BIOGRAPHY
David Mendizábal
A.R.T.: What to Send Up When It Goes Down. David Mendizábal is a director, designer, and one of the Producing Artistic Leaders of The Movement Theatre Company. He is also the Associate Artistic Director of The Sol Project. Select directing credits include: On the Grounds of Belonging, Long Wharf/Public Studio; the bandaged place, NYSAF; Then They Forgot About The Rest, Locusts Have No King, INTAR; The Maturation of an Inconvenient Negro (or iNegro), Cherry Lane Mentor Project; Last Stop on Market Street, Atlantic for Kids; And She Would Stand Like This (with choreographer Kia LaBeija), Look Upon Our Lowliness, Bintou, The Movement; Tell Hector I Miss Him (Drama League Nomination for Outstanding Production), Atlantic. David was a participant in the Leadership U: One-on-One program, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by Theatre Communications Group, where he served as the Artistic Associate at Atlantic Theater Company (2016 – 2018). He is a member of Latinx Theatre Commons. Alumnus of The Drama League, Lincoln Center Director’s Lab, LAByrinth Intensive Ensemble, NALAC Leadership Institute, and artEquity. Education/Training: BFA, NYU/Tisch.