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My work as a writer and director focuses on reimagining classical texts to explore contemporary themes of gender, identity, and social justice, while celebrating migrant and female voices.
Mi trabajo como autora y directora se centra en reimaginar los textos clásicos para abordar temas contemporáneos de género, identidad y justicia social, celebrando las voces migrantes y femeninas.
Theatre Director
ANA POR ANA
ANA POR ANA
Baroque to the rhythm of Flamenco
Barroco a compás Flamenco
Written and directed by Paula Rodríguez. Performance and Music by Ana Mar and Antonio Quero. A Histrion Teatro producción. Featured at the International Festival of Classical Theatre in Almagro, Spain, and FIDAE, Uruguay.
TRAS ELLAS
TRAS ELLAS
From Celestina to Xirgu
De Celestina a Xirgu
Written and directed by Paula Rodríguez. An EMAD Uruguay Production. Featured at FIDAE, Uruguay.
Mystical Ecstacy
Mystical Ecstacy
Éxtasis Mistico
Éxtasis Mistico
An accessible performance paying homage to the female writer of the Spanish Golden Age.
Un espectáculo accesible que rinde homenaje a las autoras del Siglo de Oro.
Created and performed by Paula Rodríguez. Music by Arthur Astier. Featured at Voila! Festival, FesteLon Festival (London), International Festival of Classical Theatre in Almagro and more.
Songs from a Golden Age Canciones del Siglo de Oro
Songs from a Golden Age Canciones del Siglo de Oro
Music and spoken-word to reinvent classics.
Música y poesía para reinventar clásicos.
Created and performed by Paula Rodríguez. Music by Arthur Astier. Featured at Bush Theatre, FesteLon Festival, Brighton Fringe, Cervantes Theatre (London), International Festival of Classical Theatre in Almagro, Clásicos en Alcalá, Jornadas de Teatro Clásico (Málaga), exlimite (Madrid), Noche de Juglares (Zaragoza), and more.
Rosaura
Rosaura
Life is a Dream retold through its female protagonist's perspective.
La Vida es Sueño contada a través de los ojos de su protagonista femenina.
By Paula Rodríguez and Sandra Arpa. Production by Teatro Inverso. Based on Life is a Dream by Calderón de la Barca. Best production 2021 Walker Raid Prize, AHCT, USA. Featured at Corral de Comedias de Alcalá, International Festival of Almagro, Festival de Olite, Festival FesteLon, Women War (London), University of Canterbury (Kent), University of Delaware (Ohio), and international tour.
Wonders
Wonders
Cervantes' Wonder vs the virtual era
La Maravilla Cervantina vs la era virtual
Created and performed by Paula Rodríguez and Sandra Arpa. Production by Teatro Inverso. Based on Cervantes' Entremeses. Featured at Exlimite (Madrid), Festival Tercera Semana (Valencia), and more.
Palabra abierta
Palabra abierta
Life is a Dream is a radio program
La Vida es Sueño es un programa de radio
Radio show created by Paula Rodríguez and Juan Ayala. Featured at Teatro de La Abadía and Teatro del barrio (Madrid).
Todo No Basta
Todo No Basta
Becket & Calderón, Women & Power
Becket & Calderón, Mujeres & Poder
Performance based on texts by Beckett and Calderón. Directed by Nuria Alkorta, Cia Delabarca, performed, devised and co-produced with Paula Rodríguez. LAVA Valladolid.
Film Maker
The Other Solos
The Other Solos
Shakespeare and migrants
Shkespeare e inmigrantes
Shakespeare on migration, exile and power, performed by foreign voices.
In the light of recent socio-political events around the world, the rise of populism and an increasing anti-immigration sentiment, a collective of international artists come together to create a series of films, seeking answers on the subjects of banishment and identity in the works of Shakespeare which are, today, more poignant than ever.
A simple recipe
A simple recipe
La Masa
La Masa
To sisters looking for to reconnect with their roots
Dos hermanas que buscas sus raices
Artistic Director for educational projects
Our New Gold
Our New Gold
International Digital Festival www.ournewgold.com
Aimed at university students to engage with Spanish Golden Age texts to explore modern-day social and political justice, and sponsored by The Association for Hispanic Classical Theatre (AHCT), US, Ohio Wesleyan University, MacEwan University, Toronto and Universidad Javeriana, Colombia and University College London.
Lysistrata (Uprising)
Lysistrata (Uprising)
RCSSD Production
Contemporary adaptation of Aristophanes' Lysistrata. Adaptation and direction by Paula Rodriguez and Beck Roggers. MA Acting, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London.
Mad for Love
Mad for Love
BADA Production
Contemporary adaptation of La Dama Boba by Lope de Vega. Translation by John Farndon. Adaptation and direction by Paula Rodriguez. British America Drama Academy, London.
Blood Wedding
Blood Wedding
RCSSD Production
Translator and Dramaturg for the Classical Acting MA final production directed by Ben Naylor at the RCSSD, London.
