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DocuSign Envelope ID: 1596E7A3-E36D-435A-8F23-BABF53FOAFC8 Estes Hills Elementary School, Page 8 of 15 <br /> ESTES HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL <br /> ARTIST RESUMES <br /> 2015-2016 <br /> David Gonzalez <br /> David Gonzalez is a professional storyteller, poet, playwright, musician and public <br /> speaker. He is a cultural ambassador for the US State Department and the proud <br /> recipient of the International Performing Arts for Youth "Lifetime Achievement <br /> Award for Sustained Excellence". Mr. Gonzalez was named a Fellow of the <br /> Joseph Campbell Foundation and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for <br /> "Unique Theatrical Experience" for The Frog Bride. David has created numerous <br /> productions, including the critically acclaimed iSofrito!with The Latin Legends <br /> Band, and MytholoJazz, both of which enjoyed sold-out runs at New Victory <br /> Theater. Sleeping Beauty was co-commissioned by the New Jersey Performing <br /> Arts Center, Brooklyn College, and The McCallum Theater. David was a featured <br /> performer at the National Storytelling Festival, and appeared for three seasons at <br /> the Royal National Theatre in London. The Man of the House was commissioned <br /> by, and premiered at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 2013. <br /> Mr. Gonzalez' work Double Crossed: The Saga of the St. Louis toured nationally, <br /> including a run at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. As If the Past <br /> Were Listening, was in Lincoln Center Institute's repertory for three <br /> seasons.Finding North, commissioned by the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park ran <br /> at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. He co-wrote Mariel, an <br /> Afro-Cuban musical won the Macy's "New Play Prize for Young Audiences." David <br /> is also the librettist for Rise for Freedom!, produced at the Cincinnati Opera, and <br /> wrote and produced Jimi and Mr. B, a musical commissioned by the Empire State <br /> Plaza Performing Arts Center. His poems for The Carnival of the Animals with <br /> classical piano virtuoso Frederic Chui, premiered in 2008. David was the host of <br /> New York Kids on WNYC for eight seasons, earned his doctorate from New York <br /> University's School of Education, and worked as a music therapist with <br /> handicapped children for many years. David's poetry project (City of Dreams) has <br /> performed at colleges, festivals and theaters throughout the country. He is <br /> currently the Artistic Director of Crisalida Community Arts Project, a program of <br /> the McCallum Theatre. Online at davidgonzaiez.com. <br />