Juliette Carrillo Explained

Birth Place:Los Angeles, CA
Nationality:Mexican American
Education:Yale School of Drama
Alma Mater:UC Santa Cruz, Yale School of Drama
Known For:theater, film, playwriting
Notable Works:"Lydia" at the Denver Theater Center, "Anna in the Tropics" at South Coast Repertory, "References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot" at South Coast Repertory, "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" at Seattle Repertory Theater, "Mojada" at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Style:Naturalism, Magical Realism, Drama, Comedy, Realism
Awards:Princess Grace Award, NEA/TCG Directing Fellowship, Gypsy Rose Lee Awards, GLAAD Award, Drama-Logue Award
Elected:Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
Website:https://www.juliettecarrillo.com/index.html

Juliette Carrillo is an American theatre director, playwright, and filmmaker.[1] She has directed plays and musicals at the Denver Theater Center, Yale Repertory Theater, South Coast Repertory, Mark Taper Forum, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Repertory Theatre,[2] the Magic Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Arizona Theater Company, and the Actor's Theatre of Louisville.

For seven years, she served as an Artistic Associate of South Coast Repertory and led their Hispanic Playwright's Project.[3] [4] She is also a member of Cornerstone Theatre Company,[5] where she writes and directs community-centered new plays.[6] Carrillo primarily develops new plays and has directed workshops at New York Theatre Workshop, The Public, INTAR, and The Women's Project.[7] She has received the Princess Grace Award[8] and the National Endowment of the Arts/Theatre Communications Group Directing Fellowship.[9]

Early life

Carrillo was born in a multicultural household in Los Angeles, CA. She grew up in La Paz, Baja California Sur in Mexico and in Northern California.[10] She has Mexican-American and Jewish heritage, and her father is the Chicano painter Eduardo Carrillo.[11] [12] She is currently a board member of the Museo Eduardo Carrillo.[13] She currently resides in Los Angeles.[10]

Education

Carrillo received her BA in Theatre Arts from the University of California at Santa Cruz before obtaining her MFA in directing from the Yale School of Drama.

Career

Carrillo has directed several premieres of new plays and often collaborates with Hispanic playwrights. She directed the world premiere of “Lydia” by Octavio Solis at the Denver Theater Center,[14] and its subsequent productions at Mark Taper Forum[15] and Yale Repertory Theater.[16] The New York Times said of the play, “Seductive and strong. Juliette Carrillo has directed with enormous skill and knowing compassion.”[17]

Other World and West Coast premieres include Nilo Cruz’ “Anna in The Tropics,”[18] Jose Rivera’s “References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot”;[19] and Karen Zacarías’ “Jane of the Jungle” at South Coast Repertory;[20] Eduardo Machado’s “The Cook”[21] and Isaac Gomez’ adaptation of “I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter” at Seattle Repertory Theater;[22] Sam Shepard’s “Eyes for Consuela” at the Magic Theatre;[23] Karen Zacarías’ “Oliverio” at the Kennedy Center;[24] Octavio Solis’ “Lethe” at Cornerstone Theater;[25] Carmen Aguirre's “Anywhere But Here” at The Electric Company;[26] Melinda Lopez’ “Sonia Flew” at Laguna Playhouse;[27] and Benjamin Benne's “Alma” at Center Theatre Group.[28]

Her other American regional theater productions include “Two Trains Running” by August Wilson at Arena Stage,[29] and “The Sign on Sidney Brustein’s Window” by Lorraine Hansberry[30] and “Mojada” by Luis Alfaro at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.[31]

As an ensemble member of Cornerstone Theater, Carrillo has directed numerous productions and collaborated with communities in creating original work. She has worked with communities such as the Los Angeles River community, the addiction and recovery community, the senior community, and the Hindu community. Productions she directed at Cornerstone include “The Cardinal” by Cusi Cram,[32] “Bliss Point” by Shishir Kurup,[33] “It’s All Bueno” by Sigrid Gilmer,[34] “Touch The Water” by Julie Hébert,[35] “Warriors Don’t Cry” adapted by Eisa Davis,[36] “As Vishnu Dreams” by Shishir Kurup,[37] and “House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisnersos.

Carrillo was an Artistic Associate at South Coast Repertory for seven years, directing in their season and running the Hispanic Playwright's Project, which collaborated with Latino playwrights such as Jose Rivera and Nilo Cruz.

