Playwriting with Diana Burbano

Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Playwrights MeetUp -  Every week on Thu, 7 occurrence(s)

Aug 6, 2020 06:00 PM

Aug 13, 2020 06:00 PM

Aug 20, 2020 06:00 PM

Aug 27, 2020 06:00 PM

Writing Prompts and Reading pages of writers. Providing constructive feedback and discussion. This workshop is a continuation of writers who have participated in the previous round of workshops; to build and create their work. If you are interested in joining, we encourage you to rsvp and consider signing up to read your pages or wait till the next round 

The MEETUP closes 10 minutes after start.

Sign ups to read from your WIP on Thursday here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DJI-grr9aAUBixNYORmC6Z9nXWDuQ4ioqpwH_B1ZB_c/edit

(If you read last week maybe please hold off on signing up until Thursday morning)

Access link for each workshop is separate for each one when you RSVP. 

We recommend you sign up for each one you want to attend. 

Thank you!

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Diana Burbano She/her/hers  

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BIO

Diana Burbano, a Colombian immigrant, is an Equity actor, a playwright and a teaching artist at South Coast Repertory and Breath of Fire Latina Theatre Ensemble. Written work includes:  Policarpa, Oregon Shakespeare Festival Brown Swan lab 2017, Drama League Rough Draft series May 2017, Honorable Mention, Jane Chambers Award 2017, Parsnip Ship 2017 Fabulous Monsters, Latinx Play Festival, San Diego Rep 2017, Festival51 2016 winner, about women in Punk Rock,Picture me Rollin’ (featured at the 35th annual William Inge Festival and Inkfest at 2cents.), Silueta, (about the Cuban artist Ana Mendieta), with Tom and Chris Shelton, and the TYA Shakespeare mash-up, Caliban’s Island winner 2017 Headwaters New Play Festival at Creede Repertory. (Published by YouthPLAYS). Libertadoras, Vamping and Linda were written for the 365 Women a Year project and have been performed around the world, with Linda featured in more that 20 festivals over the last year, including Center Theatre Group’s community library series. Her short play Rounds Per Second is in Smith and Kraus’s 5-minute play anthology. She is currently writing material for Center Theatre Group’s Chisme y Queso series, for Rogue Artists Plummer Park project and for Kaiser Permanente’s Educational touring show. She has also been a working actor since leaving the Professional Actors Conservatory in 1991. She originated the roles of Ama de Casa in the Spanish version of Menopause the Musical, Thumb in Imagine, and Holo-1 in the Labors of Hercules. She recently played Ana Guerrero in Jose Cruz Gonzales' Long Road Today/El Largo Camino de Hoy Dialogue/Dialogos project at South Coast Repertory.  TV includes The People vs OJ Simpson, Cold Case, Betas.  She played punk Praetorian guard Viv in the cult movie musical, The Isle of Lesbos She manages Sleep Till Noon Productions and The Gourmet Detective. Diana is one of the original members of the writers circle for Latino Theatre Association/ Los Angeles. She is also a member of The Dramatists Guild and The Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights.