{"id":472,"date":"2022-07-23T11:32:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T15:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/artnow\/?page_id=472"},"modified":"2022-11-06T22:52:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T03:52:42","slug":"karen-zacarias","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/artnow\/karen-zacarias\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen Zacar\u00edas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Karen Zacar\u00edas pictured from her website.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karen Zacar\u00edas is one of the most produced U.S. Latinx playwrights. She is a Mexican American playwright from Washington D.C. Zacar\u00edas works include THE SINS OF SOR JUANA<\/em> (1999), THE BOOK CLUB PLAY<\/em> (2009), LEGACY OF LIGHT<\/em> (2009), MARIELA IN THE DESERT (2005), THE COPPER CHILDREN<\/em> (2020), JUST LIKE US<\/em> (2013), and HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS<\/em> (2008). Her work has been developed and produced most notably at The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, The Goodman Theatre, Arena Stage, Round House Theatre, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Guthrie Theater, and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. She received her BA from Stanford University and her MA in Creative Writing from Boston University. Zacar\u00edas is the founder of The Young Playwrights\u2019 Theatre which received a 2010 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award from the President\u2019s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. She also co-founded the Latinx Theatre Commons. Zacar\u00edas is the recipient of many awards such as the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play, the New Voices Award, and the National Latino Play Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Career Highlight<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zacar\u00edas is the first playwright-in-residence at Arena Stage in Washington D.C. Her award-winning theatre company, the Young Playwrights\u2019 Theatre, dedicated to teaching playwriting in public schools of the D.C. area, has one of the most innovative curriculums in the nation. Her curriculum, published on Amazon as \u201cWRITE TO DREAM\u201d is now being used in public schools across the country including New Orleans, Detroit, Virginia, Texas, and Maryland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Native Gardens<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n