Carrillo has also ventured into film directing and screenwriting. She participated in the American Film Institute Directing Workshop for Women,[38] where she wrote and directed the short film “Spiral”.[39] It was screened at film festivals in the United States and Europe. Carrillo wrote the screenplay “SuperChicas”,[40] which was selected for the National Association of Latino Independent Producer’s Latino Producer’s Lab in Santa Fe.[41] The screenplay was then selected for the Emerging Narratives pitchfest at Independent Film Week,[40] and endorsed by Francis Ford Coppola.[42] Carrillo also participated in the Honolulu 48 Hour Film Project, where her short film a-litter-a-tion won Best Overall, Best Writing, and Best Acting.

Carrillo is currently the Head of Directing program at the University of California Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts.

Playwriting

Carrillo has written four plays that were commissioned by Cornerstone Theater Company. These include “Plumas Negras”, produced with artists and audience members from the East Salinas farmworker community,[43] “Little Voice”, a play about eating habits for teen audiences, “Ghost Town”, produced for and with the Venice, CA community,[44] and “Pedro Play” performed by and for the San Pedro, CA community.[45] “Plumas Negras” was later produced at UC Irvine Drama in 2018.[46]

Additionally, a reading of her play “Tailbone” was done at Chautauqua Theater Company in 2021,[47] and was selected by Milagro and Teatros Unidos as a finalist for the Ingenio Virtual Theatre Festival.

