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She was born and currently lives in the Bronx, New New York
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Elizabeth Marrero
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Her solo and collaborative work is characterized by her open exploration of lesbian and Puerto Rican issues in a working-class or ghetto environment and by her links to stand-up comedy. In 2003 she reappeared in Aviles"s signature piece Arturella at Dance Theater Workshop in New York City. In 2001 she premiered her first one-woman show, Machataso: A One Woman Cho’ as part of the BAAD! ASS WOMEN festival, which had a three week, sold-out, extended run at the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD!) in Hunts Point.
In this performance, Marrero presents five different characters, including the matriarch and slightly alcoholic Petronelia, the B-boy Military Cross DJ Guilly-Guiso-Jugo, the hip hop supermarket cashier Wakateema Shaquasha de la Rodriguez, and Macha, a suave Latino crooner that loves women.
Since then Marrero has premiered a number of subsequent one-woman shows. Foreign BAAD!"s “Out Like That” festival in June 2006, Marrero produced and performed their first ever drag king extravaganza.
Marrero has also performed at Joe’s Public at the Public Theater and other major clubs in New York City as well as internationally. According to Robert Waddell, in her work as a drag king, Marrero "tackles issues of religion, sexuality, personal growth and personal responsibility." Lauren West. Hasten offers an extensive interview with Marrero in her essay Gender Pretenders: A Drag King Ethnography, which is available online, where she discusses her drag king work.
Machataso: A One Woman Cho’ (2001)
Macha Does Vegas (2002)
Petronelia’s Finca (2003)
Petronelia: Her Broadway Cho’ (2004)
The Macha Monologues (2005)
Santa Macha (2006/2007)
Home Box Office"s Habla Ya I & II (2008)
Retro Petro (2008/2009).
