Manuel Martín, Jr.
| Manuel Martín, Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 16, 1934 Artemisa, Cuba |
| Died |
September 28, 2002 (aged 67) New York City |
| Nationality | Cuban |
| Education |
Escuela Profesional de Comercio, Artemisa, Cuba Hunter College, New York |
| Occupation | Theater director, playwright |
| Awards |
Cintas Fellowship for Literature (1985) New York Foundation Award for Playwriting (1986, 1987, 1991) Fulbright Fellowship for Playwriting (1987) |
Manuel Martín, Jr., (born December 16, 1934) is best known for his theater direction.
Biography
Manuel Martín, Jr., was born December 16, 1934, in Artemisa, Cuba. He attended La Inmaculada Concepción Grammar School and the Escuela Pública No. 1 in Artemisa, and later finished three years in the Escuela Profesional de Comercio. He left Cuba for the United States on October 27, 1956, and graduated from Hunter College in New York with a B.A. in theater and film.[1]
With Magaly Alabau, Manuel Martín founded Teatro Duo in New York in 1969. This theater was dedicated to producing works in both English and Spanish, and Martín directed many plays for this theater. In addition to his theatrical direction, Martín is best known for his plays Rita and Bessie, Swallows, and Union City Thanksgiving, the latter of which was published in an anthology of Cuban theater by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Madrid, Spain (1992). He received a Cintas fellowship for literature in 1985, the New York Foundation Award for playwriting in 1986, 1987, and 1991, and a Fulbright Fellowship for playwriting in 1987. His plays have been produced at the Latino Festival, New York Shakespeare Festival, INTAR, and La Mama Experimental Theater. His play with music for children, The Legend of the Golden Coffee Bean, was included in ¡Aplauso!, an anthology of Hispanic children's theater (Arte Público Press, 1995). Martin was a member of the INTAR Playwrights in Residence Laboratory, New York.[1]
In New York and in Puerto Rico he was instructor of drama workshops and gave many conferences in New York, Miami, and Paris. In 1992, he acted as translator and adapter for the program “Dr. Goodmouth” for Colgate-Palmolive, through the UnWorld Group, Inc.[1]
Martín directed plays and musicals in New York, Argentina, and many other places. He resided in New York until his death on September 28, 2000.[1]
Notes and references
- 1 2 3 4 Finding Aid Author: Esperanza B. de Varona (February 1998). "Guide to the Manuel Martín, Jr., papers". Prepared for the University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, FL. Retrieved March 31, 2014. This article incorporates text from this source, which has been released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 and GNU Free Documentation license.
External links
- The Manuel Martín, Jr., papers are available at the Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries. The Manuel Martín, Jr., papers consist primarily of scripts, programs, clippings, and photographs of plays written by Cuban-born playwright Manuel Martín, Jr.
- A selection of images, including theater production photographs, from the Manuel Martín, Jr. papers are available through the University of Miami Libraries Digital Collections portal.
- Creator page for Manuel Martín, Jr., in the Cuban Theater Digital Archive.