Anthony Rivera, '01 (BardCorps)
Files
Interviewee Role
Alumni/ae/x
Class Year
2001
Academic Program
Theater
Other Program
Theater Major
Interviewer
Helene Tieger, '85
Description
Anthony Rivera discusses the pains of being a novice of theatrical education; yoga and movement; his youth and upbringing in Brooklyn; opportunities through HEOP; making friends in the strange new world of college; the perks of a personal bathroom in Robbins; cap gun skirmishes in Tewksbury; working through anxieties and emotions in theater; graduation, 10 years on; his career as a youth development specialist in New York City; kinship and hope for further at-risk youth; his autobiographical play and the complexities of manhood; AIDS activism; never stopping, never quitting.
Keywords
Judy Pfaff, Jeff Sichel, Joanne Akalaitis, Jean Churchill, HEOP, L&T, The Ravines, Tewksbury Hall, Cruger Village, Robbins House
Location
BardCorps trailer, main campus.
Interview Date
5-21-2011
Interview Duration
14:50
Recommended Citation
Rivera, Anthony, "Anthony Rivera, '01 (BardCorps)" (2011). BardCorps -- All Oral Histories. 5.
https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/oral_hist/5
Rights Management
The use of any image or audio from the Bard College Archives without permission is prohibited.
Significant Quote
"Bard was my getaway from the ghetto."