Awards and recognition

Awards and honors

Nominations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: August 21, 2018 . Panelists: Juliette Carrillo . 2024-01-16 . The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage . en.
  2. Web site: Juliette Carrillo . 2024-01-16 . HowlRound Theatre Commons . en.
  3. Web site: Schirmer . Liane . Garcia . Minerva . 2023-08-02 . Voces del Teatro: Let Our Voices Be Heard . 2024-01-16 . American Theatre . en-US.
  4. Web site: Cruz . Nilo . September 28, 2003 . "Anna In The Tropics" program . January 16, 2024 . South Coast Repertory.
  5. Web site: Ensemble . 2024-01-16 . Cornerstone Theater Company.
  6. Web site: Weinert-Kendt . Rob . 2018-08-20 . A 'Cardinal' Grows in Queens: Cornerstone's Teachable Moments . 2024-01-16 . American Theatre . en-US.
  7. Web site: Juliette Carrillo Department of Drama Claire Trevor School of the Arts . 2024-01-16 . University of California, Irvine.
  8. Web site: Juliette Carrillo Princess Grace Award: Theater Apprenticeship, 1994 . 2024-01-16 . Princess Grace Foundation.
  9. Web site: Juliette Carrillo . 2024-01-16 . Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
  10. Web site: Interviews . 2024-02-25 . LTA-LA . en-US.
  11. Web site: Testament of the Spirit: Paintings by Eduardo Carrillo . 2024-02-22 . American University . en.
  12. Web site: About Eduardo Museo Eduardo Carrillo . 2024-02-22 . en-US.
  13. Web site: Kirklin . Deborah . 2010-09-09 . Eduardo Carrillo—Within A Cultural Context Curator's Statement . 2024-01-16 . . en-US.
  14. Web site: Jones . Kenneth . January 18, 2008 . Teen Has Magic Connection to a Maid Named Lydia in Denver World Premiere . 2024-01-16 . Playbill.
  15. Web site: McNulty . Charles . 2009-04-15 . Review of 'Lydia' at the Mark Taper Forum . 2024-01-16 . . en-US.
  16. Web site: Solis . Octavio . Lydia February 6–28, 2009 . 2024-01-16 . . en-US.
  17. News: Gates . Anita . 2009-02-13 . Amid Lives Gone Awry, a Struggle to Be Heard . subscription . 2024-01-16 . . en-US . 0362-4331.
  18. Web site: Hirschhorn . Joel . 2003-10-06 . Anna in the Tropics . 2024-01-16 . . en-US.
  19. Web site: Manus . Willard . January 7, 2000 . Cast Set for Salvador Dali, Opening Jan. 28, at South Coast Rep . January 16, 2024 . Playbill.
  20. Web site: The Teens . 2024-02-26 . South Coast Repertory . en-US.
  21. Web site: The Cook Seattle Rep . 2024-01-16 . . en.
  22. Web site: Somers . Dusty . 2023-01-24 . Seattle Rep's 'I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter' captures what it's like to be a teen . 2024-01-16 . . en-US.
  23. News: Winn . Steven . 1999-02-15 . Shepard's 'Eyes' Out of Focus / Bizarre fable and lots of talk at Magic . 2024-01-16 . . en.
  24. Web site: McKnight . Steven . 2016-02-01 . OLIVERio: A Brazilian Twist at The Kennedy Center (review) . 2024-01-16 . DC Theatre Scene.
  25. Web site: California: The Tempest – San Francisco . 2024-01-16 . Cornerstone Theater Company.
  26. Web site: 2020-02-04 . Anywhere But Here . 2024-01-16 . . en-CA.
  27. Web site: 2006-09-22 . THEATER REVIEW: 'Sonia Flew' soars to dramatic heights . subscription . 2024-01-16 . . en-US.
  28. Web site: Alma . 2024-01-16 . . en-US.
  29. Web site: Two Trains Running . 2024-01-16 . . en.
  30. Web site: The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window . 2024-01-16 . Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
  31. Web site: Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles . 2024-01-16 . Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
  32. Web site: "The Cardinal", a journey through Flushing . 2024-01-17 . Cornerstone Theater Company.
  33. Web site: Bliss Point . 2024-01-17 . Cornerstone Theater Company.
  34. Web site: Past Projects . 2024-01-18 . Cornerstone Theater Company.
  35. Web site: 2007-2010 Justice Cycle . 2024-01-18 . Cornerstone Theater Company.
  36. Web site: Warriors Don't Cry . 2024-01-18 . LRA Designs.
  37. Web site: 2001-2005 Faith-Based Cycle . 2024-01-18 . Cornerstone Theater Company.
  38. Web site: DWW+ ALUMS . 2024-01-18 . . en.
  39. Web site: SPIRAL - American Film Institute . 2024-02-22 . AFI . en.
  40. 2011-08-10 . 150 New Films in Development from Emerging & Established Filmmakers Showcased at IFP's 2010 Project Forum The Gotham . 2024-02-22 . en-US.
  41. Web site: RECOGNITION . 2024-01-18 . Superchicas Movie . en.
  42. Web site: Coppola . Francis Ford . Francis Ford Coppola . 2012-11-28 . COPPOLA LETTER . 2024-01-18 . Superchicas Movie . en.
  43. Web site: Plumas Negras . 2024-01-18 . Cornerstone Theater Company.
  44. Web site: Ghost Town . 2024-01-18 . Cornerstone Theater Company.
  45. Web site: Pedro Play . 2024-01-18 . Cornerstone Theater Company.
  46. Web site: Plumas Negras . 2024-01-17 . University of California, Irvine. 16 August 2017 .
  47. Web site: New Plays at CTC . 2024-01-18 . . en-US.
  48. Web site: Juliette Carrillo Department of Drama Claire Trevor School of the Arts . 2024-02-22 . drama.arts.uci.edu.
  49. Web site: Sierra . Gabrielle . 2012-01-23 . Seattle Theater Writers Announce 2011 Winners of Gypsy Rose Lee Awards . 2024-01-18 . Broadway World . en.
  50. Web site: Lipson . Amy . 2010-01-12 . Photo Call: L.A. Stage Alliance Presents 2010 Ovation Awards . 2024-01-17 . Playbill.
  51. Web site: 2014-07-22 . Sundance Institute Selects Six Mid-Career Directors for Theatre Directors Retreat in Arles, France . 2024-01-18 . . en-US.
  52. Web site: University of California San Diego . Summer 2019 Theatre Department Newsletter .
  53. Web site: García-Romero . Anne . 2017-05-15 . Fornés Playwriting Workshop 2017 . 2024-02-22 . Department of Film, Television, and Theatre . en.
  54. Web site: The Latinx Theatre Commons' 2015 Carnaval of New Latina/o Work . 2024-02-22 . HowlRound Theatre Commons . en.
  55. Web site: Lydia . 2024-02-22 . Concord Theatricals . en.
  56. Web site: 2014-07-22 . Sundance Institute Selects Six Mid-Career Directors for Theatre Directors Retreat in Arles, France - sundance.org . 2024-02-22 . en-US.
  57. Web site: 2015-09-24 . SDCF Names 2015 Zelda Fichandler Award Recipient . 2024-01-18 . Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation . en-US.
  58. Web site: 2018-10-25 . Seattle Public Theater Wins 6 Gregory Awards . 2024-02-22 . AMERICAN THEATRE . en-US.

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