Emilio Rodriguez

Wharton Center Reveals 2026 Young Playwrights Festival Finalists
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 13, 2026

The Wharton Center has revealed the finalists for the 2026 Young Playwrights Festival. The selected young playwrights will showcase their works in a free public performance.

Theatre NOVA Calls For Submissions For The 2026 Michigan Playwrights Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 10, 2025

Theatre NOVA has called for submissions for the 2026 Michigan Playwrights Festival. The Festival will feature five to six original, full-length plays by Michigan-based playwrights.

Six Finalists Unveiled For 2025 Young Playwright Festival at Wharton Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 6, 2025

​Experience the original works of six 2025 Young Playwrights Festival finalists on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Wharton Center's Pasant Theatre. Learn more and see how to attend!

Review: FERGIE PHILIPPE AND AN UNLIKELY HERO at Arkansas Museum Of Fine Arts
by Theresa Bertram - Jan 25, 2025

What did our critic think of FERGIE PHILIPPE AND AN UNLIKELY HERO at Arkansas Museum Of Fine Arts?

Submissions Now Open for 2025 Michigan Playwrights Festival
by Stephi Wild - Jan 21, 2025

After the success of the inaugural Michigan Playwrights Festival eight years ago, Theatre NOVA continues its semi-annual tradition, announcing a call for submissions for this season’s festival.

Review: AN UNLIKELY HERO at Metro Theater Company
by James Lindhorst - Oct 18, 2024

“An Unlikely Hero” is a hero’s journey that would appeal to any young theater goer. It's a story that embraces friendship, teaches the values of honesty, collaboration, and helping your peers succeed. Metro Theater Company has created a show that grabbed a young audience's attention and engaged them with dynamic storytelling. 

Good Company Theatre to Return With The Utah Premiere Of GOD KINDA LOOKS LIKE TUPAC
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 22, 2024

Good Company Theatre in Ogden, Utah, presents the Utah premiere of GOD KINDA LOOKS LIKE TUPAC by Emilio Rodriguez, running from September 12-29. The play explores high school pressures and artistic integrity.

Michigan Playwrights Festival Submissions Now Open
by Stephi Wild - Oct 2, 2023

After the success of the inaugural Michigan Playwrights Festival seven years ago, Theatre NOVA continues its semi-annual tradition, announcing a call for submissions for this season’s festival. Learn more about how to submit here!

Geva Theatre Unveils 2023 Rochester Fringe Festival Lineup
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 8, 2023

Discover the incredible lineup of shows at the 2023 Rochester Fringe Festival presented by Geva Theatre. From powerful emerging artists to international performers, this festival promises a unique and diverse experience. Get your tickets now!

Planet Ant Presents ANT PLANET
by Stephi Wild - Dec 20, 2022

A new digital showcase bringing Planet Ant Theatrics to you at home or work, or wherever your device is. Monthly on Wednesdays, the company will give you a preview of what's coming to their stage(s) featuring special guests, music, comedians, writers, and performers of all kinds, so you'll never have FOMO again!

Matrix Theatre Company to Present SWIMMING WHILE DROWNING - A Coming-of-Age Story in December
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 11, 2022

Matrix Theatre Company opens its 2022-2023 Mainstage Season with, Swimming While Drowning by local playwright Emilio Rodriguez, opening December 2 and running through December 17.

Theatre NOVA Announces Revised 2022-2023 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 10, 2022

Theatre NOVA, Ann Arbor's resident nonprofit professional theatre, is thrilled to announce its 2022-23 Season of Michigan and World Premieres. Proud to produce the hottest new plays at affordable prices, Theatre NOVA offers a subscription program as the best way to see quality programs at a discounted price. Subscribers can save up to 25% off single ticket prices and guarantee their seats for all our plays through August 2023.

ArtsWest Presents the Seattle Premiere of SWIMMING WHILE DROWNING
by Stephi Wild - Sep 1, 2022

Marking the beginning of their 2022-23 Season, titled BEGIN IT, West Seattle's own ArtsWest will present the Seattle Premiere of Emilio Rodriguez's SWIMMING WHILE DROWNING, running September 29th through October 23rd.

Photos: First Look at GOD KINDA LOOKS LIKE TUPAC at Theatre NOVA
by Stephi Wild - Aug 4, 2022

Theatre NOVA, Ann Arbor’s resident nonprofit professional theatre, wraps up its 2021-22 season of in-person productions with “God Kinda Looks Like Tupac” by Emilio Rodriguez, which runs August 5 through August 21, 2022. Check out all new photos here!

Theatre NOVA Will Present GOD KINDA LOOKS LIKE TUPAC Beginning This Week
by Stephi Wild - Jul 27, 2022

Theatre NOVA, Ann Arbor's resident nonprofit professional theatre, wraps up it's 2021-22 season of in-person productions with “God Kinda Looks Like Tupac” by Emilio Rodriguez, which runs July 29 through August 21, 2022.

Actor & Philanthropist Hill Harper Joins The 2021 Reach For Hope Benefit
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 17, 2021

Suicide is an epidemic of epic proportions that steals the people we love and devastates families all over Detroit every single day. The Covid-19 pandemic has only made this epidemic all the more dire as those at risk have become even more isolated and disconnected from the support and help they so desperately need.

Theatre NOVA Announces Return to In-Person Productions for 2021-2022
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 17, 2021

Theatre NOVA, Ann Arbor’s resident nonprofit professional theatre, has announced its return to in-person productions.

FLINT MURAL PLAYS Kick Off The Flint Rep Summer 2021 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 2, 2021

This coming Saturday, June 5, at noon, a celebration is happening in Brush Park, Downtown Flint, as the Flint Mural Plays kicks off the Flint Rep Summer 2021 season.    

Flint Rep Announces Reimagined Season For Summer 2021
by Stephi Wild - Apr 20, 2021

Flint Rep announces a new, reimagined season for the summer: FLINT REP OUTSIDE!

NALAC Catalyst For Change Grants Foster Radical Imagination And Racially Just Systems
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 24, 2020

In partnership with the Surdna Foundation, NALAC embarks on a new grantmaking initiative to support Latinx artists working to radically imagine more racially just systems.