Victoria Collado is a Cuban–American director. She assistant directed John Leguizamo's ''Latin History for Morons'' on Broadway, and has directed for Repertorio Español, MCC Youth Company, Sheen Center, Juggerknot Theatre Company, and

Miami New Drama Miami New Drama is a nonprofit professional theater company located in Miami Beach, Florida, founded in 2014. Since October 2016 it has been the resident theater company and operator of the historic Colony Theatre on Miami Beach. Since its first pr ...

among other institutions. Collado was named a 2018-2020 resident of the WP Lab at

WP Theater WP Theater (formerly known as Women's Project Theater) is a not-for-profit Off-Broadway theater based in New York City. It is the nation’s oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing and promoting the work of female-iden ...

. Other recent directorial credits include ''That Rebel That''; ''El Cruce Sobre el Niagara''; ''El Burlador de Sevilla''; ''A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings''; ''The Crocodile's Bite''; ''Amparo;'' and ''The Cubans'' at the

Colony Theatre The Colony Theatre is a performing arts venue located on Lincoln Road in Miami, Florida. The theatre first opened as a Paramount Pictures movie house in 1935 with a capacity to sit 1,200 people. From the 1950s - 1990s, it functioned back and forth ...

''.'' She holds a B.F.A. in Theatre from

Florida International University Florida International University (FIU) is a public university, public research university with its main campus in Miami-Dade County. Founded in 1965, the school opened its doors to students in 1972. FIU has grown to become the third-largest uni ...

''Amparo''

''Amparo'', an immersive theatrical performance written by

Vanessa Garcia (artist) Vanessa Garcia is a Cuban–American writer and multidisciplinary artist. Biography She earned a PhD in English from the University of California, Irvine, an MFA in Fiction from the University of Miami, and a B.A. in English and Art History fr ...

and produced by

Havana Club Havana Club is a brand of rum created in Cuba in 1934. Originally produced in Cárdenas, Cuba, by family-owned José Arechabala S.A., the brand was nationalized after the Cuban Revolution of 1959. In 1993, French-owned Pernod Ricard and the gove ...

, is inspired by the true story of Cuba's Arechabala family. The work showcases Jose Arechabala's original arrival on Cuban soil, the family's founding of Havana Club Rum, and the Cuban government's eventual seizing of the company followed by the Arechabalas' forced exile. The show debuted to limited audiences in Miami and New York, and is expected to expand to greater audiences in 2019.

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