FOR THE FALLS by Emily Dendinger
First Production - Iowa New Play Festival, The University of Iowa - May 2013
Synopsis: Dark comedy. October, 1962. With the shadow of the Cuban Missile Crisis hanging over the nation, a group of friends, relatives, and strangers gather to celebrate the life of a brilliant but troubled composer who has been killed under mysterious circumstances in a car accident. Between dusk and dawn, unspoken truths will be revealed within a house built and nestled above a waterfall.
Directed by Tlaloc Rivas
Written by Emily Dendinger
Scenic Design by Kevin Loeffler
Costume Designer by Megan Rowley
Lighting Design & Choreography by Peggy Mead-Finizio
Sound Design by Hiram Orozco
Stage Manager - Kristine Moffitt
Assistant Stage Manager - Alex Rinehart
Synopsis: Dark comedy. October, 1962. With the shadow of the Cuban Missile Crisis hanging over the nation, a group of friends, relatives, and strangers gather to celebrate the life of a brilliant but troubled composer who has been killed under mysterious circumstances in a car accident. Between dusk and dawn, unspoken truths will be revealed within a house built and nestled above a waterfall.
Directed by Tlaloc Rivas
Written by Emily Dendinger
Scenic Design by Kevin Loeffler
Costume Designer by Megan Rowley
Lighting Design & Choreography by Peggy Mead-Finizio
Sound Design by Hiram Orozco
Stage Manager - Kristine Moffitt
Assistant Stage Manager - Alex Rinehart
THE NEW WORLD ADAPTED FROM "THE TEMPEST" BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Directed by Tlaloc Rivas
Written by Nancy Bell
Produced by Gina Savoie
Production Design by Justin Barisonek
Sound Design by Chris Limber
Stage Manager - Emilee Buchheit
Assistant to the Director - Artem Kreimer
***Most Ambitious Production of 2012*** - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Produced by Shakespeare Festival St. Louis (Rick Dildine, Executive Director)
Presented at the intersection of California & Cherokee Streets, St. Louis, U.S.A.
Written by Nancy Bell
Produced by Gina Savoie
Production Design by Justin Barisonek
Sound Design by Chris Limber
Stage Manager - Emilee Buchheit
Assistant to the Director - Artem Kreimer
***Most Ambitious Production of 2012*** - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Produced by Shakespeare Festival St. Louis (Rick Dildine, Executive Director)
Presented at the intersection of California & Cherokee Streets, St. Louis, U.S.A.
TARTUFFE
by Molière
Adapted & Directed by Tlaloc Rivas
Set & Lights by G. Anderson
Costume & Mask Design by F. Davenport
Sound Design by Tlaloc Rivas
Stage Manager - Emily Oaks
Assistant Director - Sean Green
Produced by University of Missouri-St. Louis, Department of Theatre, Dance & Media Studies
Presented at E. Desmond & Mary Ann Lee Theatre @ The Touhill Performing Arts Center
Adapted & Directed by Tlaloc Rivas
Set & Lights by G. Anderson
Costume & Mask Design by F. Davenport
Sound Design by Tlaloc Rivas
Stage Manager - Emily Oaks
Assistant Director - Sean Green
Produced by University of Missouri-St. Louis, Department of Theatre, Dance & Media Studies
Presented at E. Desmond & Mary Ann Lee Theatre @ The Touhill Performing Arts Center
THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS
A New Play with Songs by Caridad Svich, Based on the Novel by Isabel Allende
Directed by Tlaloc Rivas
Set, Lighting & Projection Design by G. Anderson
Costume & Puppetry Design by F. Davenport
Dramaturgy by Megan Monaghan Rivas
Music Arranged & Performed by Matthew Wiseman
Sound Design by Tlaloc Rivas
Produced by University of Missouri-St. Louis, Department of Theatre, Dance & Media Studies
Presented at E. Desmond & Mary Ann Lee Theatre @ The Touhill Performing Arts Center
Directed by Tlaloc Rivas
Set, Lighting & Projection Design by G. Anderson
Costume & Puppetry Design by F. Davenport
Dramaturgy by Megan Monaghan Rivas
Music Arranged & Performed by Matthew Wiseman
Sound Design by Tlaloc Rivas
Produced by University of Missouri-St. Louis, Department of Theatre, Dance & Media Studies
Presented at E. Desmond & Mary Ann Lee Theatre @ The Touhill Performing Arts Center
Becky's New Car (St. Louis Premiere)
Written by Steven Dietz
Directed by Tlaloc Rivas
Produced by Insight Theatre Company (Maggie Ryan, Artistic Director)
Presented at Heagney Theatre at Nerinx Hall (530 East Lockwood Avenue, Webster Groves, MO 63119)
June 9-19, 2011
Sets & Lights by Sean Savoie
Stage Manager - Jamie Owens
Directed by Tlaloc Rivas
Produced by Insight Theatre Company (Maggie Ryan, Artistic Director)
