David Gonzalez           Storyteller/musician/poet/actor/therapist and      Doctor of Arts, David Gonzalez, was nominated for      a 2006 Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical      Experience for his productions of The Frog Bride at      Broadways New Victory Theater. He has created      numerous productions including the critically      acclaimed shows ¡Sofrito! and MytholoJazz, both of      which enjoyed sold-out runs at New Victory      Theater. His work Double Crossed: The Saga of the      St. Louis, was commissioned by the Smithsonian      Institutions Discovery Theater and has toured      nationally, including a run at the United States      Holocaust Memorial Museum. In 1998 he was      honored with the Helen Hayes Performing Artist of      the Year Award. As If The Past Were Listening, a      suite of creation myths, was selected for the Lincoln      Center Institutes repertory for three seasons (2002       2004). David also wrote The Secret of the Ceiba      Tree, a community-based multi-media work with      the support of a Lila Wallace/Readers Digest Arts      Partners grant. With support from the National      Endowment for the Arts he wrote and starred in      Finding North, a one-man play based on      Underground Railroad hero John Parker, which      premiered at Tony-Award winning Cincinnati      Playhouse in the Park. The Frog Bride, a new work      joining the music of Prokofiev, the paintings of      Kandinsky, and a glorious Russian fairy tale,      developed with the support from the Massachusetts      Museum of Contemporary Art and the Theater      Development Fund, will be presented at numerous      theaters and performing arts centers in the coming      season, including and extended run at The      Philadelphia Theater Company. David recently      completed Freedoms River, a libretto      commissioned by the Cincinnati Opera for their      2007 season. Mariel, an Afro-Cuban musical set at      the turbulent times of the Mariel boat-lift from      Cuba in 1981, recently commissioned by Cincinnati      Playhouse in the Park, was just named winner of the      Macys New Play Prize for Young Audiences.           Mr. Gonzalez' poetry was featured at Lincoln      Center's Out-of-Doors Festival, Bill Moyers'      documentary Fooling with Words on PBS, as well as      NPR's All Things Considered. He was the host of      New York Kids on WNYC for eight seasons and is a      commentator for Studio 360, on NPR. City of      Dreams, a Latin-jazz/spoken-word project      featuring Grammy-nominated drummer Bobby      Sanabria, received excellent press notices for their      debut CD and as well as a generous commissioning      grant from the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center      at the University of Maryland which enabled a world      premiere staging of the project at La MaMa E.T.C..           Mr. Gonzalez received his doctorate in Music      Therapy from New York University's School of      Education. His dissertation, Mythopoeic Music      Therapy (1992), focused on the myth of Orpheus      and Eurydice to examine the possibilities of uniting      creative expression and active imagination within      the therapy experience. He taught at NYU for ten      years and has conducted numerous seminars,      workshops and lectures at colleges and universities.      David worked as a music therapist for twenty years      in clinical and educational institutions throughout      the New York metropolitan area. As a guitarist he is      a long-time accompanist to pioneering jazz vocalist      Lisa Sokolov, having appeared with her on      numerous concert stages including the Montreaux      Jazz Festival, The Vision Festival, and the Knitting      Factory. www.davidgonzalez.com.