Chantal Rodriguez

Chantal Rodriguez (she/her/hers) is originally from Los Angeles, CA and the proud daughter of immigrant parents. She is the Associate Dean of Yale School of Drama and also teaches in the Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism Department. From 2009-2016 she was the Programming Director and Literary Manager of the Latino Theater Company, operators of the Los Angeles Theatre Center. Her 2011 monograph, The Latino Theatre Initiative/Center Theatre Group Papers, was published by UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press and was nominated for three Latino Literacy Now International Book Awards. Additionally, her work has been published in Theatre Journal, Latin American Theatre Review, e-misférica, Theatre Research International, and Theater Magazine. She is an active member of the Latinx Theatre Commons Advisory Committee, and a graduate of UCLA where she earned a Ph.D. in Theatre and Performance Studies, and Santa Clara University where she earned a B.A. in Theater and Spanish Studies.