José Rivera’s (he/him/his) 26 plays have been seen nationally and internationally and translated into a dozen languages. His Obie Award winning plays Marisol and References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot, both produced by The Public Theatre, NY, are taught at universities around the country. Other plays include Cloud Tectonics, Sueño, Boleros for the Disenchanted, and Adoration of the Old Woman. His screenplay “The Motorcycle Diaries,” was nominated for 2005 Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar (making him the first Puerto Rican writer so honored), BAFTA and WGA Awards. “On the Road” premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. “Trade” was the first film to premiere at the United Nations. Rivera co-created and produced “Eerie, Indiana,” (NBC) and was a staff writer on “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels” (Showtime) 2019. In 2019 he produced and directed the short film “The Fall of a Sparrow” as well as the world premiere workshop of his play Lovesong (Imperfect) at the 14th Street Y. He has served on the boards of Theatre Communication Group and the Sundance Institute and mentored at Sundance Screenwriting Labs in Utah, Jordan, and India. He is currently writing all 20 episodes of the TV adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude for Netflix. His most recent play Your Name Means Dream was given a reading at the 2020 Sundance Theatre Lab.
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