Iris Rodrigo is an Hispanic performer, singer, producer, and brand designer based in NYC after immigrating to the US from Barcelona five years ago. Having been a professional youth performer at major venues in Spain and a recipient of a BBA from ESADE Business School, she comfortably balances the hybrid of art and business. In her time both performing in and creating imaginative projects in the independent NY theater scene, she has built a reputation as a dedicated, resourceful leader and a passionate, courageous theater artist. 

 

She recently played Susan in an acclaimed in-the-round production of tick, tick… BOOM! at The New Ohio (reprised at Kitchen Theatre Company in Ithaca, NY) and starred as Flora in a highly-inventive reimagining of Flora the Red Menace at Court Square Theater. She has also performed at both theatrical and nightlife venues including Urban Stages, The Pit, The Monster, NexGen Theatre, Green Room 42, Red Eye NY, Culture Lab LIC, Emerging Artist Theatre, and The Duplex. 

 

She is the co-founder, vice president, and executive producer of Forager Theatre Company, a nonprofit that employs its philosophy of foraging for objects, people, and perspectives to all of its theatrical and educational projects. She spearheads the company’s marketing, branding, and outreach, and artistic produces many of its concerts, readings, and shows. 

 

Iris currently works for the renowned nonprofit The Moth in the marketing department, having previously worked as a product manager, retail store leader, and hostess. In her spare time, she engages with up-and-coming photographers as a model for all types of shoots and fosters cats alongside the three of her own, Hades, Persephone, and Orpheus.