OFFICIAL BIO…
Alejandra Maria Rivas (Alé/they/elle) is an Indigenous-Chicane-Mexican theater artist, administrator, and DEIB consultant based in Lisjan Ohlone land, hailing from Tongva land.
Alejandra has worked at various organizations around the Bay Area including American Conservatory Theater, Shotgun Players, Z Space, Berkeley Rep, Cal Shakes, Crowded Fire SF Playhouse, City Street Artists, TheatreFIRST, Town Hall Theater, Central Works, and the Bay Area Women’s Theater Festival. Favorite theatre credits include: amémonos (Performer); Limāo y Sal (Performer); Cabaret (Performer); Inked Baby (Asst. Director); In the Heights (Performer). Alejandra has also had their play, La Paloma produced on multiple occasions, both as a staged reading and full production. They dedicate this play to their ancestors.
Alejandra has also worked as an MFA program administrator and an education and community programs administrator at A.C.T., and has been a teaching artist at various organizations. Additionally, they have experience as a production manager, stage manager, and electrician. Alejandra has done most everything when it comes to running theater performance spaces.
Alejandra has served as a DEIB program manager and consultant with a focus on anti-racism, accessibility, strategic planning, and equity-first culture. They have been a guest lecturer on DEIB at universities, a scholarship panel member for theater programs, and was a guest speaker at the Pride Youth Alliance Conference in 2020. Alejandra was also named as a part of Center Theater Group’s Emerging Artists Cohort in 2021. Most recently in 2024, Alejandra served as a social justice consultant on research related to TTRPGs and empathy building.
Alejandra loves project management admin tasks, QTBIPOC-centered art, and getting philosophical. In their free time, Alé loves eating, reading, video games, Dungeons & Dragons, karaoke, protesting, being a hype-man, and being with time as it moves along.
STATEMENT ON whomst?
Alejandra Maria Rivas for long. Ale for short. *
Originally from Kizh|Tongva stolen land, currently living on Muwekma|Saclan|Ohlone occupied land (Huichin).
NB. Latine. Mexicane. Americane. Chicane.
INFJ. Capricorn sun. Leo rising. Cancer moon.
I am drawn to theatre that is representative of the world around me. I believe in silly and disruptive and magical storytelling. I love theatre that is uncomfortable AND theatre that celebrates joy. I want to pursue art that has a way of connecting deep within the human soul; that really makes you think about how you interact with the world, how the world interacts with you, and how you interact with yourself. I think about active anti-racism and representation. I think about equity, accessibility, and inclusion.
Belonging. Celebration.
I think of theatre as another way to reflect on ourselves and society. If something makes us uncomfortable, why does it make us uncomfortable? How do we sit with our discomfort? Or do we? When do we need discomfort and when do we need joy? How can both coexist? I seek to create theatre that makes us ask questions.
*pronounced Ah-leh or Álé