Daniel Rodriguez Hijo

Actor, director, producer, and playwright, Daniel is the tireless project lead for theatre in Plain City as the Vice-President of Theatre for the Plain City Music, Arts, & Theatre Society.

Education: B.A. in Theatre from Ohio Wesleyan University

Daniel has directed educational theatre programs supporting school-aged artists since 2014. He is currently the "Drama Club Head Coach" for Jonathan Alder High School, the Acting Coach for the JAHS Spring Musical program, and acts as associate producer, director, actor, and instructor as the Theatre Specialist

for the City of Dublin's Abbey Theater.

Recent Works

Bobby and the Chimps

by James Phillips

Hadestown: Teen Edition

Gold in the Bones

by Eric Coble

Experience

Year	Title	Role(s)	Company
2025	A Christmas Carol by Patrick Barlow	Associate Producer, Marketing	Abbey Theater of Dublin
2025	Frozen JR	Associate Producer, Marketing	Abbey Theater of Dublin
2025	Pater/Wendy by Jeremy Bloom	Producer, Director, Graphic Design	Jonathan Alder High School
2025	"The Witch of November" by Vidas Barzdukas	Associate Producer, Marketing, Graphic Design	Abbey Theater of Dublin
2025	Gutenberg! The Musical!	Associate Producer, Marketing, Graphic Design	Abbey Theater of Dublin
2025	Hadestown: Teen Edition	Associate Producer, Marketing	Abbey Theater of Dublin
2025	Twain's Tales by David Taylor London	Producer, Director	Plain City Music, Arts, & Theatre Society
2025	Alice in Wonderland JR	Associate Producer, Marketing	Abbey Theater of Dublin
2025	"You're My Boy" by Herb Brown	Associate Producer, Director, Marketing, Graphic Design	Abbey Theater of Dublin
2025	Fun Home	Associate Producer	Evolution Theatre Company
2025	"Bobby and the Chimps" by James Phillips	Associate Producer, Co-Director, Marketing, Graphic Design	Abbey Theater of Dublin
2025	Hadestown: Teen Edition	Acting Coach	Jonathan Alder High School
2025	Schoolhouse Rock Live! JR	Associate Producer, Marketing	Abbey Theater of Dublin
2025	Macbeth	Associate Producer, Co-Director, Marketing	Abbey Theater of Dublin
2024	Madeline's Christmas	Associate Producer, Marketing	Abbey Theater of Dublin
2024	"City Jail" by Catherine Adams	Associate Producer, Marketing, Graphic Design, "Phil"	Abbey Theater of Dublin
2024	Disney's Descendants	Associate Producer, Marketing	Abbey Theater of Dublin
2024	Gold in the Bones by Eric Coble	Producer, Director, Marketing, Graphic Design	Jonathan Alder High School
2024	"See No Evil" by Cory Skurdal	Director	Original Productions Theatre
2024	"An Umbrella on a Rainy, Rainy Day" by Robert Cooperman	Associate Producer, Marketing	Abbey Theater of Dublin
2024	Alice by Heart	Associate Producer, Marketing	Abbey Theater of Dublin
2024	Green Day's American Idiot	Associate Producer, Marketing	Abbey Theater of Dublin
2024	"The Path of the Pioneer" (Staged Reading) by Daniel Rodriguez Hijo	Producer, Playwright, Director, "Villager"	Plain City Music, Arts, & Theatre Society
2024	"Moby Dick's Gone Missing" by Sean Cooney	Associate Producer, Marketing, Graphic Design	Abbey Theater of Dublin
2024	James and the Giant Peach JR	Associate Producer, Marketing	Abbey Theater of Dublin
2024	Once Upon a Mattress	Producer, "Knight"	Plain City Music, Arts, & Theatre Society
2024	"Through the Grapevine" by Dalton Mosely, Lukas Rhynard, Grace Smith, and Isaac Jones	Associate Producer, Director, Marketing	Abbey Theater of Dublin
2024	Our Town	Co-Director	Stage Right Theatrics
2024	Into the Woods	Acting Coach	Jonathan Alder High School
2024	"Time" Show Choir Show	Assistant Director, Set Designer	Jonathan Alder High School
2023	The Ever After by Nathan Hartswick	Producer, Director	Jonathan Alder Junior High School
2023	Dionysia 2023: "Moon Logic" by David Lipschutz, "Piece of Cake" by Allie Costa, "Sleeping with Cicadas" by Melissa Milich, and "Cross Winds Over the Saanich Inlet" by Karen Howes	Producer, Director	Jonathan Alder High School
2023	"The Picture of Dorian" by Anne Gorman	Producer, Assistant Director	Plain City Music, Arts, & Theatre Society
