Marissa Chibás

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Marissa Chibás
File:Marissa Chibás.jpg
Born1969 (age 56–57)
New York City, NY
EducationSUNY Purchase
Known forTheater Artist, Filmmaker, Author
Notable workDaughter of a Cuban Revolutionary, Shelter, Finding Shelter, A Cuban Documemory, Mythic Imagination and the Actor

Marissa Chibás (born 1969) is a Cuban American writer, actress, filmmaker, and director.[1][2]

Chibás created the feature-length documentary film A Cuban Documemory[3] and the short film Finding Shelter[4][5][6], inspired by her play Shelter. Her most recent feature screenplay, 72, was selected for Sundance's feature film development track in 2022.

Personal life

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Born in New York City, Marissa Chibás was raised by Cuban exiled refugees Raúl Chibás and Dalia Chibás.[7] Her father was a Cuban politician and military officer who co-wrote and signed the 1957 Cuban Revolution Manifesto with Fidel Castro and Felipe Pazos, and later defected to the United States as an anti-Castro activist. Her mother was Miss Cuba runner-up in 1959.[8]

Career

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Theater and film acting

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Chibás appeared first on Broadway in Brighton Beach Memoirs.[9][10] Her next Broadway credit was in Abe Lincoln in Illinois.[11] Her most notable off-Broadway and regional productions include Danton's Death,[12] Nilo Cruz's Two Sisters and a Piano,[13] and Chay Yew's adaptation of The House of Bernarda Alba.[14] Chibás co-adapted the award-winning CNP/Poor Dog Group production of Gertrude Stein's Brewsie and Willie and presented it at the 2011 RADAR Festival.[15] She played Edgar in CNP's inaugural production of King Lear at The Brewery.[16]

Her solo show, Daughter of a Cuban Revolutionary, the one-woman play tells a tale centered on the three towering figures in her life, zigzagging her own stories and key episodes in the history of her illustrious family.[17] The New York City premiere directed by Mira Kingsley took place at the DR2 Theatre,[18] followed by a tour of the production over the next several years to Miami, the Guadalajara Feria Internacional de Libro,[19] the Edinburgh Fringe Festival,[20] ArtsEmerson,[21][22] and finally was produced at the Goodman Theatre.[23]

In 2017, she co-created and performed in a video installation Nostalgia at Fabrica de Arte in Havana in collaboration with Cuban visual artist Aissa Santiso, which was also presented at Plaza de la Reza in Los Angeles.[24]

Most recently on stage, Chibás performed as the character Lourdes in the world premiere of Octavio Solis's Scenes with Cranes, directed by Chi-wang Yang and produced by the CalArts Center for New Performance at REDCAT in 2022.[25]

Her notable film and TV credits include Law & Order, Henry Fool, Cold Feet, and Zohra, which was nominated for several awards at the Official Latino Film and Arts Festival and Women's Only Entertainment Film Festival. Her silent film/performance piece Clara’s Los Angeles was presented at REDCAT's NOW Festival and her short Clandestino was featured on the LibroTraficante radio show.[26]

Writing and filmmaking

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In 2016, Chibás wrote the play Shelter, produced by CalArts Center for New Performance and Duende CalArts. Shelter is a movement-based theatrical performance.[27] The play was featured on NPR's Code Switch in an article called "Child Migrants' Harrowing Journey Brought To Life On Stage".[28] In 2019, Chibás made a short film documentary Finding Shelter,[29] inspired by her play Shelter. It won Best Documentary Short at the San Diego Latino Film Festival and screened at the Official Latino Film and Arts Festival.[30]

In 2021, Chibás created a feature-length documentary film called A Cuban Documemory. She won the Best Documentary Award at the 2021 Cuban American International Film Festival.[3]

Her feature screenplay 72 is in development. It was selected for Sundance’s feature film development track[31] and as an Athena Film Festival Awards finalist.[32][33]

Chibás' play Daughter of a Cuban Revolutionary is featured in the 2nd edition of the anthology Contemporary Plays by Women of Color, edited by Roberta Uno and published by Routledge in 2017.[34]

Teaching

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Chibás is on the School of Theater faculty at the California Institute of the Arts.[35] She is the Director of Duende CalArts established in 2009. Duende CalArts is a Latinx initiative at CalArts Center for New Performance that collaborates with innovative Latinx and Latin American artists.[36]

Recognition

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Chibás is the recipient of a TCG Fox Fellowship in Distinguished Achievement (2016),[37] and a Sundance Institute Screenwriting Fellow (2022).[31]

References

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