Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Awards
Theater Performances And Film Productions
Professional Artistic Training
Languages
Citizenships
Timeline
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Catalina Cofone Polack

New York,NY

Summary

Catalina Cofone Polack is a New York-based multi-hyphenate, award-winning artist raised in Buenos Aires, where she was educated following a bilingual and bicultural Italian school.

Her performances in New York, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, and Dubrovnik as an Actress, Performer, Devisor, Director, and Producer explore the intertwined possibilities of theatrical devices and other artistic disciplines.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Theatre and Performance Teacher

LREI School
New York, USA
09.2024 - Current
  • After School initiative for Elementary School

Theatre Specialist

LREI School
New York, USA
06.2024 - Current
  • Curriculum development for children aged 4 to 11

Spanish and Italian Tutor

Self-employeed
New York, NY
03.2014 - Current
  • Provided tutoring services for elementary, middle, and high school students in Spanish and Italian.
  • Conducted lessons for all proficiency levels across Argentina, USA, and online platforms.

Spanish-English Translator

Ping Chong Theatre Company
New York, USA
02.2024 - 05.2025
  • Developed and managed theatre programs that engaged diverse audiences in New York.

Teaching Artist

Ping Chong and company
New York, USA
01.2025 - 05.2025
  • Undesirable Elements is an ever-expanding series of collaborative, interview-based theater works. The education programs, rooted in UE methodologies, offer tools for dialogue and connection, and create supportive spaces for artistic skill-building and joyful discovery through training programs and in universities and K-12 schools.

Production Assistant

School of Drama, The New School
New York, USA
09.2022 - 05.2025
  • for theater and music productions involving graduate and undergraduate students

Associate Theatre Counselor

LREI School
New York, USA
06.2024 - 08.2024
  • Support and innovative resources for children aged 4-12 years

Theatre Journalist

International Newspaper 'De Norte a Sur'
01.2020 - 02.2022
  • Conducted interviews with writers to explore diverse literary perspectives.
    Authored reviews on literature and theater, providing critical analysis.
    Highlighted significant themes in contemporary literature through in-depth discussions.
    Analyzed the impact of theatrical performances on literary expression.

Theatre Instructor

Accenture Argentina
09.2019 - 03.2021
  • Theatrical workshops at organization

Education

MFA - Contemporary Theater and Performance

School of Drama, The New School
New York, NY, USA
05.2025

Bachelor of Arts - Literature

Universidad De Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
12.2018

High School Diploma -

Scuola Italiana Cristoforo Colombo
Buenos Aires, Argentina
12.2012

Skills

  • Project management and curriculum development
  • Theatre production and artistic collaboration
  • Scheduling and planning
  • Project coordination
  • Trilingual communication
  • Creative problem solving
  • Relationship building

Awards

  • 2025, Vinnette Justine Carroll Award: Recognition of multidisciplinary artist
  • 2024, Lift-Off Official Selection New York Film Festival for Divina Catharsis written and directed by Catalina Cofone Polack
  • 2024, The New School Merit Appeal
  • 2023, The New School 23-24 Tuition Offset Grant
  • 2022, The New School Performing Arts Scholarship
  • 2022, The New School Drama Supplemental Award

