Daniel Duque-Estrada
El Sobrante,CA
Summary
Founder of Rosa Blanca Books, a mobile bookshop, with comprehensive experience in bookselling and a robust background in organizational management as a non-profit arts administrator and theater producer.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Owner and Bookseller
Rosa Blanca Books
El Sobrante, California
09.2024 - Current
- Designing and maintaining a mobile storefront.
- Curating inventory, logging orders, and maintaining a rotating selection of book titles across all categories and genres, with an emphasis on small presses.
- Establishing accounts with various wholesalers and publishers including Ingram, Penguin/Random House and WW Norton.
- Providing a customer service experience rooted in listening to the needs of the community and its various demographics and establishing personal relationships with patrons.
- Establishing relationships with community partners to enhance outreach efforts.
Producing Director
Magic Theatre
San Francisco, CA
05.2021 - Current
- Producer and casting director of all developmental workshops.
- Establishing and maintaining communication with playwrights, directors, and actors throughout the developmental and production processes.
- Organizing production information, travel, in addition to drafting calendars and contracts for artistic and production teams in developmental workshops and full-scale productions.
- Generating and sending offers to actors.
- Assisting with grant writing for single productions as well as longer term residencies for playwrights.
Resident Actor & Teaching Artist
Trinity Repertory Company
Providence, RI
07.2017 - 05.2022
- Teaching Monologue, Shakespeare, and Scene Study Masterclasses to High School aged students and adults throughout the theater season and in the Young Actors Summer Institute
- Member of the inaugural EDI team, 2020.
- Devising/writing coach in Student Play Festival.
- Performing in 3-4 productions in Trinity Rep's seasons as a member of the Resident Acting Company.
- Participating in the annual summer play developmental workshop as a member of the resident acting ensemble.
Cuban Dialect Coach
Amazon Studios
Los Angeles, CA
02.2021 - 05.2021
- Cuban dialect coach to Javier Bardem during preparation and principal photography for his role as Desi Arnaz/Ricky Ricardo in the motion picture Being the Ricardos, directed by Aaron Sorkin.
- Translating all script pages into Spanish for Mr. Bardem's consideration.
- Making Cuban-dialect recordings in both English and Spanish for Mr. Bardem's use.
- Advising with lead vocal coach Thom Jones on dialect and acting techniques for Mr. Bardem.
Education
Master of Fine Arts - Acting
Brown University
Providence, RI05.2013
Bachelor of Arts - Theatre And Performance Studies
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA05.2010
Languages
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
Timeline
Owner and Bookseller
Rosa Blanca Books
09.2024 - Current
Producing Director
Magic Theatre
05.2021 - Current
Cuban Dialect Coach
Amazon Studios
02.2021 - 05.2021
Resident Actor & Teaching Artist
Trinity Repertory Company
07.2017 - 05.2022
Master of Fine Arts - Acting
Brown University
Bachelor of Arts - Theatre And Performance Studies
University of California, Berkeley
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