Kristín Hansen (de la O)
Board President
Company Co-Executive Director
kristin@motherroad.org
Kristín began her career path in the performing arts by attending the University of Massachusetts in 1988 as a theatre major. She transferred to the University of New Mexico in 1990, where she continued her studies. In 1993 she was among 3 undergraduate students chosen to travel to New York City and perform in the premiere of Kestutis Nakas’ JACK RUBY SLIPPERS at the Ohio Theatre in Manhattan. She graduated with a B.A. in Theatre Arts in 1994. A year after graduation, she moved to Budapest, Hungary, where she joined the English Theatre Company as an actor in 1996. In 1998, she took over as co-executive producer/artistic director. In this capacity, she not only performed, but also secured reputable venues, technical staff, and promoted the shows. She also helped to maintain and create new funding sources with major international corporate sponsors such as Andersen Consulting, Clifford Chance, Moquet Borde Dieux, and Healey and Baker, among others.
Moving back to the states in the early summer of 2000, she traveled up to Minneapolis, MN and Winnipeg, Canada to perform in their fringe festivals with a group of Albuquerque actors. Not long after, she joined forces with Tricklock Company. She first acted as director for the international tour of their original play, In Between in the fall of 2000. In January 2001 she became a resident member of Tricklock Company. In 2002, she, along with 3 other Tricklock cast members, was invited to perform Crave, by Sarah Kane at the Prague Quadrennial, one of Europe’s largest international theatre festivals. During her tenure with Tricklock, Kristín was not only an actor, but fully participated in the creation of original shows, such as THE GLORIOUS AND BLOODTHIRSTY BILLY THE KID. She was one of the producers of the Revolutions International Theatre Festival for its first four years, and a trainer, producer and director for The Manoa Project, Tricklock’s teen outreach program. Other aspects of the company’s success she was involved in included finding and maintaining sponsorships, tour manager, foreign guest artist liaison, and donor relations. Throughout this time she took master classes with internationally renowned artists such as Daniel Stein (Dell Arte School, California), Gardzienice Theatre Company (Poland) and Mariana Sadowska (Ukraine).
Kristín left Tricklock Company in the fall of 2004 to pursue new adventures in theatre. She has since performed in several productions with Fusion Theatre Company at The Cell and now very happily calls Mother Road Theatre Company her home. Other non-theatrical endeavors of Kristín’s include film and commercial work, and being a member of the training and organizational learning team of a non-profit that supports individuals with developmental disabilities. She is also the vice-president of a company that lends training support to law enforcement agencies and mental health entities in crisis intervention and crisis negotiation in NM, CO, and MN.