Presented at Heagney Theatre at Nerinx Hall (530 East Lockwood Avenue, Webster Groves, MO 63119)
June 9-19, 2011
Sets & Lights by Sean Savoie
Stage Manager - Jamie Owens
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
by Bertolt Brecht
In a version by Frank McGuinness
U.S. Premiere
Directed by Tlaloc Rivas
Produced by Queens College Department of Theatre & Dance
Presented at the Rathaus Hall Performance Space, Flushing NY - April 2010
Sets & Lights by Harry Feiner
Costumes by Meghan E. Healey
Original Music & Orchestrations by Robert Grusecki
Sound by Dan Adamsky
Properties by Mary Houston
Stage Manager - Allison N. Grant
Asst Stage Manager - Daghrib Shaheed
Production Manager - Ralph Carhart
Directed by Tlaloc Rivas
Produced by Queens College Department of Theatre & Dance
Presented at the Rathaus Hall Performance Space, Flushing NY - April 2010
Sets & Lights by Harry Feiner
Costumes by Meghan E. Healey
Original Music & Orchestrations by Robert Grusecki
Sound by Dan Adamsky
Properties by Mary Houston
Stage Manager - Allison N. Grant
Asst Stage Manager - Daghrib Shaheed
Production Manager - Ralph Carhart
La Llorona, A Love Story
by Kathleen Anderson Culebro
Regional Premiere
Directed by Tlaloc Rivas
Produced by Amphibian Stage Productions (Kathleen Anderson Culebro, Artistic Director)
Presented at the Sanders Theater, Fort Worth Arts Center, TX - March 2010
Set Design by John Aaron Bell
Lighting Design by Aaron Lentz
Costume Design by Susan Austin
Sound & Music by David Lanza
Stage Managed by Marisa Pels
Assistant to the Director - Anne Marie Burton
Directed by Tlaloc Rivas
Produced by Amphibian Stage Productions (Kathleen Anderson Culebro, Artistic Director)
Presented at the Sanders Theater, Fort Worth Arts Center, TX - March 2010
Set Design by John Aaron Bell
Lighting Design by Aaron Lentz
Costume Design by Susan Austin
Sound & Music by David Lanza
Stage Managed by Marisa Pels
Assistant to the Director - Anne Marie Burton
Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Tlaloc Rivas
Produced by Big Sky Theater Company
Presented at Theatre Row, NYC - Aug 2008
Set Design by Jonathan W. Collins
Lighting Design by Kate Ashton
Costume Design by Tilly Grimes
Original Music and Sound by Brian McCorkle
Assistant to the Director - Claudia Acosta
Produced by Big Sky Theater Company
Presented at Theatre Row, NYC - Aug 2008
Set Design by Jonathan W. Collins
Lighting Design by Kate Ashton
Costume Design by Tilly Grimes
Original Music and Sound by Brian McCorkle
Assistant to the Director - Claudia Acosta
Five Kinds of Silence by Shelagh Stephenson
Directed by Tlaloc Rivas
Produced by Boundless Theatre Company
Presented at Teatro Circulo, NYC - Nov 2008
Set & Properties Design by Jorge Dieppa
Lighting by Maria Cristina Fuste
Costume Design by Sarita Fellows
Sound & Music by Brian McCorkle
Produced by Boundless Theatre Company
Presented at Teatro Circulo, NYC - Nov 2008
Set & Properties Design by Jorge Dieppa
Lighting by Maria Cristina Fuste
Costume Design by Sarita Fellows
Sound & Music by Brian McCorkle
The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter
Directed by Tlaloc Rivas
Produced by Ward 10 Productions
Presented at 45th Street Theater, NYC - June 2006
Set Design by Susan Zeeman Rogers
Lighting Design by Stephen Petrilli
Costume Design by Amelia Dombroski
Sound Design by Gabe Wood
Fight Direction by David Anzuelo
Featuring Tim Kang & Jon Krupp
Produced by Ward 10 Productions
Presented at 45th Street Theater, NYC - June 2006
Set Design by Susan Zeeman Rogers
Lighting Design by Stephen Petrilli
Costume Design by Amelia Dombroski
Sound Design by Gabe Wood
Fight Direction by David Anzuelo
Featuring Tim Kang & Jon Krupp
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Directed by Tlaloc Rivas
Produced by Penobscot Theater Company
Presented at the Bangor Opera House - November 2004
Set Design by Merope Vachlioti
Lighting Design by Lynne Chase
Costumes by Susan Smith
Sound Design by Tlaloc Rivas
Produced by Penobscot Theater Company
Presented at the Bangor Opera House - November 2004
Set Design by Merope Vachlioti
Lighting Design by Lynne Chase
Costumes by Susan Smith
Sound Design by Tlaloc Rivas
undone by Andrea Thome
Directed by Tlaloc Rivas
Produced by Daniel Jaquez
Presented by INTAR - New Works Lab 2004
Sets by Susan Zeeman Rogers
Lighting by Maria Christina Fuste
Costumes by Meghan Healey
Produced by Daniel Jaquez
Presented by INTAR - New Works Lab 2004
Sets by Susan Zeeman Rogers
Lighting by Maria Christina Fuste
Costumes by Meghan Healey
