NEWS

Cedric Leiba Jr and Jose Candelaria aka Ceddy & JC have launched their salsa band and their first official show is Monday, May 19th […]

Cedric has joined the cast of Pregones/PRTT’s, Off-Broadway World Premiere of PARROTS AT THE PAGODA in the role of Jungu. The show runs May […]

Cedric had the gift of sharing a panel with queer artists, Pierre Jean Gonzalez, Marco Antonio Rodriguez, Willie The Genius, Tony Macy-Perez, Adam Odsess-Rubin […]

March 17, 2025 (New York City) – Actors, Producers and Advocates, Pierre Jean Gonzalez and Cedric Leiba Jr, continue to expand their involvement in […]

Cedric will be back on stage playing the role of Jacob in Music Theatre of Connecticut’s LA CAGE AUX FOLLES. The show runs April […]

“Gonzalez-Leiba Jr, who join as Producing Partners and for Audience Development are Pierre Jean Gonzalez and Cedric Leiba Jr, established actors, producers […]

Cedric Leiba Jr and Pierre Jean Gonzalez aka González-Leiba Jr in partnership with Score 3 Partners are Co-Producers for the newest revival of GYPSY […]

On Sunday, December 1st, Cedric and Pierre will be a part of a panel discussing their journey with DominiRican Productions and the road to […]

Gonzalez-Leiba Jr in partnership with Score 3 Partners is PROUD to be Co-Producers of the New York Times’ Critic’s Pick, SWEPT AWAY, a new […]

Cedric made a Co-Star appearance as the “Singing Patron” on Season 5, Episode 3 of THE EQUALIZER which aired on Sunday, November 3rd!

HONORED to announce that Stetson University blessed Cedric with the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award. This moment was made possible because Crista Cueto nominated Cedric […]

October 10, 2024 (New York City) – The co-founders of award-winning DominiRican Productions, Pierre Jean Gonzalez and Cedric Leiba Jr, continue to expand their […]

Cedric and his fiancé Pierre were sent to Havana, Cuba as part of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ […]

Cedric makes a cameo and his music is also featured in BARRIO BOY which is now streaming on Peacock and Apple TV! His fiancé […]

Cedric Leiba Jr and Pierre Jean Gonzalez received the 2024 Visibility Award from the Hispanic Federation’s FuerzaFest!

Words can’t fully describe the feeling of being […]

Bombazo Dance Company had the immense honor to perform not only at the 2024 National Puerto Rican Day Parade, but perform on […]

In June, Cedric was part in an Industry Presentation of a brand new musical, THE VIOLIN by Kara Dudley and Kami Nishima and directed […]

In the Spring, Cedric and his fiancé Pierre Jean Gonzalez produced and showcased two, brand new plays!

FREESTYLE: A Love Story, written by George Valencia […]

The Boston Conservatory at Berklee has recognized some of their Alums who have recently received TONY nominations including Cedric as a Co-Producer for Hell’s […]

GONZALEZ-LEIBA JR, in partnership with Score 3, are CO-PRODUCERS of Alicia Keys’ HELL’S KITCHEN!

Cedric and Pierre are deeply grateful to support and uplift another […]

MOST LIKELY NOT TO the musical was performed on February 29th at the Times Center in NYC. Livestream the show and check out Cedric […]

Cedric is baaaaaaaaack at 48 Hours in El Bronx, a 5th collaboration between Pregones/PRTT and Harlem9!

From Pregones/PRTT’s website: “We are thrilled to partner with […]

Cedric participated in a 29 Hour Reading of a new Hip Hop Musical called COMO CORRER in the role of OSCAR. The musical was […]

Cedric performed with Jaime Lozano for Lincoln Center’s “Jaime Lozano’s Navidad en Familia.” Check out Cedric singing Lozano’s “My Father’s Name” as well as […]

For a second time, Cedric performed on the TODAY SHOW dancing with host Sheinelle Jones for their Halloween episode. Go to minute 4 and […]

GRATEFUL and THRILLED to announce that my fiancé Pierre Jean Gonzalez and I are CO-PRODUCERS for the Broadway-bound revival of THE WIZ!!!!

