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Rogelio Martinez Headshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rogelio Martinez is an award-winning and nationally recognized Cuban-American playwright. After leaving Cuba during the Mariel boatlift of 1980, Martinez quickly established himself in the United States as a unique voice in the American theater. Some of Martinez\u2019s most notable plays include BLIND DATE<\/em> (2018), BORN IN EAST BERLIN<\/em> (2020), PING PONG<\/em> (2015), WHEN TANG MET LAIKA<\/em> (2010), ALL EYES AND EARS<\/em> (2008), LEARNING CURVE<\/em> (2005), and ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES<\/em> (2009). Martinez\u2019s works have been developed and produced at renowned theaters across the country such as the Goodman Theater, the San Francisco Playhouse, the Public Theater, and the Arden Theater. Martinez was awarded the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017, as well as the Princess Grace Award and the James Hammerstein Award. Martinez is known for his interest in the Cold War period, and several of his most recent plays comprise his \u201cCold War Cycle.\u201d Martinez also serves as a mentor to emerging playwrights, is an arts education activist, and teaches playwriting at Columbia University and New York University. Recently, he has been writing a new play about Elian Gonzalez for Miami New Drama that is set to premiere in the Fall of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Career Highlight<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2017, Martinez received<\/a> the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in Drama and Performance Art. This coveted fellowship provides generous grants to exceptional scholars and creatives in the arts to help them develop new works. Through the Guggenheim Fellowship, Martinez was able to travel back to Cuba for the first time since leaving as a child in 1980 to conduct research for Cold War-era plays, building upon his \u201cCold War Cycle.\u201d The plays in this cycle include Ping Pong<\/em>, which is about American diplomacy in China under the Nixon administration, Born in East Berlin, <\/em>a play about Bruce Springsteen\u2019s Berlin concert before the collapse of the Berlin Wall, and Blind Date<\/em>, which explores the Geneva Summit of 1985.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blind Date<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n