Ana santos

From Cidra, Puerto Rico. Actress, singer, director, costume designer and teaching artist. She was a student of Sociology and Theater at the University of Puerto Rico where she adopted the techniques of Augusto Boal under the mentorship of actor-mime Rafael Fuentes and voice technique under the mentorship of Dr. Amílcar Rivera-Díaz.

She participated in the performing arts program at the University of Nebrija in Spain and the improvisation program at The Second City training center in the city of Chicago. She has been part of film, music, and theater festivals in Puerto Rico, Spain, and The United States; and the International Theater Festival; Franche-Comté, Busançon, France.

Ana was a soloist in the David Hernández y su Chicago Street Sounds group  and vocalist of the Reggae musical group NuBambu. She has worked on productions with Grinlight Theatre, Carnaval Festival of New Latin @ Works at DePaul University, Santodomingo Productions, Vision Latino Company, the Guanajuato State Institute of Culture, LatinUs Theater Company, Water People and the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre.

Her credits with Aguijon Theater include La Chunga, Epopeya, Adverses, Romeo y Julieta, Casa Propia, and La Gran Tirana: Descarga Dramatica, among others. As a staff member, she continues her training, using the company as an artistic incubator.

Ana has been awarded with the key to her hometown, Cidra, the 2018 3Arts Make a Wave Artist, the 2019 ALTA Award for outstanding solo performance, 2019 ALTA Award for outstanding actor in a principal role, the 2020 Latino Awards Chicago for outstanding actor in a principal role in a play, 2023 Jeff Awards Non-Equity for performer in a principal role play.