This moment is […]

Cedric had the gift of portraying the role of Léo in Justin Santory’s TIME DON’T TAKE IT AWAY. The reading was part of the […]

Cedric is honored to be an invited speaker and represent DominiRican Productions at ALPFA’s annual, sold out, conference. He will be sharing ideas on […]

HIP-HOP celebrates 50 years and Cedric had the honor of re-creating the stories of how AFRICAN AMERICAN and PUERTO RICANS came together in the […]

Cedric is HONORED to be featured in this year’s LATINO BOOK REVIEW Magazine. It is his third time being published by this incredible organization […]

Making his MUNY debut, Cedric will be portraying the role of Chino as well as acting as the Dialect Coach in THE MUNY’s production […]

On Thursday, June 1st at 8pm, Cedric will be making his prime-time, episodic, NBC debut on THE BLAKCLIST! It’s the show’s last season and […]

Cedric and his fiancé Pierre Jean Gonzalez have the absolute honor of being Co-Prouducers and featured actors in the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival selected […]

Cedric and many other Latiné talent will be featured in the new musical AZUL which album drops March 23rd.

Check out this wonderful article on […]

The MADAME CLICQUOT Musical EP drops April 14th and Cedric will be featured in the album.

Clicquot: A Revolutionary Musical follows the early life of […]

Cedric’s FIRST feature film! Billy Eichner’s BROS made LGBTQIA history as the first gay, rom-com, with an all LGBTQIA cast produced by a major […]

Cedric and his fiancé Pierre Jean Gonzalez had the absolute pleasure of being interviewed by Entertainment Weekly’s Editor in Chief, Patrick Gomez during Hispanic […]

In the fall of 2017, Cedric was part of the development of a musical at the New York Theatre Workshop and five years later […]

MORE INTERNATIONAL ACCOLADES for DominiRican Production’s “release!” We won BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM and BEST LGBTQ FILM at the Florence Film Awards!!! Congratulations to […]

Cedric’s poem “Runners Meditation” selected for the 2022 Latino Book Review Magazine! For more information, click here!

In the Spring of 2022, Cedric portrayed the role of Macedonio Guerra aka The Mace in TheatreSquared’s THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY! For […]

Cedric portrayed the role of Richard “Dick” Rueben in acclaimed playwright and filmmaker Donja R. Love’s new digital series, “i need space.”

Synopsis: Isolated in […]

PURCHASE Spielberg’s WEST SIDE STORY Soundtrack and hear Cedric lend his voice in “La Borinqueña!”

“release,” an experimental short inspired by Cedric’s poem, was selected for Queer 2 Queer Fest, BiteSize Film Festival and received an Honorable […]

Cedric is featured in a beautiful article by Latinx Travel Club that describes his journey as an artist and producer with DominiRican Productions.

Cedric sat down and spoke with the multi-talented Darilyn Castillo on her brand new podcast Morenita to chat about his journey, AfroLatinidad and […]

Check out Cedric on NBC’s Today Show’s Halloween special, dancing with host Sheinelle Jones!

DominiRican Productions made the very first list of Good Morning America’s PRIDE Inspirational List!

Check out the article! #Grateful

The Advocate Magazine chooses DominiRican Productions as #ChampionsOfPride 2021 for New York! We are beyond honored.

Check the article here.

Cedric performed in a virtual presentation of SWEAT alongside Jennifer Holliday. All proceeds supported Broadway for Racial Justice.

BroadwayWorld Article!

Cedric’s poem “I PRAY I WON’T GET HIT” has been a selected entry for the 2021 LATINO BOOK REVIEW MAGAZINE! What an honor!

Cedric’s Tribeca Nominated Short, GETS GOOD LIGHT, was just nominated for a NAACP Image Award for OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM (LIVE ACTION).  Read more […]

Gets Good Light, starring Cedric Leiba Jr and OITNB’s Jessica Pimentel, was selected for the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival. Due to the pandemic, Gets […]