EDUCATION
2021 MFA, Dramatic Writing, University of New Mexico, Current GPA: 4.04. Anticipated graduation date: May 2024
2001 Certificate Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre, Blue Lake, CA
1995 BA in English/Creative Writing with a minor in Theatre, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
PERFORMANCE TRAINING
2018 La Pocha Nostra Workshop w/ Balitronica Gomez, Albuquerque, NM
2009 Raja Yoga, 200-hour yoga training, Nob Hill Yoga, Albuquerque, NM
2007 Intensive, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Providence, RI
2001 Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre, Blue Lake, CA
2001 Intensive, Double Edge, Ashfield, MA
2001 Intensive, Gardzienice, Gardzienice, Poland
2000 Intensive, Margolis Brown, Minneapolis, MN
DIRECTION, PRODUCTION & WRITING
2023 Playwright, Pressing, The Experimental Theatre X, University of New Mexico
2022 Composer, Frankenstein, Rodey Theatre, University of New Mexico
2022 Escape: A New Play Festival, “Asphyxiation, Fire or Both!” University of Memphis
2021 “Compass Roses: Maps by Artists Albuquerque,” a national artwork co-curated
by Nadine Wasserman and Renee Piechocki. https://compassroses.art/
2020 Dixie Standard (short film), for Collective Misnomer, curated by Raven Chacon
2019 Migrant Songs, composers by Ana R. Alonso-Minutti, Candice Hopkins and Raven Chacon, Peter Gilbert,
Marya Errin Jones, and Szu-Han Ho, directed and produced by Szu-Han Ho, Albuquerque, NM
2019 “A Hero’s Journey,” (national) writer, Central New Mexico Community College
2018 City on the Edge podcast, Black History Edition, producer with Ty Bannerman, Nora Hickey, Mike Smith
2018 Ask An American, Producer, Albuquerque, NM
2013 Ludgunum Falls (radio play), Co-writer/Producer/foley, The Tannex, Albuquerque, NM
2007 Week 15 365 Days/365 Plays by Suzan-Lori Parks, Director/Producer Perishable Theatre, Providence, RI
2006 Antigone, Director, All Children’s Theatre, Providence, RI
2004 H20, Director, Wise Fool New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM
2004 Mars Vs. New Mexico (radio play), voice talent KUNM 89.9 FM, Albuquerque, NM
2003 The Dark Sleep (radio play), Writer/Director/Producer KUNM 89.9 FM, Albuquerque, NM
PERFORMANCES & DEVISED WORK
2023 Sounding Off, Performance Series, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque
2022 The Executioner, The Mid-Nite Theatre, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2020--01 There Must Be Other Names for the River by Demarco, McLaughlin, Zeglin, NHCC, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2019 Paderewski, written by Rachel Jendrzejewski, Tricklock Company, Albuquerque, NM/Warsaw, Poland
2018 Ask An American, Revolutions International Theatre Festival, Albuquerque/Berlin/Glasgow
2018 Milch de la Machina Mic Piece, Stockholm, Sweden
2017 Comrade Trubridge, sound performance, and lecture, Santa Fe, NM
2016 Shelter in Place by Szu Han Ho, featuring Milch de la Machina, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Bed Talks: Black Girl Magic and the Strange Case of the Scotsman, GRAFT Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Performance: Ebony Isis Booth & Marya Errin Jones | TEDxABQWomen, Albuquerque, NM
2015 Mammoth, Buran Theatre Company/Tricklock Company, Albuquerque, NM
Milch de Machina Drum Piece | Denver, CO
2012 The Mariner Variations, Museum of Contemporary Art | Denver, CO
2011 Prague: A @#!$ Up Travelogue, Solo Fest, Mother Road Theatre Company, Albuquerque, NM
2009 Sea and the Invalid Mariner, Experimentica Festival | Cardiff, Wales
2007 Absolute Brightness, The Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI,
HERE Arts Center, New York, NY
To the Ground: A Performed Paper, the Sequences Art Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland
TAPIT/New Works (high school workshops), Madison, WI
2006 Gotham is Safe Again, Perishable Theatre, Providence, RI
2006–08 The Empire Revue (Co-founder, Performer, Producer, Writer), AS220, Providence, RI
2006 The Lighthouse, Perishable Theatre, Providence, RI
With Claws and Beak, Workhorse Theatre, Providence, RI
Silent Movie High School: Blood From a Turnip, Perishable Theatre, Providence, RI
2005 Sawbones: The Cabinet of Doctor Jekyll (Playwright, Co-producer, Performer),
Workhorse Theatre, Brown University, Providence, RI
BetternIndins, written by Bill Yellow Robe, Jr. Dir. Bob Jaffe, Perishable Theatre, Providence, RI
2004 Manton Avenue Project, plays written by children, performed by adults, Providence, RI
Up South, A Tragic Comedy! The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Spoon Fool, performer, puppet and mask performance, Wise Fool New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM
2000–03 Pirates! Dell’Arte Players Company California (national and international touring company)
2001 In Between, Riverside Repertory Company, Albuquerque, NM
1999 Blood Wedding (performer), Working Classroom, Albuquerque, NM
1998 Marat/Sade, the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1997 Marisol, the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
GRANTS & AWARDS
2022-2023 OER Fellow, University of New Mexico
2020 artEquity Community Fund
2020 Silver Addy Award for writing, “A Hero’s Journey,” Commercial for Central New Mexico Community College
2016 Fulcrum Fund Grant, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
LA Zine FestTravel/Tabling Grant
2013 Zine Librarian (un)Conference Travel Grant
2007 Jim Henson Foundation Seed Grant
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities Research Grant
2006 Rhode Island Foundation Leadership Development Grant
2002 Golden Reel Awards Special Merit Award for “The Dark Sleep,” a radioplay
2001 Trust for Mutual Understanding Travel Grant
1992 Smithsonian Institution Art History Internship, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
RESIDENCIES & PANELS
2008, 2006 RAPT (Resident Artist at Perishable Theatre), Providence, RI
2006 Panelist: Rhode Island Foundation
PUBLICATIONS
“Raven Chacon, Loud and Clear, Hyperallergic, June 30, 2022.
“Artists Go DIY in the Desert, Hyperallergic, April 24, 2022.
“A Better Breast Pump Should Be Everyone’s Hackathon Challenge,” The Establishment, April 4, 2018.