Diana Burbano
| Diana Burbano | |
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| 💼 Occupation | Playwright, actress, and teaching artist |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Tom Shelton |
| 👶 Children | 1 |
| 🌐 Website | dianaburbano |
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Diana Burbano (born November 1, 1969) is a Colombian-American playwright, actress, and teaching artist. Burbano became one of the first members of the writer's circle for the Latino Theater Alliance in Los Angeles.[1] She is part of the Dramatists Guild and The Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights. Burbano has collaborated with Sleep Till Noon Productions[2] and The Gourmet Detective[3] by directing, producing, writing, and managing plays.[4]
Early life[edit]
Burbano was born in Neiva, Colombia on November 1, 1969. In 1972, she immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio with her family. She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts for a year in 1988, and then transferred to the Professional Actors Conservatory for a two-year program (1989-1990). In 1990, she got her equity card and started acting in several plays and television shows. Burbano found that she received roles that were representative of Hispanic stereotypes in the United States. Unsatisfied with these clichéd roles, she started writing plays with fully developed, powerful, and independent Latina characters.[5] She is married to Tom Shelton, a writer and composer, and they have a son called Lionel that was born in 2006.[6]
Acting career[edit]
Theater[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Theater | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Labors of Hercules[7] | Holo-1 | Laguna Playhouse | |
| 2008 | Theatre for Young Audiences: Imagine | Lullabelle/Smirk/Thumb/Alien | Julianne Argyros Stage | Commissioned and developed by South Coast Repertory[8] |
| 2013 | Menopausia El Musical | Ama de Casa | The Montalbán Theatre | Presented by GFour Productions[9] |
| 2014 | Long Road Today/ El Largo Camino de Hoy | Ana Guerrero | Santa Ana’s Civic Center Plaza | Part of South Coast Repertory’s Dialogue/Diálogos project, in partnership with Latino Health Access[10] |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | White Like the Moon | Gloria |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Bonita at 35 |
| 2005 | Baby Boom | Rosie |
| 2013 | Betas | Hispanic Mother |
| 2016 | The People vs OJ Simpson | Mob 2 |
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | The Isle of Lesbos | Guard Viv |
Plays[edit]
Apart from the following plays, she has several monologues, scenes, and songs available at her website and by email request.[11]
- Caliban’s Island
- Developed at the Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble (2016).
- Published by YouthPLAYS.[12]
- DragonzFire
- Published by YouthPLAYS in the collection Bullying, Ink.[13]
- Enemy | Flint[14]
- Production at the Rio Hondo College (2018).
- Published by YouthPLAYS.[15]
- Fabulous Monsters
- Readings at the Playwrights Nest at Los Angeles Theater Center (2015), Fullerton College Playwrights Festival (2015), Barefoot Theater Company (2016), and the San Diego Rep, Latino Play Festival (2017).[16]
- Workshop at the Chapman College Oc-Centric Playwrights Festival (2015).
- Libertadoras, Vamping, and Linda[17]
- All written for the 365 Women a Year project.[18]
- Libertadoras and Linda are written in English and Spanish.
- Rounds Per Second
- Featured in Smith and Kraus’s 5-minute play anthology.
- Silueta, written in English and Spanish (in collaboration with Tom Shelton and Chris Shelton)[19]
- Picture Me Rollin'
- Featured at the 35th annual William Inge Festival.
- Policarpa[22]
- Readings at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Black Swan Lab (2017), Milagro Ingenio (2018), Drama League Rough Draft Residency (2017).
Teaching artist[edit]
Burbano is a teaching artist in the South Coast Repertory and the Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble. While in the conservatory, Burbano has been an acting instructor concentrating on youngsters and adults at an introductory level, including musical theater and acting for films.[23]
At the Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble, a company that supports Latinas in the world of the arts, Burbano is the literary director and the resident teaching artist. In the 2018 season, she directed Blanca Nieves' Christmas by Yolanda Mendiveles, provided free playwriting workshops, and offered a free class with her husband, Shelton, called "Intro: Auditioning for Musical Theatre."[24]
Awards and nominations[edit]
| Play | Awards/Nominations |
|---|---|
| Fabulous Monsters |
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| Caliban's Island |
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| Policarpa |
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| Silueta |
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References[edit]
- ↑ "Latino Theater Alliance/Los Angeles Writers' Circle". HowlRound Theatre Commons. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
- ↑ "Sleep Till Noon productions". sleeptillnoonproductions.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
- ↑ "Diana Burbano". The Gourmet Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
- ↑ "Diana Burbano". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
- ↑ Foundation, Dramatists Guild (2015-06-02). "#WriteChange: Diana Burbano". Dramatists Guild Foundation. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- ↑ "Diana Burbano". The Gourmet Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- ↑ HERMAN, JAN (1996-01-26). "'Hercules' Will Flex Its Muscles First in Laguna". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- ↑ "Theatre for Young Audiences IMAGINE" (PDF). www.scr.org. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
- ↑ "Non-Stop Laughs & Talent in Menopausia El Musical At the Ricardo Montalban | LatinHeat Entertainment". Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- ↑ "The Long Road Today/El Largo Camino de Hoy". www.scr.org. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- ↑ "Free Monologues". Diana Burbano. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
- ↑ "Caliban's Island by Diana Burbano". YouthPLAYS. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- ↑ "Bullying, Ink". YouthPLAYS. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
- ↑ "Enemy|Flint | New Play Exchange". newplayexchange.org. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- ↑ "Enemy | Flint". YouthPLAYS. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
- ↑ "Fabulous Monsters | New Play Exchange". newplayexchange.org. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- ↑ "Diana Burbano | The Acentos Review". www.acentosreview.com. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- ↑ Year, 365 Women A. "365 Women A Year: a playwriting project". 365 Women A Year: a playwriting project. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
- ↑ "Silueta by Diana Burbano, Tom Shelton and Chris Shelton | New Play Exchange". newplayexchange.org. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- ↑ "TEATRO TERCERA LLAMADA". TEATRO TERCERA LLAMADA. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
- ↑ "ALAP | The Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights". www.laplaywrights.org. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
- ↑ "Policarpa: Mad Max Sur Amerikka | New Play Exchange". newplayexchange.org. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- ↑ "Meet Conservatory Instructor Diana Burbano". www.scr.org. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
- ↑ "Past Productions". www.breathoffire.org. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
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