Shadow of Myself
Shadow of Myself
Delaware Ohio Production
An interdisciplinary student show which modernises medieval Spanish romances through original music, adapted narration, and puppetry funded by Hispanic Theatre Internship, supervised and produced by Prof. Glenda Y. Nieto-Cuebas from Ohio Wesleyan University.
Fenesí- Ilusión
Fenesí- Ilusión
Delaware Ohio Production
A version of Teatro Inverso's show Rosaura, made by students based on Life is A Dream by Calderón de la Barca. Funded by the Hispanic Theatre Internship, supervised and produced by Prof. Glenda Y. Nieto-Cuebas from Ohio Wesleyan University.
Workshops
REINVENTING THE CLASSICS: An in-person and online workshop exploring classics with fresh eyes and creating new tales inspired by our heritages, focusing on marginalised voices such as those of women and migrants, facilitated since 2022 in London, Belfast, Madrid, Seville, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Texas, Toronto and New York, among others.
SHAKESPEARE WORKSHOPS FOR UKRAINIAN REFUGEE CHILDREN: With Flute Theatre at Sofia, Bulgaria.
#METOO MOVEMENT AND THE COMEDIA: Exploring feminist approaches towards the reinvention of Spanish Golden Age stories. Supervised and produced by Prof. Ana Mendez at Syracuse University, New York.
CORIOLANUS: Exploring the political relevance of Shakespeare's play in Spain today. Working with the RCSSD Director Ben Naylor at Jornadas de Teatro Clásico Málaga 2022 and Teatro Pavón Kamikaze 2020.
REINVENTING SPANISH GOLDEN AGE CLASSICS TODAY: Examining the foundations of Spanish Golden Age theatre, working with verse, meter, translation, adaptation, performance and the staging of these texts in the present day, with a view to social and political transformation. Queen Mary's University Belfast, Corral de Comedias, Alcalá de Henares, Almagro International Classical Theatre Festival (Spain), Association for Hispanic Classical Theatre, US, FesteLon Theatre Festival, Women and War Festival, London.
SHAKESPEARE WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS: With Flute Theatre at Teatrul Gong, Sibiu, Romania, Sweden, Metis, Katowice, Poland, Alpha Fundacja, Lublin, Poland, and Heart of America Festival Kansas, US.
ROSAURA'S JOURNEY: Working with students on a feminist approach to the character of Rosaura through text analysis, creative writing, storytelling, and physical theatre. Canterbury University, Golden Age Festival of Ciudad Juárez, México, Instituto Cervantes Roma, University of Pisa, Città del Teatro de Cascina, and Teatro di Bo’ Santa Maria A Monte, Italy, The Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting, Toronto, and Nuevo Siglo Drama Festival Chamizal, Texas, USA.
ACTOR TRAINING: Lead teacher. Collaborating with The Spanish Theatre Company, training their company members. These sessions covered ensemble work, physical training, and text analysis. At Cervantes Theatre, London.
TALKS
TALKS
Master Class: Reinventing Spanish Golden Age Classics Today
Organized by Professor Maria Dominguez, Arizona State University (US), and Professor Ted Bergman, St. Andrews University (Scotland).
Panel Speaker at Creating Experiential Learning Projects in the Classroom
The Association for Hispanic Classical Theater (AHCT) Annual Conference, Almagro International Classical Theatre Festival, Spain.
Tell Thy Story
Presenter, producer, and director. An event focusing on Global Shakespeare, celebrating migrants across the UK. In collaboration with 1 Day Without Us and Deli Theatre.
ACADEMIC WRITING
Nieto-Cuebas, G.Y., Lew, J., Rodríguez, P., & Treadway, H. Medieval Ballads in Miniature and Our New Gold: Collaborative Theatre Projects in the Digital Era. Comedia Performance, 19. Available at Scholarly Publishing Collective. 2022.
SELECTED CITATIONS OF MY WORK
Multilingual Adaptations Lech, K. Multilingual Dramaturges: Towards New European Theatre. Springer. 2024.
Why Doesn't the Comedia Work on Screen? Samson, A. Short Film Presentation. Available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lb1oek7hnL4. 2024.
Social Justice in Spanish Golden Age Theatre. Edited by Erin Cowling, Tania de Miguel Magro, Mina Garcia Jordán and Glenda Y. Nieto-Cuebas. University of Toronto Press. 2021.
Claiming Their Voice: Foreign Memories on the Post-Brexit Stage, Lech, K. Migration and Stereotypes in Performance and Culture. Springer. Discusses Paula Rodríguez’s multilingual theatre work in the context of Brexit. 2020.
Female Empowerment in Classical Spanish Theatre. Gielink, S., & Burr, J.A. Digital Commons @ OWU. Explores Paula Rodríguez’s contributions to classical Spanish theatre through feminist reinterpretations. 2019.
Taking Center Stage: Early Modern Women’s Tragedies on the Contemporary Stage. Fernández, E. Romance Quarterly. Taylor & Francis. 2018.
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