Associate Professor of Theatre CarlosAlexis Cruz will join the 2020 board class for the Network of Ensemble Theaters; he is one of six new board members from across the United States. The Network of Ensemble Theaters (NET) is a national community of artists and arts organizations committed to the advancement of the ensemble form through advocacy, education and capacity-building. It has hundreds of members from across the country.
Cruz teaches physical theatre at UNC Charlotte, which includes commedia dell'arte and circus arts. He is the producing artistic director of the Nouveau Sud project and Pelú Theatre. In 2017, he was awarded a Princess Grace Foundation Works in Progress Award for the development of a solo show, “Pícaro,” with the support of the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York City. Most recently, he received a 2019 "Celebrate Charlotte Arts" grant from the Knight Foundation.
Photo, by Daniel Coston, CarlosAlexis Cruz in ‘Archipelago,’ produced at UNC Charlotte in 2018.