The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) is pleased to announce that Mr. Jorge Luis Cacheiro has been appointed Dean of the School of Drama with effect from June 1, 2023.Mr. Cacheiro is a prestigious and well-respected theatre innovator with extensive teaching experience in acting and directing, as well as an award-winning theatre director and producer whose work has been presented globally. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from the University of California and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Directing from Yale University.
Professor Gillian Choa, Academy Director, welcomes Mr. Cacheiro to join the Academy community and remarks, “I look forward to working with Mr. Cacheiro and am sure that his experience, expertise and international connections will make a very positive and valuable contribution to the Academy, especially for the further development of the School of Drama.”
Mr. Cacheiro has devoted himself to higher education in the performing arts for over 25 years and served as Founder cum Executive Director of the School of Performing Arts at Pace University. Prior to his tenure at Pace, he founded the New Works Initiative (NWI) at Montclair State University.
Mr. Cacheiro has taught Master’s acting and directing classes at the University of California, Cal Arts, Princeton University and the University of Iowa. Along with his long history of directing world premieres of new plays, he became the first American director to be invited to lead a Cuban company in a Latin American production in 2010.