victor cervantes jr. is a theatermaker, educator, and community organizer from Phoenix, AZ. they are the Associate Producer of New Work and Innovation & Strategy at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. recently, they were the Line Producer for 7 Minutes by Stefano Massini (The Lehman Trilogy on Broadway) and directed by Mei Ann Teo with Waterwell Productions. last Fall, they produced a sold-out run of The Pool Plays (3 Premieres in Rep by Kate Cortesi, Brenda Withers, and Emily Zemba) at The New Ohio Theater. in 2020, they were the Creative Producer for The Homebound Project, a fundraiser for No Kid Hungry, which raised over $150K. they are the former Associate Producer at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (Seasons 23 + 24), former Co-Artistic Producer of MiddleVoice at Rattlestick (2013 - 2018). they aim to support and uplift BIPOC+ Queer and Trans artists and stories to more visible platforms, and to reach communities that have been pushed to the margins. they have enjoyed teaching for NTI at The O'Neill Theater Center, ASU, Hunter College, NYU, and schools serving the ASD community. 1st-Generation College Graduate: BFA NYU/Tisch School for the Arts, Lee Strasberg Centennial Scholar + Martin Luther King Jr. Scholar.

Actor (selected): Henry IV (dir. Phyllida Lloyd at St. Ann's Warehouse); Lila Feinberg’s Clifford Odets Ensemble Commissioned piece Love Lab (dir. by GT Upchurch); Harrison Rivers’ Look Upon Our Lowliness (Shy) (dir. David Mendizabal); Vassa Zhelesnova (dir. Moritz van Stuelpnagel); Savage in Limbo (dir. Stella Powell-Jones); Polaroid Stories (dir. Adam Knight); Multistages’ Temple of the Souls; The Alec Baldwin Fellowship at Singers Forum. Director (selected): Arthur Laurents' Centennial Award Winner for The Enclave by Arthur Laurents (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater); The Parlour by Xavier Galva (Middle Voice at Rattlestick); Hawthorne’s James Baldwin Project (Middle Voice at Rattlestick); Exposure by Steve DiUbaldo (Middle Voice at Rattlestick); Summer and Smoke by Tenessee Williams (NYU/ETW); and (melo)drama*tic by victor cervantes jr. (NYU/Strasberg). Playwright: (melo)drama*tic, hom#phobic, connectSHUN, four Stories for Stories, and human(I)fest. he was part of the inaugural Greenhouse Residency at SPACE on Ryder Farm. Producer (selected): Street Children by Pia Scala-Zankel (Vertigo Theater Company); Grace, or The Art of Climbing (Art House Productions); MCC Freshplay.