Rosa Fernandez

Rosa Fernandez

Rosa Fernandez lives in Buffalo, NY full time with her husband and two children. She is an associate member of the Dramatist Guild and a two time participant of the Emmanuel Fried New Play Workshop facilitated by Road Less Traveled Productions in Buffalo, NY. She attended Brooklyn College for a BFA in Theater. Her play, Curse of the Puerto Ricans was a semi-finalist for the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights...
Rosa Fernandez lives in Buffalo, NY full time with her husband and two children. She is an associate member of the Dramatist Guild and a two time participant of the Emmanuel Fried New Play Workshop facilitated by Road Less Traveled Productions in Buffalo, NY. She attended Brooklyn College for a BFA in Theater. Her play, Curse of the Puerto Ricans was a semi-finalist for the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference and runner up in the MetLife Nuestras Voces Playreading Series for Repertorio Español and made the 2020 Kilroys list. A Skeptic and a Bruja will receive a rolling World Premiere in Sarasota at Urbanite Theatre, then in Tampa Bay at freeFall Theatre.

Plays

  • WAT now? by Rosa Fernandez
    Cast: 
    2–4
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    Genre: dark comedy
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    Keyword: We See You W.A.T., anti-racism + 1 more
    Genre: dark comedy
    Keyword: We See You W.A.T., anti-racism, BIPOC voices
    10 minute play about the challenges of creating anti-racist theatre.
  • The End by Rosa Fernandez
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, science fiction
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    Keyword: BIPOC characters, climate change + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, science fiction
    Keyword: BIPOC characters, climate change, global warming, ten minute play
    10 minute play about climate change.
  • A Skeptic and a Bruja by Rosa Fernandez
    Recommendations: 13
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    Cast: 
    4–5
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: horror, ghosts + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, horror, mystery/thriller, zoom
    Keyword: horror, ghosts, paranormal, halloween, haunting, Haunted House, Santeria, bruja, Latinx, Black Latinx
    When Sam and Jess shoot the latest episode of their hit paranormal investigation show "A Skeptic and a Bruja" they are thrown for a loop when their crew member, Remy sees a ghost. The women struggle with their own biases and beliefs as the house they investigate reveals itself to them.
  • Curse of the Puerto Ricans by Rosa Fernandez
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: Latinx, family + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, holiday
    Keyword: Latinx, family, alcoholism, dysfunctional family
    Julia Rodriguez has sacrificed everything for her family comprised of her alcoholic father, her miserable mother, her absentee older sister and her lively little sister. When "the one that got away" re-enters her life and asks her to run away with him to California, she begins to question if she's made a mistake. Dealing with themes of familial obligation and identity within the Hispanic...
    Julia Rodriguez has sacrificed everything for her family comprised of her alcoholic father, her miserable mother, her absentee older sister and her lively little sister. When "the one that got away" re-enters her life and asks her to run away with him to California, she begins to question if she's made a mistake. Dealing with themes of familial obligation and identity within the Hispanic community, Curse of the Puerto Ricans follows one family's dysfunctional Christmas celebration.