SIN BARRERAS: A Free Weekly Virtual Playwriting Forum

SIN BARRERAS is a free online weekly playwriting forum facilitated by Margo Rofé and Yolanda Mendiveles. in which all levels of writers are inspired, encouraged, and supported in the exploration and development of their writing. The forum is an inclusive, safe, and positive space designed to help writers in their process. Through the use of prompts, weekly readings, and feedback, writers are encouraged to find their voice and develop their plays.

Yolanda Mendiveles is a playwright and a Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble Board Member. Yolanda's 15-minute musical, Is It Ahead Or Behind?, was performed at the Colony Theatre in 2008, and her one-acts California Dreamin', and Velorio were performed at Casa 0101 Theater in 2015. Yolanda also edited 3 short films for Chicanas, Cholas, Y Chisme which were screened at Casa 0101 Theater. In 2018 a staged reading of Mendiveles' Blanca Nieves’ Christmas Play was performed at the Wayward Artist Theatre, with a write up in the LA TIMES.

Margo Rofé is a Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble Board Member, an attorney, and a playwright. She is the author of CapLata, produced by Breath of Fire as part of the Covid Monologues Series, The Dreamer, performed as part of Breath of Fire’s Staged Stories, and Venn Diagram, which has received table reads at Breath of Fire and the Robey Theater, among others.