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Alicia Dellepiane, NicolΓ‘s de Achaval, JerΓ³nimo Quesada, Teodoro Quesada, Fernando Lamarca, Ana LΓa Γlvarez, Azucena Lamarca, Paula Lamarca, and Beatriz Kalbin all my gratitude to you: I am because you are.
To class of 2020, 2019, and 2021: my SVA community and friends. I feel deeply honored to be part of such talented artists, generous and warm group of people. Special thanks to: Daniel Almeida, Andrea Crapanzano, Maximilian JuliΓ‘, Jason Elizondo, Carra Seals, Rebecca Guzzo, Keno Tung, Amanda Smith, Jimmy Mezei, Carlos Rosales Silva, Maria Duran Sampedro, Marianna Peragallo, Arantxa RodrΓguez, Michelle Girardello, Eliza Boyer, Yam Chew Oh, Shannon Stovall, Anthony Reamer, and Carolina Paz. Thank you for being my support system. And to Elena Ketelsen GonzΓ‘lez, Mana Pinto, Ricardo Cabret, and many more friends from La Salita, for being part of my dear and vital latin community in New York.
To the exceptional faculty I had the opportunity to work with:
Media Farzin-Rad, Eva and Franco Mattes, Julianne Swartz, James O. Clark, Tommy Lanigan-Schmidt, Miguel Luciano, William Powhida, Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Matthew Deleget, Alix Pearlstein, Jean Shin, Sheetal Prajapati, Gary Stephan, James Siena, Johan Grimonprez, Accra Shepp, Jasmine Wahi, Kameelah Rasheed, Sharon Louden, Dread Scott, and Angel Nevarez.
To Mark Tribe, chair of the MFA Fine Arts Department, and staff: Michelle Sumaray, Alison Kuo, and Mark Ramos. My deepest thanks for all your trust and support.
To established improv comedian and remarkable educator Rick Andrews, for being my instructor at Magnet Theater and introducing me to improv.
And last but not least, to all the wonderful improv comedians who supported me and participated of this project: Richard J. Krysztoforski, Jessica Coyle, Anees Benferhat, Georgia Mitchell, Timothy Brandt, Riley Cohen, Sean Mulvihill, Ilan Kaplan, Lars Montanaro, and Sean Gibbs.