Features
Play Offers Redemption For Notorious Salem Witch Accuser Abigail Williams
Interview by Andrea Shea, NPR / WBUR Boston - October 28, 2016
Haunted by guilt - and maybe ghosts - in MRT's ABIGAIL/1702
Preview by Terry Byrne, Boston Globe - October 13, 2016
Mellon Park fits adaptation of 17th c. Spanish tragicomedy, PERIBÁÑEZ
Preview by Alice T. Carter, Pittsburgh Tribune - August 3, 2016
50 Playwrights Project: Tlaloc Rivas
Interview by Trevor Buffone - June 20, 2016
KU Play "Johanna: Facing Forward tells of a domestic violence survivor
Feature by Brianna Childers - The Daily Kansan, October 14, 2015
UC Santa Cruz Alumni Profile | Tlaloc Rivas: Opening Doors
Profile by Peggy Townsend - UCSC Review, Fall 2015 Newsletter
Showcase of the New American Theatre: Latina/o Theatre Commons' CARNAVAL 2015 @ DePaul's School of Theatre, Chicago
Article by Tiffany Ana Lopez, Cafe Onda/HowlRound - September 8, 2015
SPEAKING UP with Tlaloc Rivas: The Tides of Inclusion Can Raise All Boats
Interview with Emjoy Gavino, Chicago Inclusion Project - September 2, 2015
On & OFF Podcast: Tlaloc Rivas
Interview by Bernardo Cubria, iTunes - June 22, 2015
Thoughts on Johanna: Facing Forward, The Nature of Art, and ethics in Game Reviews
THOUGHT CATALOG - Arthur Chu - June 12, 2015
How a shocking story of teen-dating abuse, first reported in the Plain dealer, became the world-premiere play Johanna: facing Forward
CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER - Andrea Simakis - May 24, 2015
The Sound of Applause: Creating Johanna: Facing Forward with Tlaloc Rivas, Johanna Orozco, and Rachel Dissell
WVIZ/PBS Ideastream - Interview with Dee Perry - June 2, 2015
World Premiere of Johanna: Facing Forward @CPTCLE
COOL CLEVELAND - John Benson - May 22, 2015
How a reporter became a character in a play - Johanna: Facing Forward
CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER - Rachel Dissell - May 18, 2015
Cleveland Public Theatre to present world premiere of Johanna: Facing Forward
BROADWAY WORLD - May 13, 2015
Mariela En el desierto: A tale of love and Art, lost and Regained
HowlRound - Liza Ann Acosta - January 20, 2015
the 2014 LATC ENCUENTRO: A National Latina/o Theatre Festival
HowlRound - Jose Luis Valenzuela & Chantal Rodriguez - June 17, 2014
Aurora's 'MARIELA IN THE DESERT' Selected for National
Latina/o Theatre Festival
BroadwayWorld - June 12, 2014
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Essays, Interviews, & Opinions
Directing Diverse Worlds
Cafe Onda / HowlRound - An Interview with Tlaloc Rivas by Elaine Romero - August 22, 2014
What Happened When Critics Failed To Review My Latino Play?
HowlRound - Tlaloc Rivas - April 30, 2014
What is Cultural Appropriation?
HowlRound - Tlaloc Rivas - February 6, 2014
101 Plays by The New Americans, or on Latinidad
Cafe Onda / HowlRound - Tlaloc Rivas - November 25, 2013
The Moment
Cafe Onda / HowlRound - Tlaloc Rivas - October 30, 2013
Meet Tlaloc Rivas
Iowa City Press-Citizen - Aly Brown - October 17, 2013
Conversations & Connections with 'Water by the spoonful"
IowaNow - Madison Colquette - September 25, 2013
Welcome to Café Onda!
HowlRound - September 20, 2013
Staging Plays With Something To Say
IowaNow - Lin Larson - January 22, 2013
Tlaloc Rivas: In Search of the Artistic Home
HowlRound | A Journal of the Theater Commons - Edited by Jamie Gahlon - May 15, 2012
2amt Interview: Spotlight: Tlaloc Rivas, Director
Interview with Nicole Stoddard - June 21, 2011
American Theater Magazine - April 2008
“Brownout: A Panel on Casting, Training and Presenting Actors and Works of Diversity”
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VIDEOS
HOWLROUND: Ramping up for the Latino Theatre Commons National Convening — #cafeonda
The following video was recorded in March 2013 when the steering committee of the Latino Theater Commons National Convening gathered at HowlRound, Emerson College for the first time. Learn more about this week's upcoming first large-scale formal gathering of the Latina/o theatre community since 1986 below.
The University of Iowa Presents: Water BY The Spoonful
The University of Iowa - Produced by Mario E.C. Mendoza & Maxwell J. Moore - October 10, 2013
Shakespeare in the Streets - Living St. Louis
additional articles
Aurora Theatre's teatro Del Sol presents 'Mariela in the Desert'
BroadwayWorld.com - BWW Newsdesk - March 21, 2014
Towards a National Latina/o Theater Movement
Chicago Artists Resource - Aeneas Hemphill - January 8, 2014
Latina/o Theatre Commons National Convening: Day One
Cafe Onda / HowlRound - Srila Nayak
Latina/o Theatre Commons National Convening: Day Two
Cafe Onda / HowlRound - Srila Nayak
Latina/o Theatre Commons National Convening: Day Three
Cafe Onda / HowlRound - Srila Nayak
Latina/o Theatre Commons: Advancing the Field
HowlRound - Anne Garcia-Romero - October 27, 2013
Latina/o Theatre-Makers Merge at Emerson College
EdgeBoston.com - October 8, 2013
Launching a New Platform for Latino/a Theatre
Intimate Excellent - The Fountain Theatre Blog - August, 2012
Performance of The Mountaintop to be held in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr.
Daily Iowan - Article by Justus Flair - January 24, 2013
"The New World" honored with Special 'Judy' Award for Most Ambitious Production of 2012
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Article by Judith Newmark - December 29, 2012
The Latina/o Theater Commons: Updating the U.S. Narrative
Director helps St. Louisans take Shakespeare to the Streets
UMSL Daily - Article by Myra Lopez - April 2012
Taking Shakespeare to the Streets
The St. Louis American - Article by Kendra Vaughn - April 2012
Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Takes It To the Streets
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Article by Judith Newmark - April 2012
A Streetwise Shakespeare on the Corner of Cherokee and California
St. Louis Magazine - Article by Kylie Lynch - April 2012
The Bard comes to Benton Park - Cherokee Street residents will perform adaptation of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'
'Pretty Chill' is how Shakespeare-ish 'NEW WORLD' describes Gravois Park
STL Beacon - Article by Nancy Fowler - April 2012
Will Shakespeare to Become Biggest Hipster on Cherokee Street
Riverfront Times - Article by Aimee Levitt - April 2012
"The Tempest" to be refashioned for Cherokee Street neighborhood
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Article by Judith Newmark - March 2012