WILLIAM RUIZ a.k.a. NINJA
Home base: Lares, Puerto Rico; Lower East Side (NYC)
Favorite book: 1984, Outlaw Bible of Poetry
Favorite movie: Braveheart
Favorite Visual Artist: Viajero, Tats Cru, Betsy Casañas
Poetic Influences: Miguel Pinero, Willie Perdomo, Bob Holman
Musical Influence: Wu Tang, Nas, Big Pun & Tom Waits
Favorite book: 1984, Outlaw Bible of Poetry
Favorite movie: Braveheart
Favorite Visual Artist: Viajero, Tats Cru, Betsy Casañas
Poetic Influences: Miguel Pinero, Willie Perdomo, Bob Holman
Musical Influence: Wu Tang, Nas, Big Pun & Tom Waits
Playwriting/Acting credits include: PARTY PEOPLE (Universes- Directed/Developed by Liesl Tommy); AMERIVILLE (Universes- Directed/Developed by Chay Yew); WAITING FOR GORDO (Adapted from Samuel Beckett’s WAITING FOR GODOT)
Acting credits include: SLANGUAGE (Directed/Developed by Jo Bonney); Jack Kerouack’s TI-JEAN BLUES (Adapted/Directed by JoAnne Akalaitis); Nicole Quinn’s TREE TAILS (Directed by Shelly Wyant); Oscar Wild’s SALOME (Directed by Nick Jones); Anthony Rivera’s LATIN HOWEL (Directed by Todd A. Jackson); Nicky Cruz’s RUN BABY RUN (Directed by Chris Fredricks (Houston Astro-Dome, TX).
Awards/Affiliations: 2008 Ambassador of Culture: U.S. State Dept. and Jazz at Lincoln Center - Rhythm Road Tour; Founder/Artistic Director of BARDOS Theater Co. (Based out of Puerto Rico); Member of the Network of Ensemble Theaters (NET) - UNIVERSES; BARD College, BA ’89 - Theater -Where he studied under the tutelage of JoAnne Akalaitis and Elizabeth Smith. He also studied poetry with Bob Holman. Publications: UNIVERSES-THE BIG BANG (2013 release- TCG Books); PARTY PEOPLE in The Manifesto Anthology (Rain City Projects- Fall 2014).
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