Rodolfo Robles Cruz is a M.F.A. in Theatre candidate with a specialization in directing at The University of Texas at Austin. He is a theatre artist from Morelia, Michoacan with strong roots in Fresno, California. He is a graduate from California State University, Fresno (CSU Fresno) where he earned his B.A. in Theatre Arts - Acting. As an artist, his work emphasizes the Latinx/Mexican family unit and the complexities of immigration and identity. Select directing credits: Oedipus el Rey by Luis Alfaro (Selma Arts Center); Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz (Madera Theatre Project); Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead by Bert V. Royal (Experimental Theatre Company). As a playwright, Robles Cruz has had his work performed at the Selma Arts Center, CSU Fresno's Experimental Theatre Company, Teatro Espejo and California State University, Fullerton's One Act Play Festival. His play La Norteña is the regional winner of the 2020 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival's National Playwriting Program's One Act Play Category.