Archbishop Carroll senior Lorenzo Rodriguez prepares for his next act
Days after returning from Puerto Rico following his grandfather’s funeral, Lorenzo Rodriguez stood backstage at Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington preparing to perform in the school’s adaptation of “A Christmas Carol.”
He had missed rehearsals. Midterms were waiting. Grief was still fresh.
“I emailed the director and asked if there was another way I could help with the show,” Rodriguez said.
Instead, the director asked whether he still wanted to perform.
Rodriguez did.
During the production, he delivered a monologue about grief and loss while mourning his grandfather, Hector Rodriguez, whom he described as “the male role model in my life.”