Rivka Rivera (she/her) is a playwright and filmmaker based in New York City, strongly focusing on stories that delve into cultural and personal identities whose work has been featured at Irondale Theater, HB Studios, and the Straz Center. Her play, THE MOURNERS, centered around a family during Hurricane Maria, was selected for Carnegie Mellon’s development incubator, ColLABo, and was a semi-finalist for the Royal Court Theater. Rivka has been recognized as a filmmaker with a short film featured in PAPER MAG. She was a finalist for Rattlestick Theater’s Terrence McNally New Works Incubator Fellows and the Princess Grace Awards. As a co-host of the podcast “Movies vs. Capitalism,” Rivka explores the intersection of storytelling and socio-political themes. A graduate of Fiorello H. LaGuardia H.S. for Performing Arts and Carnegie Mellon University, Rivka’s work has continuously engaged audiences with its rich and complex explorations of human experiences. She is a member of the Conch Shell Artist Collective of Caribbean Diaspora Writers, the Irondale Ensemble, and the [Re] Verse Writer’s Group.
