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A favorite performer on the university and college circuit, Adelina has performed at USC, UC Riverside, UC Davis, UCLA, UTEP, Princeton University, CSUN, Stanford University, Smith College, CU Boulder, Wesleyan University, DePauw University, JMU, Penn State, Univ. of Oregon @ Eugene, Oberlin College, St. Could State University, CSU Pomona, UT@ Austin, Sonoma State, Colgate University,
University of Chicago at Urbana-Champagne, Pasadena City College, UTSA (via Trinity University),
Univ. of Utah, Wellesley, and UC Santa Cruz.
As an allgo supported artist-in-residence, Adelina also performs and workshops consistently in Austin, Texas. In Austin she has performed to sold-out audiences at the historic Victory Grill and the newly renovated Mexican American Cultural Center. In addition, she has participated three times in the National Queer Arts Festival in San Francisco; and performs and workshops yearly in Berkeley at La Pena Cultural Center. Other venues where Adelina has worked include Teatro Dallas (including two international festivals in Peru and Ecuador), Santa Monica's Highways Performance Space, Los Angeles' Celebration Theatre, San Francisco's Theatre Rhinoceros, San Jóse's Teatro Visión, San Antonio's Esperanza Cultural Center, New York's WOW Café and Teatro LA TEA, The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's The Renberg Theater and Davidson/Valentini Theater, Dallas' Bath House Cultural Center, and Cara Mia Theater Co. (where she served as founding artistic director). Currently, Adelina's work continues to be supported and produced at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's The Village where she continues to be one of their artists-in-residence.
As a director/producer, Adelina has collaborated on many productions/workshop productions/ and readings. During her short tenure at Cara Mia, where she served as founding Artistic Director, Adelina produced and directed the company's inaugural play: Shadow of a Man by Cherríe Moraga. A year later, she followed this work with Milcha Sánchez Scott's Latina, a play that examines the lives of undocumented domestic workers. Eventually, Adelina would return to Cara Mia to direct a production of The Hungry Woman: A Mexican Medea; a production that would garner her Best Director, Best Production, and Best Actor nominations and titles. This play was also produced/directed in Los Angeles, and finally at Stanford University where it received its' official World Premiere. At Stanford, Adelina co-directed with Moraga and reprised the role of Luna. Most recently, she directed D'Lo's solo show Ramble-Ations at the New World Theater; the production was then presented at the 1st National Asian American Theater Festival in NYC, and continues to tour the country (upcoming presentation at Brava! in March 2010). This coming summer, Adelina continues her collaboration and mentorship with Moraga thanks to a generous grant from NALAC. The grant will support her in co-directing (w/ Moraga) and co-acting (w/Virginia Grise) in a new Moraga play to be performed in Santa Ana, California.
As an educator/cultural activist, Adelina has over 15 years of experience mentoring and instructing on political teatro, acting, and creative writing to youth of color and lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender communities of color, as well as university students. In 1997 she conceived and implemented Cara Mia's CAST program (Chicano Academy for Summer Theatre). She also initiated touring educational programs in the public schools funded by the Office of Cultural Affairs in Dallas via the Neighborhood Touring Programs. After a short stint in NYC, along with Marta Lucía and Angie Cruz, she participated in the formation of Women In Literature & Letters (a women of color centered group). When Adelina finally landed in Los Angeles, she participated in the co-founding of several theater/ community based groups. In 2002 Adelina co-designed and co-led community projects around queer and undocumented immigrant youth that were awarded funding by the ASTRAEA Foundation. She has conducted TEATRO Q workshops: a safe space where lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/two-spirited people of color and allies can explore various aspects of theater arts and performance. TEATRO Q has been supported by a City of Los Angeles Artist-in-Residence grant, and by the community host venues: the Southern California Library and the Winnetka Parks and Recreation Center.
As a writer, Adelina continues to create provocative works in different genres: solo playwriting, stand-up comedy, narrative, and poetry. More often than not, she blurs or experiments with genre boundaries. Her exploration of short-story erotica won her recognition as one of the writers featured in Best American Erotica Series of 2002 (edited by Susie Bright). Before entering graduate school at Stanford University in the fall of 2003, Adelina was selected as a PEN USA Emerging Voices Rosenthal Fellow. Some of her poetry has been published in Texas, Germany, and California; and most recently some of her poems were published in the anthology Queer Codex: Rooted! (edited by Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano). In 2007 she performed and toured her poetry along with Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano and Dino Foxx in Tragic Bitches. Other publications include her first person narrative, "La Mamasota," anthologized in the 2007 Harper Collins' Fifteen Candles (edited by Adriana Lopez) . As for newspaper, online websites, and magazines, Adelina has also penned several articles and interviews for the former Solloella.com, The Progressive Media Project, Bomb Magazine, and Colorlines Magazine.
