Darci Ramirez
Dramaturgy and Audience Outreach
concentrating storytelling and fostering dialogues
Utah Shakespeare Festival
My journey at Utah Shakes began when I volunteered to be an unpaid intern for the education department. Since then, I've had the privilege to engage with one of the most invested patron bases and learn from some of the most talented artists in the nation at this Tony Award-Winning regional theatre.
2023 Season
Dramaturg - A Raisin in the Sun (dir. Derek Charles Livingston)
Assistant Dramaturg - Timon of Athens (dir. Lisa Peterson)
Assistant Dramaturg - Coriolanus (dir. Lisa Peterson)
Literary Assistant (Reader for the WordsCubed Program
2022 Season
Seminar Manager
Literary Assistant (Reader for the WordsCubed Program)
Assistant Dramaturg - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (dir. Brad Caroll)
Assistant Dramaturg - All's Well That Ends Well (dir. Melinda Pfundstein)
Assistant Dramaturg - King Lear -​ ​(dir. Vince Cardina)
Assistant Dramaturg - Trouble in Mind (dir. Melissa Maxwell)
Assistant Dramaturg -The Tempest (dir. Cameron Knight)
Assistant Dramaturg - The Sound of Music (dir. Keenon Hooks)
2021 Season
Seminar Manager
2019 Season
Seminar Manager
Backstage Tour Manager
2018 Season
Education Intern
Education And Conferences
Learning from one another doesn't always require expertise - it requires individuals who've faced challenges and recognize them as learning opportunities that can be shared.
Constitution Literacy Institute, 2023
Dramaturg and Performance Consultant
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American Alliance for Theatre & Education 2022 National Conference:
"Arriba el Telon"
Co-Presenter and Workshop Leader
"Embracing the Gradient: Diversity in Theatre as an Act of Identity Creation"
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Mountain West Arts Conference 2014
Guest Presenter
"Early Starts: Youth Leaders in Arts Engagement"
University and Collegiate
When you're a student dramaturg, sometimes the most overlooked community is made of the peers that already surround you. Peer and faculty collaboration encouraged a robust theatrical experience, and our challenging academic environment encouraged creative solutions to help us tell the stories that needed to be told
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Godspell - Dramaturg
Brigham Young University, dir. Timothy Threlfall - 2023
A Chorus Line - Dramaturg
Brigham Young University, dir. Sariah Roberts - 2023
Shakespeare In Love - Dramaturg
Brigham Young University, dir. Morgan Gunter - 2022
Luna - Dramaturg
Brigham Young University, dir. Kris Peterson - 2021
Black Lives Script Series - Dramaturg
Brigham Young University, led by Dr. Megan Sanborn Jones - 2020