Anita Gonzalez directs, devises and writes dance theatre works. Her innovative stagings of historical and cross-cultural experiences have appeared on PBS national television and at Lincoln Center Out-of Doors, Dance Theater Workshop, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, and other national and international venues. Recent plays and musicals include Liverpool Trading <->New York (a Black Caribbean woman time travels through British pubs until she finds self-discovery), Le Hot Blu, (a musical love affair set in a 1947 Harlem Bebop club) and Ybor City (Cuban unionists, readings, rhumba, and smoke converge in 1917 Tampa, Florida). Recent directing projects include The Living Lakes with Joel Valentin Martinez, a reading of Momentum by Cindy Sanabria for the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre (2013), Nobody by Richard Aellen for the Juneteenth Festival (2011), two short plays for Manhattan Theatre Source’s Estrogenius Festival (2009/2010). Anita is a Regional Representative for the Dramatists Guild, a member of the Executive Board of the National Theatre Conference, and a founding member of the Urban Bush Women. The NEA, NYFA, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Mid Atlantic Arts Association, the Bellagio Center, and the FIDEOCOMISO for United States/ Mexico Arts exchange have all funded her work. She holds a Ph.D. in Performance Studies and has completed three international Fulbright awards. Gonzalez is currently a Professor of Theatre at the University of Michigan- Ann Arbor where she leads the Global Theatre and Ethnic Studies Minor.