2023	"AOnn" by Jasmine Fadlallah	Director	Abbey Theater of Dublin
2023	Newsies	Acting Coach	Jonathan Alder High School
2023	"Abundant Life" by Cory Skurdal	"Man 5"	Original Productions Theatre
2022	Robin Hood by Tim Kelly	Producer, Director	Jonathan Alder Junior High School
2022	Ghostlight by Stephen Gregg	Producer, Director	Jonathan Alder High School
2022	Too Fabulous to Fail by Don Zolidis	Producer, Director	Plain City Trinity Theatre Co
2022	Game of Myths by Jennifer Simmons	Producer, Director	Jonathan Alder Junior High School
2022	Shrek the Musical	Acting Coach	Jonathan Alder High School
2022	Journeys of Love (Musical Scene Showcase)	Photographer, Videographer	Ohio Wesleyan University
2022	The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter	Director, Set Design	Ohio Wesleyan University
2022	She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen	Marketing, Graphic Design	Ohio Wesleyan University
2021	After Hours by Kevin Stone	Producer, Director	Jonathan Alder Junior High School
2021	Orchesis 2021	Videographer	Ohio Wesleyan University
2021	"The Daughters of Leda" by Madeline Sayet	Marketing	Ohio Wesleyan University
2021	COVID Cabaret (One-Act Showcase)	Producer, Playwright, Director, Marketing	Plain City Trinity Theatre Co
2021	My Gypsy Robe by Tim Kelly	Producer, Director, Marketing	Plain City Trinity Theatre Co
2021	"Trial by Fire" by Carl DeScott	Director, Marketing	Ohio Wesleyan University
2021	My Fair Lady	Set Construction	Jonathan Alder High School
2021	"Time to Feast" by Jerrod Ward	"Vincent"	Ohio Wesleyan University
2020	"Big Diner of Disaster" by Daniel Rodriguez Hijo, Grayson Abend, and Ryan Gutierrez	Producer, Playwright, Director	Plain City Trinity Theatre Co
2020	The Secret Garden	Set Construction	Ohio Wesleyan University
2019	The Best Worst Day of My Life by Dick Grunert	Producer, Director	Jonathan Alder Junior High School
2019	Let Him Sleep 'Til It's Time for His Funeral by Peg Kehret	Producer, Director	Plain City Trinity Theatre Co
2019	Hamlet	"Horatio"	Ohio Wesleyan University
2019	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Set Construction, "Demetrius"	Jonathan Alder High School
2018	"Roaring 20's" Show Choir Show	Performer, Set Construction	Jonathan Alder High School
2018	Seussical the Musical	"General Ghangis Kahn Schmits", Chorus, Set Construction	Jonathan Alder High School
2017	"The Indian Pioneer" by Daniel Rodriguez Hijo	Producer, Playwright, Director	Jonathan Alder Junior High School
2017	Spirit! by Peg Kehret	Student Director, Set Design	Jonathan Alder High School
2017	"Americana" Show Choir Show	Performer, Set Construction	Jonathan Alder High School
2017	Mary Poppins	'Mr. Northbrook", Chorus, Set Construction	Jonathan Alder High School
2016	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Tim Kelly	Producer, Director	Jonathan Alder Junior High School
2016	The Best Christmas Pageant Ever	"Father", Assistant Director	Jonathan Alder High School
2016	"Beach" Show Choir Show	Crew, Set Construction	Jonathan Alder High School
2016	The Little Mermaid	"Sebastian", Set Construction	Jonathan Alder High School
2015	"Stars" Show Choir Show	Crew, Set Construction	Jonathan Alder High School
2015	The Princess King by Jeff Fluharty	Producer, Director	Jonathan Alder Junior High School
2015	Little Women by Scott Davidson	"Theodore Laurence"	Cindy Walker (Independent)
2015	The Wedding Singer	Chorus	Encore! Union County
2015	The Sound of Music	Chorus, Set Consruction	Jonathan Alder High School
2014	Alice@Wonderland by Jonathan Yukich	Producer, Director	Jonathan Alder Junior High School
2014	"Coraline the Musical" by Adam Wheelbarger	"Wybie/Other Wybie"	Jonathan Alder High School
2014	Lord of the Pies by Clint Snyder	"Chef #3"	Jonathan Alder Junior High School
2013	"Peter Pan" by Adam Wheelbarger	"The Chief", Assistant Director	Plain City Public Library
2013	Oddball by Lindsay Price	"Sergeant"	Jonathan Alder Junior High School
2012	"Alice in Wonderland" by Adam Wheelbarger	"The Mad Hatter"	Plain City Public Library
2012	Not-So-Grimm Tales by Kevin Bean	"Grumpy #2"	Canaan Middle School