Performance:
Dance, Acting, and Theatre
Charmaine Santiago Galdon is a resident of Boston. Charmaine’s parents are from Puerto Rico. She attended Jose Julian Acosta, a high school specializing in theatre, in Old San Juan. During her time there she was trained by teachers who were trained in different forms of theatre. Charmaine started working as a Teaching Artist at age 14. Charmaine then went on to receive her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from UMass Amherst. During her time at UMass, she would be cast in many plays. Charmaine later became a cast member and subsequently the co-director of Body Politics. After college she gained an internship at the Puerto Rican theater company, “Pregones Theater.”
Charmaine then founded an Afro Puerto Rican Folkloric Bomba group and named it Bomba Sankofa due to her journey of understanding her identity. The group was unique by mixing storytelling through spoken word and hip hop elements. In 2019,She Co-produced with her with her father, Jorge Arce who he directed, a musical called “Esto es Puerto Rico”. Charmaine was also as the principle Playwright, Funded by the Boston Foundation.
“Esto es Puerto Rico”
The MUSICAL
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El Desparecido (2019) (film)
Set in 1950s Puerto Rico, a 16-year-old boy’s physical altercation inadvertently leads to the disappearance of his employer and mentor. A fictional narrative film, El Desaparecido incorporates music, dance, and documentary elements to pay tribute to actual events and explore the cultural ramifications of Puerto Rico’s relationship with the United States.
Charmaine played as bomba dancer from the bar.
written and Directed by the late : Margarita Martinez
