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Cristóbal Carambó Biography (1950-)

Addresses: Home: 671 Ninth Avenue, New York, NY, 10036; Office: 10 Leonard Street, New York, NY, 10013.

Mr. Carambo worked extensively in the field of children's theatre in public and private schools. He has received several State Education Department grants, and has been an Artist in Residence for New York Foundation for the Arts and Manhattan Laboratory Museum, The Roundabout Theatre and Playwrights Horizons. Spanish by birth, Mr. Carambo speaks his native tongue, as well as French and Italian; he is currently studying medieval Italian and Latin. His primary avocations are foreign cuisines--Italian, French and Indian--and medieval and classical studies.

Nationality

American

Occupation

actor, dancer, director, teacher

Famous Works

• Debut
• Boxes, Theatre Project, Baltimore, MD, 1971.
• New York Debut
• Calibash, Drinkwater, New Federal Theatre, New York, 30 performances.
• Principal Stage Appearances
• Trespassing, LaMama Theater, 1982; Specimen Days, Public Theatre, 1982-83; Tibetan Book of the Dead, LaMama, 1983.
• Major Tours
• Charles Dyer, Staircase, New England Repertory Theatre, Worcester,MA, 1979-80; Salford Road/Night City Diaries, Edinburgh Theatre Festival, Scotland, 1979; Specimen Days, Paris, Strasbourg, Parma, 1982.
• Film Debut
• Apartment 6-D, Film Festival, Mexico City, 1976.
• Television Debut
• American Folk Theatre's Children's Theatre Workshop, 1982.
• Theatre-Related Career
• Teaching--Bard College, New York, 1980-81; Teachers and Writers Collaborative, New York, 1980-83; City College of New York, 1983-present; associate artistic director, American Folk Theatre, New York, 1980-83.
• Books
• Curriculum Guide for "Mummenschantz," 1979; The Search for Self-Confidence, 1981; Bustin out the Box, 1982.