Recent News
Happy 2026! The past year was full of activities and milestones, much of which I can't outline
in one page, but here are some highlights:
Began my 5th year at the University of Connecticut, where I directed LIVING DEAD IN DENMARK
by Qui Nguyen for Connecticut Repertory Theatre.
Began my 4th year as Lecturer of Acting at the David Geffen School of Drama and
my 2nd year teaching for Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies at Yale University.
MEXODUS by Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson wowed audiences at Audible's Minetta Lane Theater in NYC -
a project I've been working on as dramaturg and creative advisor since its inception in late-2020. Stay tuned for future events!
While visiting family in California last Summer, I had the pleasure to reunite with Luis Valdez, the Valdez and ETC family,
and friends while attending his newest work, ADIOS MAMA CARLOTTA at El Teatro Campesino.
My most recent play, CRAYON SUN, had developmental presentations at Waterworks New Play Festival @ LiveArts
in Charlottesville, VA and at the Origins Play Festival @ Proscaenium Theatre Company in New York City.
It also received semi-finalist citations at Premiere Stages @ Kean University, the Blue Ink Playwriting Award
at American Blues Theatre, and STX Latinx New Play Festival.
On a personal front, my relatives and I are safe in the face of the current administration's campaign of ethnic
cleansing of Latinx, immigrant, and refugees in this country. We must continue to fight and resist any all
attempts to terrorize our bodies, silence our voices, and erase our histories.
Only through our creative efforts can we overcome all forms of oppression. Join and support
those causes that support our endangered communities. Thank you.
Archived: Livestreaming Latinx Superfriends Playwriting Hour. Latinx, a Latinx-led playwriting series featuring writers and theatremakers from across the U.S. to share writing practices, experiences, and insightful anecdotes of practice, process, and inspiration, featuring: Octavio Solis, Colman Domingo, Josefina Lopez, Georgina Escobar, and José Rivera. More information here.
November 2019: An all female cast of WAITING FOR GODOT was scheduled to begin on February 6th, 2020 at Oberlin's Department of Theater, under the direction of Tlaloc Rivas. The show was canceled after the threat of litigation from the Beckett estate - the organization that oversees the continued production of Beckett's works and continues to prohibit women from performing WAITING FOR GODOT. More information here.
October 2019: THE THREE MUSKETEERS commences at The University of Evansville. More information here.
March 2019: DIVISADERO is selected for full development at The New Harmony Project this summer! More information here.
March 2019: Tlaloc is profiled in Role Call - a monthly feature in American Theatre Magazine where esteemed theatre practitioners who are 'under the radar' are featured. Currently in print - look for the online posting shortly.
January 2019: Tlaloc's adaptation of THE REVOLUTION OF EVELYN SERRANO by Sonia Manzano ('Sesame Street') will have its first public reading at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama (Purnell Center for the Arts, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh PA) on Wednesday, April 17th @ 7:30pm.
January 2019: DIVISADERO is honored with a semi-finalist designation for the 2019
O'Neill National Playwrights' Conference, the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, and for the
SPACE on Ryder Farm Creative Residency.
O'Neill National Playwrights' Conference, the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, and for the
SPACE on Ryder Farm Creative Residency.
December 2018: Tlaloc's newest work, DIVISADERO, is named a finalist for The New Harmony Project, 2019. It will continue to be in development throughout 2019.
November 2018: JOHANNA: FACING FORWARD is selected as one of the top Latinx Plays for College Theatres for 2018 by the 50 Playwrights Project.
October 2018: Tlaloc devises, translates, and directs LA FUERZA DE ANTÍGONA, a new bilingual version of ANTIGONE by Sophocles, at the The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago.
July 2018: Tlaloc is appointed as an inaugural Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama. Click here for the official press release and announcement!
