Elizabeth Rodriguez on Going Head to Head with Rock & Cannavale in The Motherf**ker With the Hat

Age and Hometown: “Older than I look!”; New York, NY

Current Role: A Broadway debut performance as Veronica, the drug-using true love of recovering alcoholic Jackie (Bobby Cannavale) in Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Motherf**ker With the Hat.

Funny Girl: The live-wire Rodriguez was raised in a non-Gossip Girl area of Manhattan's Upper East Side. “I grew up in a broken home, working class,” she says. “My paternal grandmother raised me and my brother; my father was with us, and my mother lived in Jersey.” Rodriguez coped by developing a quick wit that has served her well as an actress. “When you have a tough childhood, you either cry or make a joke,” she says. Tapped for a local TV sketch show based on her personality, “I had no idea what I was doing,” she admits. “I had this epiphany: I wanted to act, and I knew I needed to study.” A two-year program at William Esper Studio led to TV guest spots, movies such as Miami Vice and membership in LAByrinth Theatre Company.

LAB Results: Rising LAByrinth playwright Guirgis recognized a kindred spirit in Rodriguez, who has now acted in four of his plays. “He writes about ...

Source: http://www.broadway.com/shows/motherfker-hat/buzz/155930/elizabeth-rodriguez-on-going-head-to-head-with-rock-cannavale-in-the-motherfker-with-the-hat/

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