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Rotimi Agbabiaka is an actor, writer, director, and teacher. Most recently, Rotimi originated the roles of Aladdin in The Magic Lamp (Presidio Theatre), Salima in House of Joy (California Shakespeare Theatre) and Cellphone in If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka (Playwrights Horizons, Off-Broadway). Other acting credits include roles at Yale Repertory Theatre, American Conservatory Theatre, Magic Theatre, Marin Theatre Company, Shotgun Players, and TheatreWorks. Rotimi is also a company member of Word for Word, Black Artists Contemporary Cultural Experience (BACCE), and the Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe. As a playwright, Rotimi penned and toured the solo shows Homeless, Type/Caste (Theatre Bay Area award), and MANIFESTO, and the musical, Seeing Red, co-written with Joan Holden and Ira Marlowe and produced by the San Francisco Mime Troupe. Rotimi has taught acting, movement, and play creation at the Yale School of Drama, Middlebury College, Bennington College, Southern Illinois University, the California Institute of Integral Studies, and American Conservatory Theatre, among others. Directing credits include the world premieres of VS. at TheatreFIRST and The Red Shades: A Trans Superhero Rock Opera at Z Space. Rotimi trained at the Moscow Art Theatre, received an MFA in Acting from Northern Illinois University, and has presented work at museums (the deYoung), in parks (with We Players), on street corners (with Jess Curtisâ GRAVITY), and on nightlife stages around the world (as drag alter ego Miss Cleo Patois). Currently teaching
TAPS 120A: Acting I: Fundamentals of Acting
(Autumn)
TAPS 124D: Acting for Non-Majors (Autumn) TAPS 273: Making Your Solo Show (Winter) TAPS 173: Making Your Solo Show (Winter) TAPS 22AX: Theatre of the People: Performance Based Acting (Summer) TAPS 120B: Acting II: Advanced Acting (Spring) |