About Rodolfo
Rodolfo Robles Cruz (He/Him/His) Is a M.F.A. in Theatre candidate with a specialization in directing at The University of Texas at Austin.
He is a theatre artist from Morelia, Michoacan with strong roots in Fresno, California. He is a graduate from California State University, Fresno (CSU Fresno) where he earned his B.A. in Theatre Arts - Acting.
As an artist, his work emphasizes the Latinx/Mexican family unit and the complexities of immigration and identity.
Select directing credits: Oedipus el Rey by Luis Alfaro (Selma Arts Center); Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz (Madera Theatre Project); Sanctuary City by Martyna Majok (UT Austin Studio Series).
As a playwright, Robles Cruz has had his work performed at the Selma Arts Center, CSU Fresno's Experimental Theatre Company, Teatro Espejo and California State University, Fullerton's One Act Play Festival.
His play La Norteña is the regional winner of the 2020 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival's National Playwriting Program's One Act Play Category.
He is a 2024 Summer UT Austin Graduate School Fellow.
coming up:
JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
adapted for stage by David Wood from the book by Roald Dahl
October 30-November 10 - 2024
B. Iden Payne Theatre
University of Texas at Austin
In this delightful stage adaptation, Roald Dahl’s classic tale is faithfully told by James himself along with the insect characters – Miss Spider, Old-Green-Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybird and Earthworm. The play begins at the end of the story, when James and his friends are living in the giant peach stone in Central Park, New York.
Through music, song, and choreography the story is told with the help of the insects and an ensemble of actors who physically recreate the journey of James and the Giant Peach!