Artist Profile
Jon Lawrence Rivera (Director) is the recipient of the first Career Achievement Award from Stage Raw. Most recently, Rivera directed the following world premieres for Playwrights’ Arena: Little Women by Velina Hasu Houston, Billy Boy by Nick Salamone, The Hotel Play (performed in an actual hotel), Bloodletting by Boni B. Alvarez, @THESPEEDOFJAKE by Jennifer Maisel, Circus Ugly by Gabe Rivas Gomez, Painting in Red by Luis Alfaro, The Anatomy of Gazellas by Janine Salinas Schoenberg, Euripides’ Helen by Nick Salamone (at the Getty Villa), and Bonded by Donald Jolly. Other recent works include: Fairly Traceable by Mary Kathryn Nagle, Obama-ology by Aurin Squire, Criers for Hire by Giovanni Ortega, Stand-Off at Hwy #37 by Vicky Ramirez, Flipzoids by Ralph B. Peña (also in Manila), The Sonneteer by Nick Salamone, The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown. Recipient of a NY Fringe Festival Award, an LA Weekly Award, and a five-time Ovation Award nominee, Rivera is the founding artistic director of Playwrights’ Arena.