Alejandro Rodriguez is a Miami-based writer, director, and founding Artistic Director of The Peace Studio’s Artist as Catalyst Program. His writing has been featured in collaborations with musicians, choreographers, and filmmakers all over the globe. His first full-length show, Sorry, enjoyed two sold-out runs at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center (LPAC) in New York, and his earlier work, Now is the Time, was produced three times in NYC including at the Joyce in Chelsea. He has been the recipient of residencies through the Miami Light Project, SPACE at Ryder Farm, Makehouse, and the Center for Innovation in the Arts at Juilliard, as well as grants from the Queens Council of the Arts, CUNY Dance Initiative, and the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs. He’s lectured at multiple colleges, is on faculty at The Performing Arts Project, and has carried an adjunct professorship in the CUNY school system.

Rodriguez’s newest creation, In My Body, a collaboration with the Canadian street dance company, Bboyizm, is currently on tour across Canada and was the recipient of four Dora Awards in 2022 including one for Outstanding Production. Directing credits include Letters from Cuba and Anna in the Tropics for The Acting Company, Wilder & Wilder for PlayMakers Repertory Company, and many more. He began his career as an actor and performed in theaters across the US such as the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, the Guthrie Theater, and the Humana Festival, as well as on television. Formerly, he served as the Associate Artistic Director for PlayMakers, and as Deputy Executive Director for Arts Ignite (formerly ASTEP,) a global nonprofit that delivers art education to over 3000 children annually on four continents. Rodriguez is a graduate of Juilliard where he was awarded the Michel St. Denis Prize for outstanding achievement.