Rosario and Richard Adan.
Puerto Rico - Teatro Beflas Artes - 1983. Starring Miriam Colón and Edwin Sanchez
Colombia - Festival de Manizales - 1984. Starring Miriam Colón and Edwin Sanchez
Mexico - Festival Cervantino (Mexico City & Guanajuato) - 1984
* Pubhshed by Arte Publico Press
Celebrando la Diferencia
Participated along with such notables as Edward James Olmos and Ruben Blades in CELEBRANDO LA DIFERENCIA, a weekly theatrical series promoting literacy to Latino youth, Co-Produced and Directed by Elizabeth Peña and the Met Theater in Los Angeles. My children's story ESPERANZA was read by Brooke Adams as the action was performed in dance.
Hard Times, Hard Choices
A Play for Latino Teenagers about AIDS. Commissioned by La Nueva Raza. Toured Streets, Communities & Health Centers in Queens. Ismael Batancourt, Producer. Melia Bensussen, director. - 1990
Fragile Lady
Performance piece - Music by Bruce J. Taub, Christ & St. Stephen Church -NYC- North/South Consonance-'84; University of Kansas (Lawrence) - 1988; Memphis State University - 1990
A Little Spice... And Things Not So Nice Cabaret
Concept and lyrics by Edward Gallardo. Music by Paul Radelat. Center For Inter-American Relations - (NYC) - Commissioned and produced by Alberto Minero. Maria Norman, director - 1980
Bernie
New York Theatre Ensemble - 1969, 1970
Paris Theatre Market - (Paris and Amsterdam) - 1971
Westbeth Theatre Center - (New York City) - 1979
Westside Repertory Theatre - (New York City) - 1984
Trocadero Cafe - kontrol-issuez theatre ensemble (New York City) - 1996
Waltz On A Merry-Go-Round
Incidental Music by Bruce J. Taub
Little Theatre - (New York City) - 1975
Nosotros Theatre - (Los Angeles, California) - Peter Del Valle, director. - 1979
* Published by Arte Publico Press
Miss George Alliance
Playbox Theater (New York City) -1971 - Starring Harvey Keitel, Kenneth Sinclair, Silvana Gallardo.
Aryeto De Pescadores
Written Collectively with Pregones
Public Theater - Festival Latino - Joseph Papp and the New York Shakespeare Festival prodcuction. - 1982
The Mugger
West Side Repertory Theatre - (New York City) - 1980
Toured NYC Schools & Arts Centers through the Association of Hispanic Arts and CETA program - 1980
The World of Muddy Waters
Children's play
Pregones - (New York City) - 1982
Puerto Rico - Festival de Pescadores, Vieques - 1982
Toured NYC Schools & Arts Centers through the Association of Hispanic Arts and CETA program - 1980
Maria
A play in One Act
Westside Repertory Theater, 1980
In Another Part of the City
New York Theatre Ensemble - 1970
Nobody Ever Says Goodbye
New York Theatre Ensemble - 1970
Cordelia
Little Theatre - (New York City) - 1976
GHOSTWRITER - "Over a Barrel." 4 Episodes.
Children's Television Workshop. Carin Greenberg Baker and Kermit Frazier, Headwriters. Miranda Barry, Producer. - 1992
THE SILK PURSE - "El Piano" - Ortiz/Simon Productions, Boston. Pilot script for proposed PB S Series. 1991.
THE PALACE - Redwood Productions - Co-authored with John Flaxman, 1990.
THE NEW VOICE - "Sandy" - WGBH (Boston) Robert Glover and Frank Marerro, producers. Pablo Cabrera, director - 1980
POPI - Synopsis and treatment for CBS series starring Hector Elizondo, ITP, Herbert Leonard, producer - 1974
SAVIOR, SAVIOR, HOLD MY HAND - Third World Cinema - (Co-authored with Piri Thomas and Yolanda Gailardo) - 1973
Coconut Grove Playhouse - commissioned to write "Carmen Libre," a new musical based on Bizet's opera CARMEN, 1992.
La Nueva Raza - Commission to write HARD TIMES, HARD CHOICES - to educate Latino teenagers about AIDS - 1990
New York Shakespeare Festival - Joseph Papp's Festival Latino's National Contest for Latino Plays - First Place for WOMEN WITHOUT MEN - 1985
Group Theatre - American Minority Playwrights Festival - Seattle, Washington - Semi-finalist for BALLAD OF A SILENT MAN 1985
Center For Inter-American Relations - Comission to write the cabaret A LITTLE SPICE... And Things Not So Nice - 1980
Betances Award - Best Playwright - Committee for Arts & Culture, Puerto Rican Day Parade - 1983
Roberto Clemente Humanitarian Award - 1979
CAPS - (New York City grant to Artists) - 1979
Alphabetical Index of Plays...
A Little Spice... And Things Not So Nice Cabaret
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Aryeto De Pescadores. In collaboration with Pregones
Bernie
Carmen Libre
Everybody Knows My Business. Co-authored with Yolanda Gallardo
Fantasma
Fragile Lady
Hard Times, Hard Choices
In Another Part of the City
Jammin' in the Slam Zone
Maria
Miss George Alliance
The Mugger
Nobody Ever Says Goodbye
The Petrified Prince
Resurrecting Levin. In collaboration with John Flaxman
Selena Forever
Simpson Street
Waltz On A Merry-Go-Round
Women Without Men
The World of Muddy Waters
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