Alison M. De La Cruz
Alison M. De La Cruz is an executive arts leader, producer, facilitator, educator, multi-disciplinary theatre artist, contemporary ritualist & cultural space instigator. DeLa has over thirty years of experience as a facilitator and training deviser, and has worked with the Network of Ensemble Theaters (where they serve as Member of the Board of Directors) and the Theatre Communications Group. De La Cruz leads at the intersections of dramaturgy, adaptation, youth development, generative processes, community organizing, dialogue, workforce investment and playwriting with over 10 Youth Arts productions by Shakespeare Center Los Angeles, About Productions and East West Players. Their individual artistic work has been presented at the Smithsonian Institution, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts; Asian Arts Initiative, Kirk Douglas Theatre, Highways Performance Space, and East West Players.
De La Cruz has also been a featured speaker at national convenings for Art Change US: Arts Equity Summit, Grant Makers