2026 Scholarship Recipient: Clarisa Gomez Rodriguez

Clarisa Gomez Rodriguez is a senior at Northwestern University where she studies Theatre in the Music Theatre Certificate. She is an actor, singer, composer, and director, originally from Venezuela and is making her professional debut this winter as Julieta in Romeo y Julieta at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre this winter! Favorite Northwestern credits include In the Time of the Butterflies (Minerva), Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Sonya), The Moors (Agatha), Pithya (Phoebe), and Man of La Mancha. Passionate about new and experimental work, she is a proud member of Vertigo Productions and TBD, as well as the Latin Music Ensemble and Mariachi NU. She is incredibly grateful to the Sarah Siddons Foundation for this scholarship and would like to thank her family, friends, and professors for their immense and continued support.