Jorge Alberto Rubio (Gabriel) is an actor and theater professor from Los Angeles and Mexico who has worked mostly in New York and Regional Theaters in the U.S., Peru and Russia. He collaborates with artists from many backgrounds and disciplines in the exploration of social equity, diversity and culture through the performing arts.

As an actor, he has had the privilege of working with some of the world´s most celebrated theater practitioners such as Karin Coonrod, Jay Scheib, Octavio Solis and Aya Ogawa from the U.S., Peter Brook, Niel Bartlett, Mark Wing-Davie from England, Dominique Serrand from France, Rodrigo Benza from Peru, Janos Saez from Hungary and Adolf Shapiro from Russia.

He forms part of the international theater group Compagnia de Colombari based in New York dedicated to cultural, social and artistic diversity and the decolonization of classical texts. Recent projects include More or Less I Am Remote with Compagnia de Colombari, El Colaborador at MicroTeatro Lima, a play that reveals political corruption in Peru. Jorge has also created performances for El Día de los Muertos at Museo del Barrio New York and performed at The Public Theater, La Mama, INTAR, Target Margin Theater, Here Arts Center, P.S 122, The Lark, American Repertory Theater, BFA Boston, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Teatro de la Esperanza, San Jose Stage Company and Mixed Blood Theater.

Jorge has worked as Assistant Professor and Theatre Program Coordinator at Bunker Hill Community College, He has been an instructor at City University of New York, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, La Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, UPC, Universidad Científica del Sur and La Universidad de San Ignacio de Loyola in Peru. He also is a teacher and co-founder of the theater school in Peru, Talleres de Teatro con Jorge y Monilú–acting workshops for children, youth and adults. He is of Mexican heritage and loves spending time with his brilliant actor and producer wife and his two amazing daughters. He enjoys cooking in the evenings, running, surfing very early in the mornings and swimming in lakes with the familia.

Armando Rivera* (he/him) (Jorge) is a Boston based director, actor, historian, and serves as Artistic Director of Teatro Chelsea, a bilingual Latine theater company in Chelsea, MA. His current focus lies in uplifting new Latine narratives that highlight the bilingual experience and resonate with diverse communities. Select directing credits include: Fade(Kitchen Theatre Company), Revitalized, El Camino de Cuentos Oscuros, Sonia se Fue (Teatro Chelsea). Latin American Folktales, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Apollinaire Play Lab). www.TeatroChelsea.com

Francisco Mendoza (Playwright) was born in the wine region of Mendoza, Argentina, and ever since he was a kid he was passionate about storytelling, dreaming of traveling the world like his literary heroes – a dream that became real when he was twelve and his family relocated to Brazil. After graduating from Journalism school, he received a fellowship at the Tisch School of the Arts’ Dramatic Writing MFA program and, moving countries a second time, Francisco is now pursuing a writing career in New York. His work spans plays, TV, screenplays, a full season of a podcast, several short stories, and a few magazine articles, as well as his first novel. He’s a co-founder of the Immigrant Theatermakers Advocates initiative, which seeks to create a more immigrant-welcoming theater industry. For more about his work and a comprehensive (if boring) list of credits, visit notrealmendoza.com

Jack Cline he/they, (Music Director – Performances) is a musician and California girl who is overjoyed to be making their Central Square Theater debut. Most recently, he’s worked on HAIR at Tufts University and Assassins at Lyric Stage Company of Boston. To paraphrase their idol adrienne maree brown, science fiction is a form of community organizing; we are shaping the future we long for and have not yet experienced. I love you Mom, to Pluto and back. @j.ackcline