Sandra Delgado
Sandra Delgado is a Colombian-American actor, writer, and producer who grew up and works in Chicago, Illinois.[1]
Acting
Delgado's Chicago acting credits include 2666 (The Goodman Theatre), The Motherf**ker with the Hat (Steppenwolf Theatre Company) and Mojada (Victory Gardens Theater), named one of the top ten performances of 2013 by Chicago Tribune. Television credits include Law & Order: SVU, Chicago Justice, Empire, The Exorcist, Chicago Fire and Mind Games.[2] Delgado is a member of SAG/AFTRA and the Actors' Equity Association.[3]
Writing
Delgado's most notable written work is La Havana Madrid, a play with live music depicting the former Chicago Spanish-music nightclub of the same name. The play which had two sold-out productions, at The Goodman Theatre as part of the company's 2015/2016 Season Playwrights Unit, and later Steppenwolf Theatre Company.[4]
Her storytelling series, Saints and Sinners, debuted at Collaboraction and continued at Steppenwolf through May. Her work Felons and Familias, a new play about a woman caught in the black hole of criminal immigration courts, will be part of Chicago's Theater On The Lake's inaugural 'In The Works' season.[5]
Artistic leadership
Delgado produced Teatro Vista’s and Collaboraction’s Yo Solo Festival of Latino Solo Shows and Collaboraction’s Sketchbook Festival from 2005-2008. She is a founding ensemble member of Collaboraction and an ensemble member of Teatro Vista (associate artistic director from 2006-2008). She is the recipient of the Joyce Award, the Theater Communications Group (TCG) Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship, is a two-time Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events grantee and a 3Arts 3AP Project grantee. Delgado is a TCG Young Leader of Color alum, a current member of ALTA Chicago’s Semillero Playwright’s Circle and is on the Advisory Committee of the Latinx Theatre Commons, a national advocacy group for Latinx theater artists.
References
- ^ "Sandra Delgado". The Goodman Theatre. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ "Sandra Delgado". Teatro Vista: Theater with a View. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ "Sandra Delgado". Steppenwolf. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ Golden, Brian. "Sandra Delgado Resurrects Lake View's Latino Culture On Stage". Chicago Mag. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ Greene, Morgan. "Sandra Delgado first Theater on the Lake 'In the Works' playwright". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 12 March 2018.