Amalia Oliva Rojas

Amalia Oliva Rojas is a Mexican poet, performer, and theatre artivist raised and based in Nueva York. Her work centers and archives the stories, myths, and legends told by her family, her community, and fellow WOC/immigrant women. Her plays include Tonantzin On the 7 Train, A Step-by-Step Guide on How to Succeed in the Myth-Making Business (Lehman College), How to Melt ICE (or How the Coyote fell in love with the lizard who was really a butterfly) (New York Women’s Fund Grant, New Perspectives Theatre Company and Boundless Theater Company, Latin American Theater Award for Outstanding Playwriting), and In The Bronx Brown Girls Can See Stars Too (Titan Theatre Company Future Classics Festival, Columbia University, upcoming: Lehman College, Fall 2024) Amalia is proud to be an Inaugural Lily’s Lorraine Hansberry Fellow, and CUNY MSI Lydia Mendoza Fellow. She is a third year MFA Playwriting candidate at Columbia University.

Medium: Theater