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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 Motherfucker 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

  1. ^ "Sandra Delgado". The Goodman Theatre. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Sandra Delgado". Teatro Vista: Theater with a View. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Sandra Delgado". Steppenwolf. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  4. ^ Golden, Brian. "Sandra Delgado Resurrects Lake View's Latino Culture On Stage". Chicago Mag. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  5. ^ Greene, Morgan. "Sandra Delgado first Theater on the Lake 'In the Works' playwright". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
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