Diane Rodriguez (June , â€" April , ) was an American theatre artist
who directed, wrote and performed. An OBIE Award winning actress, she
was known for using comedy to confront various forms of oppression,
often with special attention to issues of gender and
sexuality.Schooled in activist art, she received her B.A. in Theatre
Arts from the University of California at Santa Barbara. She was a
producer and director at Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles and an
Artistic Associate of Cornerstone Theater Company. An enduring
influence in Chicano theatre, she was born in the s to American
parents from farm working families. She co-founded two theatre
companies, El Teatro de la Esperanza (Theatre of Hope) and Latins
Anonymous, and was a leading actress for the seminal Chicano theatre
group, El Teatro Campesino (Theater of the Farmworkers).She joined El
Teatro Campesino during the mid-s. In political sketches for César
Chávez and full-length works, she honed her comedic skills performing
on a variety of stages from flat bed trucks to ancient European Greco
Roman amphi-theatres. In she co-founded the comedy troupe Latins
Anonymous as a response to the Hollywood stereotyping of Latino
actors.Rodriguez then served as director of the Latino Theatre
Initiative at the Mark Taper Forum from â€".
who directed, wrote and performed. An OBIE Award winning actress, she
was known for using comedy to confront various forms of oppression,
often with special attention to issues of gender and
sexuality.Schooled in activist art, she received her B.A. in Theatre
Arts from the University of California at Santa Barbara. She was a
producer and director at Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles and an
Artistic Associate of Cornerstone Theater Company. An enduring
influence in Chicano theatre, she was born in the s to American
parents from farm working families. She co-founded two theatre
companies, El Teatro de la Esperanza (Theatre of Hope) and Latins
Anonymous, and was a leading actress for the seminal Chicano theatre
group, El Teatro Campesino (Theater of the Farmworkers).She joined El
Teatro Campesino during the mid-s. In political sketches for César
Chávez and full-length works, she honed her comedic skills performing
on a variety of stages from flat bed trucks to ancient European Greco
Roman amphi-theatres. In she co-founded the comedy troupe Latins
Anonymous as a response to the Hollywood stereotyping of Latino
actors.Rodriguez then served as director of the Latino Theatre
Initiative at the Mark Taper Forum from â€".
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