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Daphnie Sicre

Daphnie Sicre, PhD. (she/ella) is a multi-hyphenated artist. She is a director/dramaturg/scholar/educator who shares a deep passion for Black and Latinx perspectives in theatre, especially AfroLatinidad. Engaging in anti-racist and culturally competent theatre practices, she helps bring stories from the page to the stage.

She has directed for Skylight Theatre, East West Plays, Greenway Court Theatre, Hollywood Fringe (New Musicals Inc), Playwrights' Arena, Garry Marshall Theatre, The Road Theatre, San Diego Rep/Latinx New Play Festival, The Robey Theatre, The Fountain Theatre, Circle X, The Hollywood Fringe/New Musicals Inc, Austin Latinx New Play Festival, FringeNYC, First Foot Productions, the Blindspot Collective, BMCC, NYU, Columbia University, and LMU, where she currently teaches. She also directed Stranger by Kendra Augustin (Stage Black) in NYC, where she won Best Director and the AUDELCO nominated Not About Eve by Karl O’Brian Williams (Braata Productions). When not directing, she is the resident dramaturge at the Robey Theatre, where she runs the Playwright’s Lab. Selected dramaturgy credits include the musical, It Happened in Key West-Book, Music, & Lyrics by Jason Huza, Jeremiah James and Jill Santoriello (Bristol Riverside Theatre). She also worked with Launch Pad, Playwrights’ Arena Readings Series, The Fountain Theatre, TheaterWorks Harford, Hartbeat Ensemble, New Play Project, FringeNYC, Bratta Productions, First Foot Productions, Lehigh University, NYU, and Columbia University as a dramaturge.

Her latest publication is a book chapter in Contemporary Black Theatre & Performance: Acts of Rebellion, Activism, & Solidarity. Other publications include, an article in Theatre Symposium; Race & Theatre, “Being Black and Latinx in Theatre Today” and the co-published “Training theatre students of colour in the United States” in Theatre, Dance and Performance Training. Book chapters include Stages of Reckoning- Anti Racist and Decolonial Actor Training, The Routledge Companion to African American Theatre and Performance, Black Acting Methods, and Shakespeare & Latinidad. Upcoming book chapters will appear in The Routledge Companion Latinx Theatre and Performance and Every Great Dream: Visioning African American Theatre for Young Audiences.

She is also a culture consultant for Nickelodeon, having worked on the Emmy nominated Santiago of the Seas, The Face, and the upcoming film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. For more information, click https://daphniesicre.com/

AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Adrienne Dawes
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AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Adrienne Dawes

An AfroLatine-Led Playwriting Series Featuring Writers/Theatremakers from Across the United States

Thursday 22 June 2023
United States
AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Reynaldo Piniella
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AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Reynaldo Piniella

An AfroLatine-Led Playwriting Series Featuring Writers/Theatremakers from Across the United States

Thursday 15 June 2023
United States
AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Cándido Tirado
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AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Cándido Tirado

An AfroLatine-Led Playwriting Series Featuring Writers/Theatremakers from Across the United States

Thursday 8 June 2023
United States
AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Darrel Alejandro Holnes
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AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Darrel Alejandro Holnes

An AfroLatine-Led Playwriting Series Featuring Writers/Theatremakers from Across the United States

Thursday 1 June 2023
United States
AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Josefina Báez
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AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Josefina Báez

An AfroLatine-Led Playwriting Series Featuring Writers/Theatremakers from Across the U.S.

Thursday 25 May 2023
United States
AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Rachel Lynett
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AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Rachel Lynett

An AfroLatine-Led Playwriting Series Featuring Writers/Theatremakers from Across the United States

Thursday 18 May 2023
United States
AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Christin Eve Cato
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AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Christin Eve Cato

An AfroLatine-Led Playwriting Series Featuring Writers/Theatremakers from Across the United States

Thursday 11 May 2023
United States
AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Melissa DuPrey
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AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Melissa DuPrey

An AfroLatine-Led Playwriting Series Featuring Writers/Theatremakers from Across the United States

Thursday 4 May 2023
United States
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“Marimacha” Laughs its Way Through Representation of Latine, Black, and Queer Characters
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“Marimacha” Laughs its Way Through Representation of Latine, Black, and Queer Characters

13 February 2023

Daphnie Sicre discusses the way that Latinidad, Blackness, and queerness intersect in “Marimacha,” comedic coming out story about an AfroPanamanian family on their way to a wedding.

Free Tickets for Community College Students, Part 2
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Free Tickets for Community College Students, Part 2

16 November 2016

In this second installment, Daphnie Sicre closes her discussion on theatres that offer free, or discounted tickets to college students, and offers creative ways to engage these students.

Free Tickets for Community College Students—Part 1
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Free Tickets for Community College Students—Part 1

27 October 2016

In this first installment, Daphnie Sicre begins her discussion on theatres and programs that offer free, or discounted tickets to college students.

Notes from a Latina at the Black Theatre Conference in Winston Salem, North Carolina
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Notes from a Latina at the Black Theatre Conference in Winston Salem, North Carolina

3 October 2015

PhD candidate Daphnie Sicre writes about her experience presenting at the Black Theatre Conference.

AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour
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AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour

An AfroLatine-Led Playwriting Series Featuring Writers/Theatremakers from Across the United States

In 2021, Tlaloc Rivas, along with HowlRound and the Latinx Theatre Commons, curated a series called the Latinx Superfriends Playwriting Hour.

Free Tickets for Community College Students
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Free Tickets for Community College Students

A discussion on theatres and programs that offer free or discounted tickets to students.