Jimmy A. Noriega

Department/Affiliation: Department of Theatre & Dance
Phone: 330-263-2305
Office Address: 117 Wishart Hall
Email: jnoriega@wooster.edu

Degrees

• B.A. Missouri Southern State University, 2005
• M.A. Cornell University, 2009
• Ph.D. Cornell University, 2011

Courses Taught

• THTD 103: THE PHYSICAL TEXT
• THTD 241: LATINA/O DRAMA & PERFORMANCE
• THTD 303: DIRECTING
  

Notes

Jimmy A. Noriega is an Assistant Professor of Theatre, with research and teaching specialities in Latin American, Latina/o, and indigenous theatre and performance, as well as acting, directing, performance studies, and theatre for social change.

His field research is situated in the Bolivian, Peruvian, and Ecuadorian Andes; the Mayan regions of Mexico and Guatemala; and the Southwestern United States.

Nationally, he has directed plays in Joplin, Missouri; Lawrence, Kansas; Ithaca, New York; and at the historic Pregones Theater in New York City. Internationally, Jimmy’s plays have been staged at theatre festivals in Israel, Mexico, and Ecuador. Some of his directing credits include: Mujeres de Ciudad Juárez, References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot, Desiertos, Watsonville: Someplace Not Here, Dog Lady, La Mujer Que Cayó del Cielo, Beautiful Señoritas, The Diary of Anne Frank, and No Exit.

Jimmy has presented his scholarly work at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education, the American Society for Theatre Research, the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, and at Peru’s Congreso Internacional de Teatro Contemporáneo.