about

Rose Gonzales (they/she) is a queer Filipino-American playwright, actor, dramaturg, and photographer based in New York City, originally hailing from Costa Mesa, California.

They hold a BA in Drama and Theatre from CUNY Queens College, and have had the great privilege of workshopping and producing plays through Orange Coast College’s Student Repertory Theatre. They served as the OCC Student Rep Artistic Director for a year, and as marketing manager for QC’s Theatre Guild.

  • Rose’s play Five Faces (Oil on Canvas) has been selected for readings with the Chicago Filipino American Theatre Festival, Fishwife Productions, and The Larking House. Other collaborators include The Tank, Elmwood Playhouse, and the OC-Centric New Works Festival.

    Their writing is for the Gen Z Asian-American—modern, queer, and tech-savvy, examining the disconnect between the assimilated youth versus older generations more connected to their cultures. With fresh dialogue, colorful characters, and raw explorations of love, grief, and moving forward, they strive to create art that represents the diversity of their generation as well as the universal core feelings that connect us all as human beings.

  • Recent acting credits include Medvedenko (The Seagull, City Gate Productions), One (Two for One, in-version ensemble), Ivan (Uncle Vanya, New York Fringe Festival), and #00 (The Wolves, CUNY Queens College). They have received two BroadwayWorld Off-Broadway Award nominations for Best Performance in a Play.

  • Rose is a freelance dramaturg, most recently working on a production of Cowboy Mouth by Sam Shepard and Patti Smith with their alma mater’s Theatre Guild.

inspiration

Rose’s favorite pieces of art include The Architecture of Loss by Julia Cho, Woman Running in the Mountains by Yūko Tsushima, “the very inside” by Indigo Chih-Lien Som, Spirited Away (2001) dir. Hayao Miyazaki, Sugar Rush (2005-2006), Adventure Time (2010-2018) “Recessional” by Vienna Teng, The Meeting on the Turret Stairs (watercolor and gouache on paper) by Frederic William Burton, Brennan Lee Mulligan’s final monologue as K.P. Hob in Dimension 20’s A Court of Fey and Flowers, and their d20 flail tattoo by Crys Chen.