Karen Zacarias
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| Born | 1969 Mexico |
| Occupation | Playwright |
| Nationality | United States of America |
Karen Zacarías is a Latina playwright, who was born in Mexico in 1969. She is a well-recognized Latina playwright who is known for her play, Mariela in the Desert. It was the winner of the National Latino Playwriting Award and a finalist for other prizes.Mariela in the Desert was debuted at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. Zacarías is also the founder of the Young Playwright's Theatre located in Washington, D.C. She currently lives in Washington, D.C, with her husband and three children.
Zacarías received her Bachelors in Arts from Stanford University in 1991 and then went on to pursue her Masters in Creative Writing at Boston University in 1995. Zacarías comes from an artistic family from Mexico. Her grandfather, Miguel Zacarías, was a movie director and writer during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 30's and 40's. Even though Karen Zacarías came from an artistic family she initially resisted pursuing an artistic career.
To quote Zacarias she said:
"Ours was a wonderful, lively, enchanting artistic house, but it also demystified "art" for me. I saw firsthand how "artistic expression" could be misused as a justification for self-indulgent, self-important and destructive behavior, and consequently I resisted being an artist for many years. It wasn't until I was out of college, had worked a couple of years at a Latin American policy nonprofit and knew I could support myself without betraying others that I finally let myself really become a writer."
Karen Zacarías is a prominent Latina playwright currently residing in Washington D.C. She was the first playwright-in- resident at the Arena Stage in Washington, DC.
She has written several award winning plays like: The Book Club Play, Legacy of Light, Mariela in the Desert, The Sins of Sor Juana, The Sun Also Rises and adaptations of plays like How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, Just Like Us and others. Theaters that have showcased her plays include: the Kennedy Center, Arena Stage, Goodman Theatre, Round House Theatre, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Alliance Theatre, Imagination Stage (Bethesda, Maryland), GALA Hispanic Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Festival, South Coast Repertory, La Jolla Playhouse, Cleveland Play House, San Jose Repertory Theatre.
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