Nina Lucia Rodriguez (Director) (she/they) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Some of the forms in which she works include performing, screenwriting, poetry, directing, and devising. Nina is a Western Mass Puerto RicanTM and enjoys both leaf peeping and roasting an entire pig on a spit. She has aided in developing new work with theaters across the northeast such as the Williamstown Theater Festival, Playwright's Horizons, and Hartford Stage. She's a co-writer of the web series, Gro Up, for which she also directed the pilot episode. Gro Up's pilot was shown at the Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival, the Pan African Film and Arts Festival, and Martha's Vineyard Virtual Film Festival. Nina has a Bachelor of Arts in acting and a minor in comedy from Emerson College. Although she did complete her degree, she considers herself a 'clown school dropout'. Nina is dedicated to taking risks, collaborating with other artists, and engaging with the communities that surround their art.