Rodolfo Alvarado
Writer • Playwright • Performer • Historian
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I write and perform the stories history almost forgot.
Through theatre, books, performance, and historical research, I return to lives and experiences
too easily left outside the American story—and bring their voices forward. |
Featured Work
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What's Next
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A Play About Belonging, Courage,
and Who Gets to Take the Stage Inspired by the words of Judi Dench in Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent, with Brendan O’Hea: ““Shakespeare belongs to everybody.... You’ve got to find out what his words mean to you.” Seven Latino actors gather in a New York rehearsal room to perform Shakespeare. As his words become their own, they discover that exile, power, identity, and mercy are more than themes to portray. They are questions waiting beyond the theatre door. A new play about the love of theatre, the uncertainty of belonging, and the courage to claim a stage when the world outside makes no promise that you will be there tomorrow. In Development • Premiering in 2027 |
A One-Woman Play About Work, Worth,
and What We Owe Each Other An acclaimed economist who has spent her career studying labor and mobility discovers that the forces she has analyzed from a distance are unfolding inside her own university. A new play about higher education, adjunct labor, power, dignity—and what becomes possible when those who hold an institution together recognize their collective worth. In Development • Premiering 2027 |