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Dean Zayas
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    A continuación el Curriculum Vitae del profesor Dean M. Zayas, actual director del Teatro Rodante Universitario.

EDUCATION:  University of Puerto Rico
            Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies

            New York University (N.Y.U.)
            M.A. Degree in Theatre Education
            Directing Major-1965

            University of Puerto Rico
            B.A. Degree in Theatre- 1963


PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE:

            A.      University of Puerto Rico
                Drama Deparment's Chairman
                (1980-1986)

                Courses taught:

                1. History of the Theatre
                2. Theatre Appreciation
                3. Stage Make-up
                4. Survey of Puerto Rican Theatre
                5. Acting I and II
                6. Stage Diccion I and II
                7. Puppet Theatre
                8. Experimental Theatre Workshop
                9. Stage Managment
                10. Drama and Revolution
                11. Traveling Theatre
                12. Introduction to Playwritting
                13. Stage Directing
                14. Directing for High School Teachers

TRIPS ABROAD:
   1971  As an actor with Producciones Cisne to the Republic of El Salvador.
   1972 Madrid, Paris, Roma, Athens, Epidaurus, London, Stratford-on-Avon visiting Drama Schools and Theater Seminar at London.
   1973 Invited to Curazao (Dutch Antilles) by the Cultural Center of Curazao as a judge of a Theater Contest and to speak on the development of Puerto Rican Theatre.
   1974 Participant in the II International Theatre Festival at Caracas, Venezuela.
   1976-1979-1981-1984-1987-1989-1991 Spanish Golden Age Theatre Festival at Chamizal National Park, El Paso, Texas
   1977 Invited to Caracas to direct DRAM
   1978 Invited to Caracas for the First Encounter of Acting Training Centers Lecture: "The U.P.R. Drama Department; Its History".
   1980 Spain. Meeting of Spain and Latin American Theatre People. Lecture: "Problems in Training the Puerto Rican Actor".
   1981 University of Alberta at Edmonton, Canada to lecture on "The History of Puerto Rican Theatre".
   1982 University of Texas al El Paso to lecture on "Staging " Siglo de Oro" Plays"
   1984 VII International Calssical Theatre Festival in Almagro, España.
   1988 Drama Festival at Cadiz, Spain. Trip, sponsored by the office of The Governor of Puerto Rico for Cultural Affairs.
   1993 Muestra de Teatro de Otoño at Murcia, Spain


CREATIVE EXPERIENCE:
1. Directing (Among many others)

    Tennessee Williams' "The Rose Tattoo"
    Myrna Casas "Eugenia Victoria Herrera"
    Albert Camus "Cross Purposes"
    James Goldman's "The Lion in Winter"
    Goodrich and Hackettt's "The Diary of Ana Frank"
    John Herbet's "Fortune and Men's Eyes"
    Sheilah Delaney's "A Taste of Honey"
    José Triana's "The Assassins"
    Fay and Michael Kanin's "Rashomon"
    Bertolt Brecht's "The Good Woman of Setzuan"
    William Inge's "That Championship Season"
    Landfort Wilson's "The Hot L Baltimore"
    Ruggero Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci"
    Sandy Wilson's "The Boyfriend"
    García Lorca's "Blood Weeding"
    Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire"
    Henry Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People"
    García Lorca's "The House of  Bernarda Alba"
    Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman"
    Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie"
    J.B. Priestly's "An Inspector Calls"
    Bernard Slade's "Same Time, Next Year"
        
2. Translations from English into Spanish:
        
    "Bury the Dead" by Irwin Shaw                
    "The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife" by Anatole France
    "The Rose Tattoo" by Tennessee Williams
    "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams
    "Talk to Me Like the Rain" by Tennesse Williams
    "Hello from Bertha" by Tennessee Williams
    "Camino Real" by Tennessee Williams
    "Cat and Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams
    "The Odd Couple" by Neil Simon
    "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man - in - the - Moon Marigolds"
           by Paul Zindel
    "The Lion in Winter" by James Goldman
    "A Taste of Honey" by Sheilah Delaney
    "The Carmelites" by George Bernanos
    "The Taming of Shrew" by William Shakespeare
    " Piaf" by Pam Gems
    "Les Miserables" by Víctor Hugo

