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College of Arts and Humanities

Gina Sandí-Díaz

Professor

Theatre and Dance | 559.278.4342 | Office: SA138

gsandidiaz@csufresno.edu

Education

  • Ph.D Theatre. University of Kansas, 2017.
  • M.A Theatre and Film. University of Kansas. 2007
  • Licenciatura in Acting. Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica. 2005
  • B.A Theatre Arts. Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica. 2003

Courses Taught

  • Drama 108   Latinx Theatre
  • Drama  33    Fundamentals of Acting
  • Drama 133   Advanced Acting
  • Drama 188T Devised Theatre
  • Drama 163    Dramatic Literature (GE)
  • Drama 137    Creative Drama
  • Faculty Adviser, Experimental Theatre Company (ETC)

Dr. Gina Sandí-Díaz is an Assistant Professor of Theatre in the Department of Theatre and Dance, where she teaches courses in the areas of Acting, Directing and Dramatic Theory. She also directs for the University Theatre. Her latest credits include Electricidad by Luis Alfaro, The Agony of Ecstasy by Sabina Berman, Anon(ymous) by Naomy Iizuka, Just Like Us by Karen Zacarias and Lydia by Octavio Solis.

She is an active member of the Latinx Theatre Commons, serves as the National Chair of Representation, Equity and Diversity for the Kennedy Center’s American College Theatre Festival, and is a member of the Emerging Scholar Award committee for the American Theatre and Drama Society.
  • Latinx Theatre
  • Latin American Theatre
  • Performance Studies
  • Directing and Devising
  • Theatre for Social Change
  • Applied Theatre.

Ph.D. Theatre. 2017. Dissertation: "Performing National Identity, Civic Resistance, and Cultural Memory in Costa Rica's Mask Traditions."

M.A. Theatre and Film. 2007.Thesis: "Latin American Theatre for Social Change: The Case of Augusto Boal and Enrique Buenaventura."

"Augusto Boal (1931-2009)". In Fifty Key figures in LatinX and Latin American Theatre. Ed. Paola Hernandez and Analola Santana. Routledge, 2022, (pp. 45-48). 

“Ropa Intima by Lynn Nottage. Profile and Interview by Gina Sandi-Diaz”. In Seeking Common Ground: LatinX and Latin American Theatre and Performance. Ed. Trevor Boffone, Teresa Marrero and Chantal Rodriguez. Methuen Drama, 2022, (pp. 89-93).

"Comedy Acting for Theatre: The Art and Craft of Performing in Comedies". By Sidney Homan and Brian Rhinehart” (Book Review). Methods: A Journal of Acting Pedagogy, V.4, 133-35. Pace University Press, 2018.

“Teatro Aplicado en el Contexto de la Promoción de la Salud Mental.” In Conexiones para la Creatividad: Generación de Dispositivos Artístico-Creativos que Intervienen en el Bienestar Social desde una Mirada Fenomenológica. Edited by Enid Sofia Zúñiga Murillo, Heredia: EUNA, 2016. (97-108). 

"Teatro popular y cambio social". CAMPUS. Universidad Nacional.  Heredia, Costa Rica.  June, 2010. (University Newspaper).

"Teatro con la gente".  LA NACION. San José, Costa Rica.  May 25, 2008. (Nationwide Newspaper)