Ivan R. López
Theatre Artist
photo by @morgansophiaphotography
I’m a Cuban-American theatre artist born and raised in Miami. I’m a playwright, director, actor, professor, and hospital clown. Over my 15 year career, I’ve worked in Miami, Atlanta, Denver, Connecticut, and New York.
I believe good stories can heal us. They connect us to the universal and to our shared humanity. The theatre brings us together to laugh, cry, and feel our feelings. In an increasingly digital world where isolation is on the rise, theatre fuels connection. I feel at home in this work.
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Ivan performed in G7: 2070, a new immersive play
Ivan played the role of Cardinal Sixten Hjulmand, the Secretary of State of the European Papal Federation in G7: 2070, a new immersive play by William Hector, at The Kampong in Coconut Grove.
The year is 2070 and the power centers of the world look very different. The leaders of the seven mightiest nations on Earth meet to discuss a new “Miami Project” to resurface the sunken city. Tickets are now on sale.
THE LION TAMER selected for the 2023 Gulfshore Playhouse New Works Festival
Ivan’s play, The Lion Tamer, was one of three winners of the Gulfshore Playhouse’s 2023 New Works Festival in Naples, Florida. He was in residency at the Gulfshore Playhouse in September where he workshopped the play for a play. It culminated with a public reading of the play.
Ivan in AMERICAN THEATRE MAGAZINE
Ivan was recently featured in AMERICAN THEATRE MAGAZINE with the announcement of his selection for the Gulfshore Playhouse New Works Festival.
Ivan’s hospital clown work featured on WSFL’s Inside South Florida
WSFL aired a segment on Healthy Humor’s Red Nose Docs program at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. The segment featured an interview with Ivan and clips of him clowning as Dr. Purple. “(These kids) are going through some of the most unimaginable things that you can think of,” he says in the segment. “But they haven’t forgotten that they’re kids. Our role is to come in there and just play and we end up treating the healthy part of the child.”
I FOUND THIS ON THE WEB premieres at City Theatre’s SUMMER SHORTS: Homegrown Edition
Ivan’s short play, I FOUND THIS ON THE WEB, premiered at City Theatre’s Summer Shorts: Homegrown Edition at the Arsht Center in Downtown Miami, June 9-25, 2023. His play was called “moment to moment hilarious” (Christine Dolen, Artburst Miami) and “one of the funniest of the evening” (Bill Hirschman, Florida Theater On Stage).