Marco – The Writer

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Marco Antonio Rodriguez (HOLA award winner for outstanding achievement in playwriting) with Teresa Yenque (HOLA special recognition for 40 years of excellence in theater,
film and television)

Marco - The Writer


“Give people a fact or an idea and you enlighten their minds; tell them a story and you touch their souls."
~Hasidic Proverb


Marco Antonio Rodriguez is a Dominican-American, award-winning bilingual writer/actor/director. MFA-acting/television and screenwriting. Named Top 50 Figure-LatinX and Latin American Theatre by Routledge. Acclaimed plays Ashes of Light and Barceló on the Rocks performed all over the world and published by NoPassport Press (available-Amazon.com & lulu.com). The Spanish stage adaptation of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao just celebrated five years Off-Broadway at the Spanish Repertory Theatre. His play, Domino Effect enjoyed an extended Off-Broadway run-The People's Theatre, NY.  Recent Stage Readings: Oscar Wao-The Goodman New Stages Festival and Old Globe Theatre-Powers New Voices Festival. World Premiere of the English version-The Goodman Theatre-February, 2026. Half-hour pilot-Our Friendly Neighbors-short-film format-DominiRican Productions. Marco Antonio is The Movement Theatre Company x The Black List inaugural Playwriting Commission winner. Bloom was Published in TRW x Black List Inaugural Collaboration (available at theatricalrights.com). Screenplay, Suffer the Children-Finalist-Fresh Voices Screenplay & Creative World Awards. The Black List named it one of the top three screenplays of the month! Marco Antonio is a National Hispanic Media Coalition Scriptwriters Program Fellow. New Roots, Space on Ryder Farm and New York Stage and Film residencies. He is Literary Manager and Head of The People’s Theatre Playwrights Unit, NY. He voices “Uncle Nestor” in Emmy nominated PBS Kids series, Alma’s Way and “Alo” the unicorn on Netflix animated series, Barbie: A Touch of Magic. www.marcoantoniorodriguez.com.