Victor Rodger

Victor Rodger is an award-winning New Zealand-Samoan writer and producer whose work explores themes of race, racism, sexuality and identity. His most successful play to date, Black Faggot, has been performed throughout New Zealand as well as Australia, Edinburgh and Hawai’i. Other plays include Sons, My Name is Gary Cooper and Uma Lava.

Through his theatre entity, FCC (FLOW, CREATE, CONNECT), he has produced critically acclaimed productions of Tusiata Avia’s Wild Dogs Under My Skirt (including a season Off Broadway at the SoHo Playhouse) and The Savage Coloniser Show.

Victor is also an experienced writer for television, and his short fiction has been published in multiple anthologies.

In 2021 Victor was made an Officer of the Order of New Zealand for services to theatre and Pacific Arts and in 2024 he became an Arts Laureate.