Gonzalo Rodríguez Risco (born 1972) is a

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and

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. He is a graduate of

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, M.F.A. in Playwriting in 2009.

Biography

He was born in

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, Peru. He graduated from the

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in Engineering Management (1990–1993). His first play "''Un Verso Pasajero''" was awarded First Prize at the Firs
Festival of Peruvian and North-American Theater
(

) in 1996, and First Prize at the Premiera 2003 contest for play translated into Russian (

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). It has also been staged in

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and

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, California. In 2001, it was published in "Muestra" Magazine. "''La Manzana Prohibida''" premiered in

, 1997. It won the First Prize at the National Contest for Young Playwrights and was later published in "''Dramaturgia Peruana II''" in 2001. "''Asunto de Tres''" premiered at the Fift
Festival of Peruvian and North-American Theater
in 2000. It was revived in

in 2004. The play was published in "Muestra" Magazine in 2008. In 2007, the play was re-worked and premiered at Yale Cabaret,

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, as "''Threesome''."Carlotta Festival showcases plays by Graduating Students
Yale Office of Public Affairs and Communications. Retrieved 2009-05-01 Other plays include "''Generación Y''", "''Rainbow''", Mal-Criadas (in collaboration with Diego La Hoz), "''El Musical''" and TV-Terapia. His works also include short plays like "''Juego de Manos''", ''"Vesti La Giubba''", "''Pensión''" and ''"Servicio Íntimo Exclusivo para Damas''". In 2003 he wrote "''Taxi Scene''" as part of Webs We Weave, an international playwriting project via the

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. The scene, as part of the project "We Are Water" was broadcast a
Play of the Week
on May 31, 2003. Later that year he was invited to

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to attend a workshop and write another

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entitled "''Sight''", as part of the

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Residency. In 2005, he wrote "''Expiration''". The play became a finalist a
Long Beach Playhouse
s 19th Annual New Work’s Festival (2008) and at Reverie Productions’ 6th Annual Next Generation Playwriting Contest (2009). "''Journey To Santiago – Six Scenes on Growing up Catholic''" was staged at the First Year Play Festival at

in 2007. It was directed by Erik Pearson and later published in "The Private Life" along two plays from Yale School of Drama Playwrights, Matt Moses and Mattie Brickman. In 2007, he premiered "''Father/Son''". as part of "Speaking Our Mind" at the Carlotta Festival of New Plays in New Haven. At the end of the year, his play ''Dramatis Personae'', directed by Becca Wolff, was staged at the Langston Hughes Festival of New Plays in New Haven. It was later staged in Lima, Peru in 2008. The US premiere of the play was an Off-Broadway production at the Cherry Lane Theater Studio, directed by Erik Pearson in the Fall of 2010. At the Yale Cabaret, he presented ''Gay Play''. directed by Michael Walkup in 2008. In 2009, he premiered ''The French Play'' at the Carlotta Festival of New Plays in New Haven directed by Patricia McGregor. It was a finalist at Long Beach Playhouse’s 20th Annual New Works' FestivalLong Beach's Playhouse Theater
/ref> and semi-finalist at the Stanley Drama Award in New York. He speaks fluently English and Spanish. He wrote, with Daniel Rodriguez, the script "''El Vientre''". The script wo
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in the co-production category in 2010.Ibermedia Noticias
Resultados de la 1° Convocatoria, 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-11

Works

http://www.gonzalorodriguezrisco.com/gonzalospanish/Teatro.htmlObras de Gonzalo Rodriguez Risco Full-length plays *The French Play (2009) *Dramatis Personae (Spanish, 2008) *Dramatis Personae (English, 2007) *Expiration (2005) *TV-Terapia (2003) *El Musical (2002, Musical) *Mal-Criadas (2000) - Written with Diego La Hoz *Generación Y (1998) *La Manzana Prohibida (1997) *Un Verso Pasajero (1996) *El Último Invitado *101 Dálmatas (Musical) *El Cielo y Tú (with José Enrique Mavila) One-act plays / Short plays *Gay Play (2008) *Threesome (2007) *Father/Son (2007) *Journey to Santiago (2007) *Servicio Íntimo Exclusivo para Damas (2006) *Pensión (2006) *Asunto de Tres (2000) *Vesti La Giubba (1999) *Rainbow (1999) *Juegos de Manos (1998) *Waiting for the President *Juicio de Medea Radio plays *Sight (2003) *Taxi Scene (2003) *VISA Translations Musicals (book and lyrics) *“

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” by

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(2001) *“

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The Mystery of Irma Vep ''The Mystery of Irma Vep'' is a play in three acts by Charles Ludlam. It is a satire of several theatrical, literary and film genres, including Victorian melodrama, farce, the penny dreadful, ''Wuthering Heights'' and the Alfred Hitchcock fil ...

” by

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(2002). *“

'Art' ''Art'' is a French-language play by Yasmina Reza that premiered in 1994 at Comédie des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The play subsequently ran in London in 1996 and on Broadway in 1998. Productions The play premiered on 28 October 1994 at Com� ...

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(2000) *“

Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love ''Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love'' is a 1989 stage play written by Canadian playwright Brad Fraser. Set in Edmonton, Alberta, the comedy-drama follows the lives of several sexually frustrated "thirty-somethings" who try t ...

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(with Jaime Nieto, 2000) *“

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” by

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(1999) *“ Marisol” by José Rivera (1999)

References

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