Rod Rolle photo
born 1965 Tokyo
mother is American Latina
father is Japanese banker
raised in Indonesia, Holland, and Washington, D.C.
has lived in Iowa
currently based in Los Angeles, California
attended the National Cathedral School
Yale University, B.A. Classics
studied law at Yale
University of California San Diego, M.F.A., 1992
has taught playwriting at the University of Iowa and at the University of Texas , Austin
Professor of Dramatic Arts and Director of the Playwriting Program, UC Santa Barbara
has received a Whiting Award, an NEA/TCG Artist-in-Residence Fellowship, a Jerome Fellowship, a McKnight Advancement Grand, Princeton University's Hodder Fellowship, 2005 Alpert Award in the Arts, a Stavis Award from the National Theatre Conference, a Rockefeller Foundation MAP grant, a Gerbode Foundation Fellowship, a PEN Center USA West Award for Drama
interviewed by Terry Hong in Asian Week
interviewed by Cindy Yoon at AsiaSource
UCSB Department of Dramatic Arts
