Rodrigo Couto Beilfuss

Rodrigo is the Artistic Director of Winnipeg’s Shakespeare in the Ruins (SIR), a company dedicated to revitalizing Classical theatre through immersive, promenade stagings at the picturesque Trappist Monastery Heritage Park. He spent four years in Ontario with the Stratford Festival, and then relocated back to Winnipeg to be the new AD of SIR in the Fall of 2019. Born and raised in Brazil, Rodrigo moved to Winnipeg in 2001 as an exchange student, discovering Hamlet in high-school. Mr Gord McLeod is to be blamed for everything, for Rodrigo hasn’t stopped pursuing Shakespeare since.

In Winnipeg, Rod was a founding member of Theatre by the River, and he has directed and acted in several productions at various local theatres. Rod also has a passion for teaching, and he has been a theatre instructor at various organizations and universities. He holds a BA (Honours) from the University of Winnipeg, an MA in Classical Acting from England’s LAMDA, and he’s a graduate of Stratford’s two flagship programs: the Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre and the Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Direction. More info at rodrigobeilfuss.com