Welcome
ON NOW: (for more work, go to RESUME or BIO)
Currently appearing on television: ING Direct commercial
airing nationwide
Currently appearing online:
HBO short film "Art Heist" www.hboimagine.com/#/art_heist/
2011 Performances and Readings include
Pasadena Hothouse at the Playhouse
Syzygy Theatre Group
Playwright Mark Brown's latest take on the epic of Don Quixote
ON VIEW: (for more glimpses, go to Demo Reel)
*Check out the following link for an AFI film short:
Informed Consent (part one of a series)!
*This link will direct you to my Spanish speaking Commercial spec debut!
ON STAGE: (for more reviews, click on the BIO link)
*Sonia Flew @ San Jose Repertory
"In Cuba, under the Castro regime, Pilar (the sublime Kwana Martinez) bristles at having to bow and scrape to the local party honcho. Martinez is formidable as Pilar, fear and desperation written on her face, even as she tries for a gracious smile."
--The San Jose Mercury
*Merry Wives of Windsor @ Denver Center
"It's hard to imagine what (director) David Ivers could have done to make this weightless screwball comedy any more entertaining. ...Though this is Shakespeare's sole play centered on finding love in the middle ages, it's also got a pair of adorable young lovers (Mat Hostetler and Kwana Martinez), and it's no surprise they are able to outwit their disapproving parents."
--The
*String of Pearls @ North Coast Repertory
"Kwana Martinez moves deftly from a present day 74 to her earlier self at 39. Her age shifts are so complete that we can sense the age shift even before a line of dialog or a change of costume."
--News Blaze.com