IRENE CABRERA, Agent, DDO Artists Agency
Q&A/ Monologues or 16 bars of a Song
Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT
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AC is excited to welcome First Time Guest, Irene Cabrera!
Irene is an agent at DDO Artists Agency (NYC), a boutique agency representing actors, singers and dancers for theater, film and television. Over the past few years, Irene has developed a first-class roster that can be seen on Broadway and off-Broadway stages, in regional, touring and international productions, and on episodic television and films. She has been instrumental in launching DDO's children's department.
Prior to joining DDO, she was a producer and an artist manager, with a passionate commitment to nurturing artists of color and championing work that expands boundaries of race, gender and identity.
She worked with visionary writer/director/producer George C. Wolfe at The Public Theater for 14 years. She began as co-founder of The Public's Community Affairs department, a nationwide model for audience development, and went on to become a key member of the producing team on countless award-winning plays and musicals, working with some of the finest artists working today, such as Tony Kushner, Jeanine Tesori, Suzan-Lori Parks and Nilo Cruz. Launching George C. Wolfe's independent production company ColorMad Productions, she worked on his film Lackawanna Blues for HBO and Rosie Perez's documentary Yo Soy Boricua for IFC. She went on to develop and produce music, stage and television projects with Grammy Award-winning musician/activist Dan Zanes. She is currently working on the pre-production of Black Girl, You've Been Gentrified, a television pilot with Epoch Films.
Irene moved to the United States from her native Puerto Rico in 1984. She was named Personaje de la Semana, and Top 50 Latinas of the Year by El Diario La Prensa for her commitment to developing and producing works of artists of color. She was also featured in Latina Magazine's Latina Mothers in America. She lives in New York City with her husband (tap dancer/choreographer Derick K. Grant) and their two teenage children.
After a Q&A she'll see Monologues or 16 bars of a Song ONE on ONE
Irene Cabrera
Irene Cabrera is a talent representative with a lifelong dedication to diversity and inclusion who has been successfully discovering and developing artists and storytellers of color in the entertainment business for decades. She is currently on the Talent & Literary team at Paradigm Talent Agency.
Her roster of performers became theater mainstays on and off Broadway, in regional theater, and on domestic and international tours, with many crossing into episodic television and film. Irene was also tapped by DDO Artists Agency to launch the Diversity & Inclusion Initiative, expanding and diversifying the rosters for the NY, LA and Chicago offices.
Prior to joining DDO, she was a producer and artist manager with a commitment to non-traditional casting and a track record of championing work that expands boundaries of race, gender, and identity. She developed and produced music, stage, and television projects with Grammy Award-winning musician/activist Dan Zanes. She also developed and produced Black Girl, You’ve Been Gentrified for Joe’s Pub and Epoch Films.
She began her career at The Public Theater collaborating with visionary writer/director/producer George C. Wolfe as co-founder of The Public’s Community Affairs department, which became a nationwide model for audience development, as documented in Invitation To The Party by Donna Walker-Kuhne. She quickly transitioned to a producing role on countless award-winning plays and musicals, working closely with writers such as Tony Kushner, Jeanine Tesori, Suzan-Lori Parks and Nilo Cruz, and performers including Jeffrey Wright, Dante Smith aka Mos Def, Daphne Rubin-Vega, John Ortiz, and many others. She went on to launch George C. Wolfe’s independent production company ColorMad Productions, working on the Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated film Lackawanna Blues (HBO) and Rosie Perez’s documentary Yo Soy Boricua, Pa Que Tu Lo Sepas (IFC).
A native of Puerto Rico, Irene moved to New York City in 1984. She was named Personaje de la Semana, and Top 50 Latinas of the Year by El Diario La Prensa. She was featured in Latina Magazine’s Latina Mothers in America; The Public Theater’s Women of The Public celebration; and Variety Insight’s Movers & Shakers. Irene has been specially thanked by a range of artists on published works but her favorite is for the Spanish translations of Pulitzer Prize-finalist, Take Me Out.
The following disclaimer is provided specifically at the request of and in accordance with SAG/AFTRA: Seminars or classes are for educational purposes only and will not secure or provide opportunity for employment in the field or representation by an agent or casting director.
