Manuel A Morán

Dr. Manuel A. Morán (born 29 November 1969) is a Puerto Rican actor, singer, writer, composer, puppeteer, theater and film director and producer.

[7][8] His doctoral dissertation was named “The Development of Teatro Escolar, The Theater Program of the Public Education System in Puerto Rico: From 1960 to 1990” (New York University, 2005).

[1] In 1999 he inaugurated Teatro SEA @ Los Kabayitos Puppet & Children’s Theater at The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

[7][11][12] Celebrating Teatro SEA’s 25th Anniversary in 2010, he opened a 150-seats, state-of-the-art performance space at The Clemente Center on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

[22] In 2021, he was featured in a front-page New York Times article which discussed the International Puppet Fringe Festival and his efforts to preserve the art of puppetry.

[25] His original bilingual puppet scripts and adaptations (over 20 titles) were published as an illustrated book series, Libros-Teatro (Theater-Books).

[26] Plays & Musicals Produced by Manuel A. Morán: ●      “Las Leyendas del Cofre Encantado; Indigenous Tales of the Americas,” Co-written with Richard Marino[27] ●      “El Encuentro de Juan Bobo y Pedro Animal (The Encounter),”[28] ●      “La Caperucita Roja,” Revision May, 2017 “La Verdadera Historia de Caperucita/The True Story of Little Red”[29] ●      “La Cucarachita Martina/Martina, The Little Roach,” Co-written with Iván A. Bautista & Rafael Carrasquillo[30] ●      “Cenicienta/Cinderella,”[31] ●      “Cenicienta Tanguera/A Tango Dancing Cinderella”[32] ●      “Mi Chivita Mágica/My Magical Chivita, The Colorful Colombian Bus,”[33] ●      “Ricitos y los 3 Ositos/Ricitos & The Three Bears,”[34] ●       “Viva Pinocho!

A Mexican Pinocchio”[35] ●      “La muela del rey Farfán,”[36] ●       “My Superhero, Roberto Clemente,” March, 2014[37] ●       “Sueño: A Latino Take on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream,”[38] ●      “The Colors of Frida,”[39] ●      “The Galápagos Animal Convention,” November, 2019[40] ●       “César Chávez and the Migrants (The César Chávez Story)”[41] ●      “The Belly-Ache Opera/La Plenópera del Empache”[42] ●       “The Pura Belpré Project”[43] From teatrosea.org: ●      “A tres voces”[44] ●       “Juan Bobo’s Tales/Los cuentos de Juan Bobo” [44] ●      “Los Grises/The Gray Ones” [44] ●      “Pedro Animal Falls in Love/Pedro Animal se enamora” [44] ●      “Rafael Hernández…Romance” [44] ●      “Skeletons/A Day of the Dead Bedtime Story” [44] ●      “The 3 Pigettes & The Big Bad Lady Wolf/ Las 3 cerditas ya la loba feroz” [44] ●      “The Dropouts Crew/ Los Desertores” [44] ●       “The Gloria, A Latin Cabaret/ La Gloria, un Cabaret Latino” [44] Films Directed by Manuel A. Morán: ●       Director of a 3 Episodes-Documentary: “Títeres en el Caribe Hispano: Cuba, República Dominicana y Puerto Rico,” 2016 [2][3][4][5] Music Records Produced by Manuel A. Morán: ●      Musical Album: “A Volar, Let’s Fly” Music and Lyrics by Manuel Morán[45] Dr. Morán has established and produced various community and arts and theater festivals including: ●       BORIMIX, Puerto Rico Fest (NYC) Established 2005[25][46] ●       Arte pa’ mi gente/Arts for all Festival (NYC)[47] ●       Teatro Fest (Co-production - NYC)[48] ●       Three Kings Day Celebration/Festival (NYC)[49] ●       MicroTheaterNY (NYC)[50] ●       The International Puppet Fringe Festival (NYC)[22] UNIMA-USA Citation of Excellence for “La Muela del Rey Farfán/The Toothache of King Farfan” Wilmington, NC, July, 2010.

[36] The Cristian Rivera Foundation Humanitarian Award, NYC, 2012[51] Best Documentary Film - Association of Latin Critics, New York, April, 2017.