Adelina thanks her mother and ancestors for guiding her and allowing her to practice conscious art making and spirit walking... even when she stumbles. (And since girlfriend trips often, she is very thankful that her family and close friends are always there to help with the cocos y mocos.)
As an allgo supported artist-in-residence, Adelina also performs and workshops consistently in Austin, Texas. In Austin she has performed to sold-out audiences at the historic Victory Grill and the newly renovated Mexican American Cultural Center. In addition, she has participated three times in the National Queer Arts Festival in San Francisco; and performs and workshops yearly in Berkeley at La Pena Cultural Center. Other venues where Adelina has worked include Teatro Dallas (including two international festivals in Peru and Ecuador), Santa Monica's Highways Performance Space, Los Angeles' Celebration Theatre, San Francisco's Theatre Rhinoceros, San Jóse's Teatro Visión, San Antonio's Esperanza Cultural Center, New York's WOW Café and Teatro LA TEA, The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's The Renberg Theater and Davidson/Valentini Theater, Dallas' Bath House Cultural Center, and Cara Mia Theater Co. (where she served as founding artistic director). Currently, Adelina's work continues to be supported and produced at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's The Village where she continues to be one of their artists-in-residence.
As a director/producer, Adelina has collaborated on many productions/workshop productions/ and readings. During her short tenure at Cara Mia, where she served as founding Artistic Director, Adelina produced and directed the company's inaugural play: Shadow of a Man by Cherríe Moraga. A year later, she followed this work with Milcha Sánchez Scott's Latina, a play that examines the lives of undocumented domestic workers. Eventually, Adelina would return to Cara Mia to direct a production of The Hungry Woman: A Mexican Medea; a production that would garner her Best Director, Best Production, and Best Actor nominations and titles. This play was also produced/directed in Los Angeles, and finally at Stanford University where it received its' official World Premiere. At Stanford, Adelina co-directed with Moraga and reprised the role of Luna. Most recently, she directed D'Lo's solo show Ramble-Ations at the New World Theater; the production was then presented at the 1st National Asian American Theater Festival in NYC, and continues to tour the country (upcoming presentation at Brava! in March 2010). This coming summer, Adelina continues her collaboration and mentorship with Moraga thanks to a generous grant from NALAC. The grant will support her in co-directing (w/ Moraga) and co-acting (w/Virginia Grise) in a new Moraga play to be performed in Santa Ana, California.
As an educator/cultural activist, Adelina has over 15 years of experience mentoring and instructing on political teatro, acting, and creative writing to youth of color and lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender communities of color, as well as university students. In 1997 she conceived and implemented Cara Mia's CAST program (Chicano Academy for Summer Theatre). She also initiated touring educational programs in the public schools funded by the Office of Cultural Affairs in Dallas via the Neighborhood Touring Programs. After a short stint in NYC, along with Marta Lucía and Angie Cruz, she participated in the formation of Women In Literature & Letters (a women of color centered group). When Adelina finally landed in Los Angeles, she participated in the co-founding of several theater/ community based groups. In 2002 Adelina co-designed and co-led community projects around queer and undocumented immigrant youth that were awarded funding by the ASTRAEA Foundation. She has conducted TEATRO Q workshops: a safe space where lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/two-spirited people of color and allies can explore various aspects of theater arts and performance. TEATRO Q has been supported by a City of Los Angeles Artist-in-Residence grant, and by the community host venues: the Southern California Library and the Winnetka Parks and Recreation Center.
As a writer, Adelina continues to create provocative works in different genres: solo playwriting, stand-up comedy, narrative, and poetry. More often than not, she blurs or experiments with genre boundaries. Her exploration of short-story erotica won her recognition as one of the writers featured in Best American Erotica Series of 2002 (edited by Susie Bright). Before entering graduate school at Stanford University in the fall of 2003, Adelina was selected as a PEN USA Emerging Voices Rosenthal Fellow. Some of her poetry has been published in Texas, Germany, and California; and most recently some of her poems were published in the anthology Queer Codex: Rooted! (edited by Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano). In 2007 she performed and toured her poetry along with Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano and Dino Foxx in Tragic Bitches. Other publications include her first person narrative, "La Mamasota," anthologized in the 2007 Harper Collins' Fifteen Candles (edited by Adriana Lopez) . As for newspaper, online websites, and magazines, Adelina has also penned several articles and interviews for the former Solloella.com, The Progressive Media Project, Bomb Magazine, and Colorlines Magazine.
Adelina thanks her mother and ancestors for guiding her and allowing her to practice conscious art making and spirit walking... even when she stumbles. (And since girlfriend trips often, she is very thankful that her family and close friends are always there to help with the cocos y mocos.)