Recent News:
Joined the Board of Directors for The New Harmony Project, Indianapolis, IN
Appointed Lecturer in Acting at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, New Haven, CT
Dramaturg for MEXODUS by Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson | Ongoing
Summer Musical Workshop, New York Stage & Film (Summer 2021)
In-Development Presentation: Hi-Arts (July 2022)
In-Developement Presentation, Mosaic Theatre (December 2022)
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!
