Primary tabs
Member Info
Tlaloc Rivas
Member since: 2017
Education:
MFA, University of Washington
BA, University of California, Santa Cruz
Biography:
Tlaloc Rivas is a director, writer, dramaturg, and activist. He is a co-founder of the Latinx Theatre Commons, a Usual Suspect with New York Theatre Workshop, a member of the Dramatists Guild, and an associate member of Stage Directors & Choreographers. He is the recipient of a Creation Fund Award from National Performance Network for Anthem to Aztlán, a new work to premiere at Cara Mia Theatre (Dallas), Borderlands Theatre (Tucson), and Su Teatro (Denver) in 2017-18.
Playwriting Johanna: Facing Forward (Cleveland Public Theatre, University of Kansas); Byzantine (Theatre Nuevo, St. Louis).
Directing NYC: Five Kinds of Silence (Boundless Theatre); Summer and Smoke (Theatre Row); Generic Hispanic (Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre); undone (INTAR); Jackie and Lily (52nd Street Project); The Dumb Waiter (Ward 10).
Regional: Abigail/1702 (Merrimack Rep, Boston); Peribañez (Quantum Theatre, Pittsburgh) [co-directed with Megan Monaghan Rivas]; Johanna: Facing Forward (Cleveland Public); Wit [2016 Suzi Bass Nomination for Outstanding Production] and Mariela in the Desert (Aurora Theatre, Atlanta); In Love and Warcraft (Halcyon Theatre, Chicago) … amongst others.
Areas of Expertise:
Directing, New Play Development, New Latinx Plays, Civic Engagement, Playwriting, Advocacy for Underrepresented Voices, Grant Writing, Essayist, Researcher
Language(s) spoken:
Spanish
Recent Work:
Dramaturg, MAGIC CITY by Hilary Bettis, Salt Lake Acting Company Playwrights' Lab, 2017
Website: http://www.TlalocRivas.com