Rodolfo Robles Cruz (He/Him) is a queer Mexican immigrant and interdisciplinary theatre artist from Morelia, Michoacán and Fresno, California! He is a M.F.A. in Theatre candidate with a specialization in directing at The University of Texas at Austin who will complete his degree this coming Spring 2026. He hopes to cultivate work that is; truthful, physical, dynamic, emotional, curious, alive, messy, beautiful, grounded, rhythmic, imaginative, daring, vulgar, spiritual, and human. Directing credits include: This is our Youth (UT Austin), Exit Strategy (Beyond August Productions), Sanctuary City (UT Austin), Anna in the Tropics (Madera Theatre Project), and Oedipus El Rey (Selma Arts Center). He has also directed work with Teatro Vivo’s Austin Latinx New Play Festival, California State University, Fresno’s Workshop Series, UT Austin’s Latinx Theatre Initiative, Independent new play development workshops, and through The Pan Valley Institute’s various artistic installations in California’s Central Valley including Salt Of The Earth, A National Encuentro in Madera, CA. As a playwright, Cruz has had his work performed at the Selma Arts Center, California State University, Fresno, Teatro Espejo, The Pan Valley Institute, Lime Arts Productions, California State University, Fullerton, and KCACTF Region 8’s One Act National Playwriting Programs Workshop Series. He recently directed CABARET at UT Austin as part of their main stage season programming.