La Gringa
American Stage -St Petersburg,FL 2023.
By Carmen Rivera, Directed by: Tatyana-Marie Carlo; Scenic Design:Rodrigo Escalante; Lighting Design: Christina Watanabe; Costume Design: Shahrzad Mazaheri Sound Design: Germán Martinez . Cast: Alina Alcántara , Germainne Lebrón, Angela Reynoso, Pedro Bayón, Jessy Julianna, Victor Souffrant.  Production photos by Chaz D Photography.

"As I walked into American Stage downtown St. Pete, I was struck in awe by the wondrous set created by scene designer Rodrigo Escalante. Escalante created scenes for the theater’s production of Carmen Riviera’s OBIE award-winning play, La Gringa. I experienced two worlds entangled together in that theater. The beautiful, tropical jungle and mountain sides of Puerto Rico surround the living spaces of the extended family of the main protagonist, Maria. This environment is the visual representation of a theme in this play: the duality of life. This theme can create both harmony and conflict"
​-Brian Shea for The Gabber
"Scenic designer Rodrigo Escalante created a lush set filled with live tropical plants and mulch. It serves many purposes for different scenes, like residential landscaping, but easily becomes Monchi's farm where Maria tries her hand at farming(which is hilarious). It also becomes El Yunque, a tropical rainforest where Maria, Monchi and Manolo have a spiritual experience"
-Tampa Bay News
"Rodrigo Escalante's set makes masterful use of every square inch of available space, giving the production a larger-than-life ambiance"
-The Bradenton Times