The Playwright

Tanya Saracho

Tanya Saracho was born in Sinaloa, México, raised along the Texas border. She attended Boston University for an undergraduate degree in Theatre and then moved to Chicago where she co-founded an all Latina theatre company called Teatro Luna in 2000.

“We came together because we realized that the stories and experiences of Latina/Hispana women were undervalued and underrepresented not only on the Chicago stage, but beyond. We were also concerned that the few parts written for Latina women often went to non-Latina actresses. We felt that we had to do something. Our answer was Teatro Luna, Chicago’s first and only all-Latina theater.”

Currently, she is located in L.A. as a “playwright who writes for television”. She is currently writing for How to Get Away With Murder and has written for shows including Looking, Girls and Devious Maids.

She has had plays produced at 2nd Stage, Steppenwolf Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Goodman Theater,  Teatro Vista, Teatro Luna, Fountain Theater, Clubbed Thumb, NEXT Theater and 16th Street Theater.

Some of her other plays include:

• Quita Mitos
• Our Lady of the Underpass
• El Nogalar (inspired by The Cherry Orchard)
• House on Mango Street (adaptation)
• Surface Day
• Enfrascada
• Mala Hierba
• The Tenth Muse
• Song for the Disappeared
• Hushabye

Writing for HTGAWM- from Instagram

In a recent interview on May 15, 2015 with Polly Carl on HowlRound Tanya talks about writing for TV and the transition from stage writing, Latin@s in the performing arts, moving from Chicago to L.A. and more.

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