Rock WILK’s BROKE WIDE OPEN was born as an independently released, self produced music album in 2007, before being developed into a solo theatrical work, was workshopped at PS 122 in NYC as part of the Undergroundzero Festival, had 10 performances at The Camden Fringe Festival in London, England, a sold out performance at The United Solo Theatre Festival back in New York City, and was presented as a main stage production at The Passage Theatre in Trenton, NJ. In November of 2012, BROKE WIDE OPEN enjoyed a highly acclaimed, Off Broadway run at The New Theatre at 45th Street, for almost four months, and was directed by Stephen Bishop Seely. In 2014, Rock appeared in his first feature film, Jamesy Boy, which stars James Woods, Mary Louise Parker and Ving Rhames, and was directed by Trevor White.
Rock is a recipient of the 2016 BRIO award for acting, awarded by the Bronx Council on the Arts. His second solo play, Brooklyn Quartet, which is directed by reg e gaines (Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk) was a finalist at The Downtown Urban Arts Festival in NYC, had a 10 performance workshop run at The Medicine Show Theatre also in NYC, had it's official debut at Pregones Theatre in The Bronx in June of 2016, and was presented for the first time as an ensemble play, produced by the Auroville Theatre Group in India in 2019. As an ambitious "marriage" of live theater and film, in collaboration with NYC filmmaker David C. Diaz, Brooklyn Quartet was adapted as a four part episodic mini series.
Covid shut down the debut of a new play written by Rock, The Red Plaid Suitcase, which was adapted to an award winning smartphone film, Rock's debut as a filmmaker, called The Center of Distance. He recently completed his second full length feature film, This is the End for Me, which was awarded Best Coming of Age Feature Film at the Manhattan Film Festival this past June of 2024 after its premiere at Cinema Village in Manhattan.
"I try to make art that disrupts things"- Rock WILK