3. TELEVISION:
    A. For WIPR TV - Channel 6, producer and artistic director of:
        1. "Marianela"
        2. "Entreacto"
        3. "The Little Matchgirl"
        4. "A Christmas Miracle"
        5. "Silent Night"

        For Telemundo - Channel 2, artistic director of:
        1. "Julieta"
        2. "Laura Guzmán"
        3. "Fue Sin Querer"
        4. "Pacto de Amor"

    B. Prompter of:
        1. "Tanairí"
        2. "Cadenas de Amor"
        3. "Preciosa"
        
    C. Historic advisor for:
        1. "Tanairí"
        2. "Preciosa"

    D. Script supervisor for:
        1. "Tanairí"
        2. "Pacto de Amor"

        For WAPA TV- Channel 4 producer and director:
        1. "Karina Montaner"
        2. "Aventurera"

    E. Artistic and casting director:
        1. "Pasión de Vivir"
        For Quality Media Center (Puerto Rico) and Tele 5 (Spain)

HONORS AND AWARDS:

        1. Founder of  "Teatro del Sesenta" and "Teatro Sylvia Rexach"
                    in San Juan.
        2. "Agueybana" as best director 1970.
        3. Director of the Theatre Department of the Institute of the             Puerto Rican Culture (1980).
        4. Winner of  "Best Director Award" given by the "Critics Circle"
        for his direction of  "Tiempo Muerto" (1986).  Among others.

AFILIATIONS:

        1. Member of APATE
        2. Member of the British Theatre Association (B.T.A.)
        3. Member of the Board of Directors of the Association for             Hispanic Classical Theatre Inc.
        4. Member of the American Theatre Association (A.T.A.)
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Lista de Obras Teatrales
Dirigidas
                                                   Por: Dean Zayas
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   año                      obra                                     autor                                  teatro
1961
Dónde está la Luz
R. Ferreira
Teatro Teguax
1962
El Zoológico de Cristal
T. Williams
Teatro U.P.R
1963
La Lección
E. Ionesco
Ateneo Puertorriqueño
1964
Oración
F. Arrabal
Ateneo Puertorriqueño
1965
Ligazón
Valle Inclán
La Tierruca
1966
El Malentendido
A. Camus
Ateneo Puertorriqueño
1967
La Zapatera Prodigiosa
F. García Lorca
Teatro Rodante U.P.R.
1971
A Vuestro Gusto
W. Shakespeare
Teatro Rodante U.P.R.
1974
Los Melindres de Belisa
Lope de Vega
Teatro Rodante U.P.R.
1975
La Opera de los Tres
Centavos
B.Brecht
Teatro U.P.R
1977
Un Tranvía Llamado Deseo
T. Williams
Teatro Tapia
1977
Bodas de Sangre
F. García Lorca
Mayaguez
1980
Don Gil de las Calzas Verdes
Tirso de Molina
Chamizal, Texas
1980
La Jaula de las Locas
J. Poire
Teatro Riviera
1980
Las Troyanas
Eurípides
Teatro U.P.R.
1981
Las Brujas de Salem
A. Miller
Teatro U.P.R.
1985
Madre Coraje y sus Hijos
B. Brecht
Teatro U.P.R.
1986
Tiempo Muerto
M.M. Ballester
Centro de Bellas Artes
1994
Palacios de Cartón
J. González
Centro de Bellas Artes
1994
Los Miserables
V. Hugo
Teatro Rodante U.P.R.
1997
Arlequín, Servidor de Dos Amos
C. Goldoni
Teatro Rodante U.P.R.
Entre otras....        
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