ABSTRACT
Tanya Saracho was born in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, México. She is a playwright and television writer who’s worked on How To Get Away With Murder, HBO’s Looking, Girls, and Devious Maids. Saracho was named Best New Playwright by Chicago Magazine and is a proud member of The Kilroys. Saracho’s plays have been produced at Primary Stages in NYC (upcoming), 2nd Stage in NYC, Denver Theatre Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Goodman Theater, Steppenwolf Theater, Teatro Vista, Teatro Luna, Fountain Theater, Clubbed Thumb, NEXT Theater, and 16th Street Theater. Saracho was named one of nine national Latino “Luminarios” by Café Magazine and given the first Revolucionario Award in Theater by the National Museum of Mexican Art. She is the founder of Teatro Luna (the first all-Latina Theatre Company in the nation, now defunct) as well as the founder of ALTA (Alliance of Latino Theatre Artists). Plays written include: Fade, Hushabye, Mala Hierba, The Tenth Muse, Song for the Disappeared, Enfrascada, El Nogalar (inspired by The Cherry Orchard), an adaptation of The House on Mango Street for Steppenwolf, Our Lady of the Underpass, Kita y Fernanda, and Quita Mitos. Saracho currently has works in development with Starz, Two Rivers Theatre, and South Coast Repertory.
