Dámaso Rodríguez

Damaso Rodriguez

(he/him/his)

Director, Romeo and Juliet

Other theatres: Regional: Magellanica, Cuba Libre, The Playboy of the Western World, Tribes, The Big Meal, The Miracle Worker, The Humans, Exiles, Feathers and Teeth, Foxfinder, An Octoroon, The Skin of Our Teeth (Artists Repertory Theatre); We, the Invisibles (Actors Theater of Louisville/Humana Festival of New American Plays); Native Gardens (upcoming at South Coast Repertory); Mi Cuba (in development at American Conservatory Theater); The Heiress, The Little Foxes, Orson’s Shadow (Pasadena Playhouse); Paradise Lost (Intiman Theatre); Desire Under the Elms, Blithe Spirit, The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, The Doctor’s Dilemma, Romeo and Juliet (A Noise Within); The Pain and the Itch (The Theatre @ Boston Court); Hunter Gatherers, Grace (Furious Theatre). 

Other credits: Artistic Director of Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland. Associate Artistic Director of the Pasadena Playhouse (2007–2010); Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Furious Theatre Company (2001–2012); member of the Stage Directors & Choreographers Society. 

Awards: Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, NAACP Theatre Award, Back Stage Garland Award, Pasadena Arts Council’s Gold Crown Award, Finalist for the Zelda Fichandler Award.