MONICA SANCHEZ
DRAMATISTA
SELECT PRODUCTIONS
LOS DREAMERS (thesis workshop production) ABQ, NM
2018 dir. Tiffany Nicole Greene
NO SWAMP LIKE HOME
2015 Working Classroom ABQ, NM
1999 Working Classroom (commissioned premiere) ABQ, NM
FROM THE CHRONICLES OF ODISIA SANCHEZ
2015 Radio adaptation, Camino Real Productions PRX RADIO
2006 Inside the Ford Los Angeles, CA
2005 Journal Center, National Hispanic Cultural Ctr. ABQ, NM
2004 Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival Los Angeles, CA
2003 Teada Solo Festival (commissioned) Santa Monica, CA
PRIVATE PRIVATES & Yertle the Turtle and Other Despots
2005 Highways Performance Space Santa Monica, CA
LAST STOP RANCHERA (co-writer with The Latina Theatre Lab)
2000 Yerba Buena Center San Francisco, C
WE ARE GAME
1991 El Teatro Campesino San Juan Bautista, CA
YOU SAY CHAQUEGUE AND I SAY SHAQUEGUE
1987 La Compańía de Alburqueque ABQ, NM
PLAYWRIGHT
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SELECT READINGS
BLESS ME PRIMERA (BARELAS TRILOGY)
2019 National Hispanic Cultural Center ABQ, NM
88 CROSSTOWN
2019 Crowley Theatre, Marfa Live Arts Marfa, TX
LOS DREAMERS
2017 Inaugural INGENIO Milagro Play Festival Portland, OR
2016 Linnell Festival of New Works, UNM ABQ, NM
RUBI X: #Her Too
2017 Latinx Selectee,
“Black and Latino Playwrights Festival” University of Texas San Marcos, TX
2017 KCACTF (Kennedy Ctr. American College Theatre Fest.) San Angelo, TX
2016 Linnell Festival of New Works, UNM ABQ, NM
CROSSTOWN 88
2016 Linnell Festival of New Works, UNM ABQ, NM
EDUCATION ~ MASTERCLASSES ~ RESIDENCIES
2019 Artist in Residence Marfa, TX
2018 Black Swan Lab Residency OSF, Ashland, OR
2018 MFA in Dramatic Writing University of New Mexico
2017 Erik Ehn Hillsboro, NM
2015 Migdalia Cruz Latino Theatre Commons – Chicago Ill.
2006 Ricardo Bracho Casa 0101 – Los Angeles, CA
1998 Octavio Solís Intersection for the Arts, SF, CA
PUBLICATIONS & AWARDS
2019 Los Dreamers National Latinx Playwriting Award Finalist
2019 GO, GO GENTLE O'Neil National Playwrights Conference Semi-Finalist
2018 DeCure, Cynthia and Espinosa, Micha. Scenes for Latinx Actors: Voices of the New American Theatre. Smith and Kraus.
2018 LOS DREAMERS Bay Area Playwrights Festival Semi-Finalist
2018 LOS DREAMERS The Rosa Parks Playwriting Award Distinguished Achievement
2018 LOS DREAMERS The Kennedy Center Latinx Playwriting Award Distinguished Achievement
2017 THE GENTRY: Ten Minutes for Alex Nieto
~ Label Me Latina/o. N.p., n.d. Web. http://labelmelatin.com SPRING 2017 VOL. VII
2017 RUBI X Leah Ryan Emerging Women Writers Finalist
2016 THE CAPTIVE Bay Area Playwrights Festival Semi-Finalist