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'''Amparo Garica-Crow,''' is a writer, director and actress, based in Austin, Texas. |
'''Amparo Garica-Crow,''' is a writer, director and actress, based in Austin, Texas. |
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Garcia-Crow considers herself an "inter-disciplinary artist who acts, directs, sings, writes plays, screenplays and songs" as well as a film artist, with a "strong focus...for the last few years...in storytelling and the development of solo work" as she directs performance artists and storytellers<ref>{{Cite web|title = Plays Are About Humans — TCG Circle|url = http://www.tcgcircle.org/2013/05/plays-are-about-humans/|website = www.tcgcircle.org|accessdate = 2015-12-04}}</ref>. |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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Amparo Garcia-Crow has been a Master Acting Teacher for MFA Acting Program at UT Austin, and currently an Assistant Professor of Drama at Austin Community College<ref>{{Cite web|title = AMPARO CROW {{!}} ACC Drama|url = http://sites.austincc.edu/drama/amparo-crow/|website = sites.austincc.edu|accessdate = 2015-12-04}}</ref><ref name=":0" />. She is the founder and current host of THE LIVING ROOM: Storytime for Grownups in Austin, Texas<ref>{{Cite web|title = Stories Round the Campfire — TCG Circle|url = http://www.tcgcircle.org/2015/03/stories-round-the-campfire/|website = www.tcgcircle.org|accessdate = 2015-12-04}}</ref>. |
Amparo Garcia-Crow has been a Master Acting Teacher for MFA Acting Program at UT Austin, and currently an Assistant Professor of Drama at Austin Community College<ref>{{Cite web|title = AMPARO CROW {{!}} ACC Drama|url = http://sites.austincc.edu/drama/amparo-crow/|website = sites.austincc.edu|accessdate = 2015-12-04}}</ref><ref name=":0" />. She is the founder and current host of THE LIVING ROOM: Storytime for Grownups in Austin, Texas<ref>{{Cite web|title = Stories Round the Campfire — TCG Circle|url = http://www.tcgcircle.org/2015/03/stories-round-the-campfire/|website = www.tcgcircle.org|accessdate = 2015-12-04}}</ref>. Garcia-Crow has developed as a playwright at South Coast Repertory Theatre and Mabou Mines, and has world premieres Off-Broadway, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, and Latino Chicago. |
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Revision as of 20:00, 4 December 2015
Amparo Garcia-Crow
Amparo Garica-Crow, is a writer, director and actress, based in Austin, Texas.
Garcia-Crow considers herself an "inter-disciplinary artist who acts, directs, sings, writes plays, screenplays and songs" as well as a film artist, with a "strong focus...for the last few years...in storytelling and the development of solo work" as she directs performance artists and storytellers[1].
Career
Amparo Garcia-Crow has been a Master Acting Teacher for MFA Acting Program at UT Austin, and currently an Assistant Professor of Drama at Austin Community College[2][3]. She is the founder and current host of THE LIVING ROOM: Storytime for Grownups in Austin, Texas[4]. Garcia-Crow has developed as a playwright at South Coast Repertory Theatre and Mabou Mines, and has world premieres Off-Broadway, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, and Latino Chicago.
THE LIVING ROOM: Storytime for Grownups
Acclaim
Awards for Playwriting
Amparo Garcia-Crow has received the Larry King Playwriting Award for her play, "Cocks Have Claws and Wings to Fly," as well as the ”Best Female Protagonist” award at the Mae West Festival: “ for her play, "Blue: La Mujer Moderna[3]."
Film Premieres
Garcia-Crow has had her films premiered at Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival, Cine las Americas, SXSW Film Festival, and on the television network, PBS[3].
Fellowship Awards
NEA/TCG Director’s Fellowship
James Michener Fellow
Published Works
Garcia- Crow's collection of works titled “Between Misery and the Sun: The South Texas Plays” is published by No Passport Press[5].
Acting
Amparo Garcia-Crow has performed at the Kennedy Center as well as regional theaters in the Southwest. Some of her more recent films have been "Love in the Sixties" (2014), where she had the roles of writer, director, producer, and actress[6]. She also was an actress in the film, "Straight A's" (2013)[7].
Along with having roles in independent films, commercials, and industrials, Garcia-Crow also had a reoccurring role on the PBS children's show, Wishbone[3].
References
- ^ "Plays Are About Humans — TCG Circle". www.tcgcircle.org. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
- ^ "AMPARO CROW | ACC Drama". sites.austincc.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
- ^ a b c d "Bio". www.amparogarciacrow.com. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
- ^ "Stories Round the Campfire — TCG Circle". www.tcgcircle.org. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
- ^ "Plays". www.amparogarciacrow.com. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
- ^ "Love in the Sixties". IMDb. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ "Straight A's". IMDb. Retrieved 3 December 2015.