Paul Andrew Perez

Paul is a writer, director, actor, teacher and theatre administrator. He is currently the Director of Theatre for both The Pulse Theatre District in Bedford Hills, NY and the Director of Theatre for Rippowam-Cisqua School in Bedford, NY. His writing credits include the March 2003 Off Broadway production of “Heat Lightning” at the Kirk Theatre. His piece “MOD” was selected for the ASCAP workshop under the direction of Stephen Schwartz. “MOD” recently completed a successful run at The East To Edinburgh Festival at 59East59 Street Theatres in NYC and at The famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He currently has written a radio play “Transmitter Man” which was released to CD in Spring of 2007. He was also commissioned by the Buddies program to write 2 new bilingual musicals on the immigration experience. His other play “Sleepwalker” is currently in development. His has also written countless adaptations of children’s stories including “Puss ‘N GoGo Boots and a new version of “The Emperors New Clothes”.

Paul is also the Executive Director of The Infinity Repertory Theatre Company and has had the pleasure of directing Mary Zimmerman’s “The Arabian Nights”, “Metamorphoses”, as well as “Godspell”, “An Evening of David Ives”, Romeo & Juliet”, “Reckless” and a tour production of George Griggs’s “A Midsummer Nights Dream”. Other directing credits include the Off-Broadway productions of ‘Dream City Twosome” and “Bea’s Nest”, the workshop production of “You Kali” starring Blair Brown, 2 Galas for The Northern Westchester Center For The Arts including hosts Richard Gere, Vanessa Williams, Kevin Spacey and Gregory Hines.

Paul a graduate of Rutgers University is a member of S.S.D.C., A.F.T.R.A., A.E.A., S.A.G., A.A.T.E. as well as having served on an Advisory Board for The St. Thomas Aquinas College Theatre Program. He founded the acclaimed Main Street Arts and served as its Artistic Director for nine years and developed over 100 plays. He also worked for The Northern Westchester Center for The Arts as The Director of Theatre for six years and developed and built The Colleen Dewhurst Theatre.

Paul has been teaching theatre for 20 years in various school programs throughout New York and New Jersey.