Alejandro Rodriguez

Alejandro Rodriguez is a Cuban-American theater artist from the planet of Miami. His first evening-length work, Sorry, a dance theater piece exploring interracial relationships through the lens of social dance, enjoyed two sold-out runs at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center (LPAC) in New York. His latest full-length show, In My Body, a collaboration with the Canadian street dance company, Bboyizm, is currently on tour across North and South America and was the recipient of four Dora Awards in 2022 including one for Outstanding Production. His work-in-progress play, Alba, was a semifinalist for Quick Silver Theater Company’s Playwrights of Color Summit. He has been the recipient of residencies through Artists in Residence in the Everglades (AIRIE), Miami Light Project, SPACE at Ryder Farm...

Alejandro Rodriguez is a Cuban-American theater artist from the planet of Miami. His first evening-length work, Sorry, a dance theater piece exploring interracial relationships through the lens of social dance, enjoyed two sold-out runs at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center (LPAC) in New York. His latest full-length show, In My Body, a collaboration with the Canadian street dance company, Bboyizm, is currently on tour across North and South America and was the recipient of four Dora Awards in 2022 including one for Outstanding Production. His work-in-progress play, Alba, was a semifinalist for Quick Silver Theater Company’s Playwrights of Color Summit. He has been the recipient of residencies through Artists in Residence in the Everglades (AIRIE), Miami Light Project, SPACE at Ryder Farm, Makehouse and the Center for Innovation in the Arts at Juilliard, as well as grants from the Queens Council of the Arts, CUNY Dance Initiative and the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs. Formerly, he served as the Associate Artistic Director for PlayMakers Repertory Company, and as Deputy Executive Director for Arts Ignite (formerly ASTEP), a global nonprofit that delivers arts education to over 3000 children annually on four continents. A graduate of Juilliard where he was awarded the Michel St. Denis Prize for outstanding achievement.

Scripts

Alba (Full English)

by Alejandro Rodriguez

Cast Size

8

Genre

adaptation,

drama

Alba is a three-act, one-hundred-minute play, inspired by Lorca’s masterpiece, set in working-class Miami in 2001. It follows a strong-willed Cuban matriarch trying to hold on to control of her house in the face of myriad encroaching forces, including new technology, impatient debtors, and a suitor with suspicious motives. The story is narrated by a grandchild seeking to break cycles of intergenerational trauma...

Alba is a three-act, one-hundred-minute play, inspired by Lorca’s masterpiece, set in working-class Miami in 2001. It follows a strong-willed Cuban matriarch trying to hold on to control of her house in the face of myriad encroaching forces, including new technology, impatient debtors, and a suitor with suspicious motives. The story is narrated by a grandchild seeking to break cycles of intergenerational trauma through the expression of the unspoken secrets that inevitably led to a tragic incident of self-harm; an event our narrator is forever linked to and marked by. *The play is bilingual, but an English version exists to aid in comprehension and encourage directors to find the right balance of English & Spanish for their audiences.

Alba

by Alejandro Rodriguez

1

Cast Size

8

Genre

adaptation,

drama

Alba is a three-act, one-hundred-minute play, inspired by Lorca’s masterpiece, set in working-class Miami in 2001. It follows a strong-willed Cuban matriarch trying to hold on to control of her house in the face of myriad encroaching forces, including new technology, impatient debtors, and a suitor with suspicious motives. The story is narrated by a grandchild seeking to break cycles of intergenerational trauma...

Alba is a three-act, one-hundred-minute play, inspired by Lorca’s masterpiece, set in working-class Miami in 2001. It follows a strong-willed Cuban matriarch trying to hold on to control of her house in the face of myriad encroaching forces, including new technology, impatient debtors, and a suitor with suspicious motives. The story is narrated by a grandchild seeking to break cycles of intergenerational trauma through the expression of the unspoken secrets that inevitably led to a tragic incident of self-harm; an event our narrator is forever linked to and marked by. *The play is bilingual, but an English version exists to aid in comprehension and encourage directors to find the right balance of English & Spanish for their audiences.