Rosie Perez
Rosie returned to Broadway last fall at The Biltmore Theater in Craig Lucas' play Reckless. The play is co-produced by Second Stage and The ManhattanTheater Club and directed by Mark Brokaw.
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She made her Broadway debut in the hit revival of Terence McNally's Frankie & Johnnie in the Clair de Lune opposite Joe Pantoliano. Rosie made her stage debut in Eve Ensler's critically acclaimed The Vagina Monologues in New York and went on to perform in the Los Angeles and Boston productions.
She also starred on the New York stage in Jose Rivera's highly acclaimed References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre. Rosie won a Theatre World Award for her portrayal of 'Gabriella,' a woman struggling to heal her husband's Gulf War phantoms and discover her own true spirit. On stage, has also performed in the LA Philharmonic's A Midsummer Night's Dream and a staged reading of Borrowed Light at Alice Tully Hall, which was a series of monologues on the evolution of life behind bars written by female inmates.
On television, Perez guest starred on the May 4th, 2004 episode of NBC's critically acclaimed comedy, Frasier.
Throughout her career, Rosie has been a vocal activist for a number of causes, especially those related to AIDS and inner city youth. She has spoken at several AIDS conferences (including Harvard AIDS Institute) and hosted numerous AIDS fund-raisers.
Organizations such as AIDS Action Foundation, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) and the Latino Commission on AIDS have honored her with awards. In 1999, Perez also received a special commendation from the New York City Comptroller, Alan Hevesi for her advocacy and activism on behalf of the people with HIV and AIDS. Perez is also active with the Working Playground, which is an arts education organization that brings dance, theater, film, poetry, and fine arts to students in Harlem, the Bronx and the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Perez served as the National Spokesperson for Comite Noviembre Puerto Rican Heritage and was honored in New York during Puerto Rican and Hispanic Heritage Month.
She joins the Women for Peace & Justice in Vieques, Puerto Rico in demanding the removal of the US Navy from Vieques and the end of the Navy's use of that island as a test bombing site.
In addition, Rosie was honored in the Puerto Rican Day Parade in June 2000. Rosie was recently at the 2002 San Juan Cinemafest, where she received the Raul Julia Award for her support to the Puerto Rican, Caribbean and international film communities.
Fuente: IFC