Theater Performances And Film Productions

  • 05/01/25, Director, Writer, Performer of Lacuna, Bank Street Theatre (New York)
  • 12/01/24, Assistant Director of We Shall Be Monsters: Stage Reading by April Lavalle, directed by Melissa Crespo, Bank Street Theatre (New York)
  • 11/01/24, Performer of Silence: Stories Of Transformation in partnership with Ping Chong and company, Glassbox Theatre (New York)
  • 07/01/24, Performer of The Dream Machine by Nona Hendryx, David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center (New York)
  • 05/01/24, Director, Writer, Performer of The Sin under the mentorship of Jane Ira Bloom, Bruno Walter Auditorium, Lincoln Center (New York)
  • 03/01/24, Director, Writer, Actress of Divina Catharsis, Consulate General of Argentina. Produced by Surrender Arthouse (New York)
  • 12/01/23, Presentation/ Q&A of short film Divina Catharsis, Taller Arte 4. Produced by Surrender Arthouse (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  • 07/01/23, Performer at Contemporary Practices in partnership with Wax Factory NYC, ARL (Dubrovnik, Croatia)
  • 03/01/23 - 04/30/23, Actress and Producer of What Lies Behind the Revelry, directed by Cara Hagan, Automatic Slims. (New York)
  • 09/01/22 - 11/30/22, Actress of Mannes Sound Festival: Spanish Golden Age ,directed by Pavlina Dokovska and Stephen Brown-Fried, House of Redeemer (New York)
  • 01/01/21 - 09/30/21, Actress of TV series Planners, Star+/Disney+
  • 03/01/22 - 09/30/22, Actress of Y a otra cosa mariposa by Susana Torres Molina, Directed by Charly Wesenack, Espacio Aguirre (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  • 01/01/21 - 09/30/22, Actress and Assistant Producer of I Ching by Catalina Piotti, Teatro Border (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  • 03/01/17 - 03/31/20, Actress of Maria Chiquita by Julio Chávez, and Assistant Producer of Julio Chávez Theatre Festival ('Baal' Productions)
  • 03/01/19 - 08/31/19, Actress and Producer of Cocottes de Carnaval by Leandro Airaldo, Pasillo al Fondo (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  • 05/01/16 - 11/30/16, Director, Writer and Actress of Aventura de un miope, Julio Chavez Theatre ('Baal' Productions)
  • 09/01/12, Performer/Model, Performance held by WIZO, Hipódromo de Palermo (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  • 03/01/10 - 05/31/10, Actress of Pulcinella by Sonia Espinosa, Theatre de Sarria (Barcelona, Spain)
  • 05/01/05 - 07/31/05, Performer of The Action Painting by Marcelo Cofone (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  • 05/01/01, Performer/Model, Performance held by WIZO, Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Professional Artistic Training

  • 06/01/24, Acting coaching- Brian McManamon, (Multiple Techniques)
  • 07/01/23, CPP Contemporary performance practices, International Summer intensive Dubrovnik, Croatia- Prof. Claudia de Serpa Soares, Ellen Lauren (Viewpoints, Suzuki)
  • 03/01/12 - 07/31/22, Estudio de Entrenamiento Actoral Julio Chavez - Prof. Julio Chávez (Stanislavski Technique), Mabel Salerno (Clown)
  • 03/01/21 - 07/31/22, Timbre 4 - Prof. Claudio Tolcachir (Viewpoints)
  • 03/01/17 - 12/31/20, Voice and Speech - Prof. Rodrigo Segura (Alexander Technique)
  • 03/01/12 - 12/31/19, Movement - Estudio de entrenamiento actoral Julio Chávez, Prof. Maite Gago (Alexander Technique)
  • 03/01/19 - 12/31/19, Sportivo Teatral - Prof. Ricardo Bartis (Meyerhold, Clown)
  • 03/01/19 - 12/31/19, Acting for camera - Prof. Veronica Pelaccini
  • 03/01/18 - 12/31/18, Directing and Stage Management Course - Prof. Emilio Garcia Wehbi (Interdisciplinary practices)
  • 03/01/08 - 12/31/11, Musical Theatre - Prof. Hugo Midón
  • 03/01/03 - 12/31/07, Collegium Musicum Pestalozzi, Musical language and body expression - Prof. Dina Poch (Interdisciplinary practices)

Languages

English
Native/ Bilingual
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
Italian
Native/ Bilingual

Citizenships

  • United States, Italy

Timeline

Teaching Artist

Ping Chong and company
01.2025 - 05.2025

Theatre and Performance Teacher

LREI School
09.2024 - Current

Theatre Specialist

LREI School
06.2024 - Current

Associate Theatre Counselor

LREI School
06.2024 - 08.2024

Spanish-English Translator

Ping Chong Theatre Company
02.2024 - 05.2025

Production Assistant

School of Drama, The New School
09.2022 - 05.2025

Theatre Journalist

International Newspaper 'De Norte a Sur'
01.2020 - 02.2022

Theatre Instructor

Accenture Argentina
09.2019 - 03.2021

Spanish and Italian Tutor

Self-employeed
03.2014 - Current

MFA - Contemporary Theater and Performance

School of Drama, The New School

Bachelor of Arts - Literature

Universidad De Buenos Aires

High School Diploma -

Scuola Italiana Cristoforo Colombo
Catalina Cofone Polack
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