ROSA NAVARRETE

Writer, Actor, Director

 "From a young age, I knew that 
storytelling had the power to protect 
 my family" - Rosa Navarrete  

Los Angeles,1991

Thank you, next...

Puta, Director

Ellay, Co-Creator

Feliz: An American Play, Director

Chabuca, Susana, Mami & Me, Writer & Filmmaker

Upcoming Events

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• Community​​

  • Supporting the efforts of Senate Bill 805. Learn more by going to our website SavingPerformingArtsAct.org or following us on FB, TW, IG.

  • Featured on Persistence of Sound podcast with host Gary Alvarez alongside Sujey Gonzalez to talk about Chicanas, Cholas y Chisme Virtual Play Festival. Click here to listen in.

  • Teaching youth and teens with Casa 0101 Theater (@casa0101) & Justice for My Sister (@justice4sister) (2021)

• Writing​

  • Chabuca, Susana, Mami & Me is part of Chicanas, Cholas y Chisme Virtual Play Festival 2021 - extended to May 30th. Tix @ www.casa0101.org

  • Polishing three original scripts NINA (a one-hour Sci-Fi Latinx TV script) and BROWN GIRLS (a 30-minute odd couple + college buddy show two Latina protagonists), and an untitled comedy project. 

  • Ellay Series completed their pilot filming this past October! Currently in post-production. Follow us IG/Twitter @ellayseries. (2020-1) 

• Acting​

  • Rio Grande Anthology by Josie Nerrico​. Directed by Roberta Martinez. Release date TBA (2021).

• Directing

  • Feliz - An American Play by Michael J. Mejia @ The Wayward Artist. World premiere with Frida Cinema on April 17, 2021 @ 7pm- a drive-in screening  with Frida Cinema. Now available online - pay what you can!

  • Puta short film written by Patricia Zamorano and starring an array of beautiful Latinx talent & featuring Lauren Ballesteros & Aileen Alfaro. Post production.

A few of my favorite things:

The Art of Being Brown 

Written & Directed by Rosa Navarrete & Sami Cubias
DP: Lucía Sanchez/Lux Nueve

Actors: Sami Cubias, Rosa Navarrete, and Alex Bonte

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Featured at the Immigration Symposium for UC Berkeley's Undocunation movement (2013)

Matriarchy Short Film

Written: Patricia Zamorano

Directed by Rosa Navarrete & Patricia Zamorano
DP: Rosa Navarrete

Actors: Lauren Ballesteros, Sujey Gonzalez, Maia "Vik" Villa, Jasmin Iraheta, Maria G. Gonzalez, Miguel Roura, Dante Dylan Gonzalez, Scarlett Kiley Renee Muguia

Mural artwork: Nani Chacon IG: @nanibahchacon

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Featured at The Schwules Museum in Berlin, Germany curated by Vera Hofmann (2018), Avenue 50 Art Gallery curated by Karineh Mahdessian (2019), Mujeres Con Faldas de Serpientes y Talones de Aguila curated by Dr. Martina Ayala (2020), CINEARTE Film Festival curated by Karla Legaspy (2018), and more. 

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