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Playwright, Shane
OSF: The Copper Children (2020), Destiny of Desire (2018). Recent regional, 2023–25: The Age of Innocence, San Diego Rep, Arena Stage; Shane, The Guthrie Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Dallas Theater Center; The Book Club Play, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Native Gardens, Westport Players; Legacy of Light, McCarter Theater; The Sins of Sor Juana, Fordham University; Frida Libre, Gala Hispanic Theater. Upcoming: Five Notes, a Broadway musical with Gloria Estefan and Emily Estefan. Film: Mona with Pedro Almodóvar; Ascención, Zubick Productions; You Had Me at Hola, Elizabeth Cantillion Productions. Founder: Latine Theater Commons 2014, Young Playwrights’ Theater 1995. Recent honors: American Artist Fellow 2021, American Theatre Magazine top ten most-produced US playwrights; 2018 Washingtonian of the Year: 2019 Sine Fellow for Policy Innovation at American University; The League of Professional Theatre Women 2019 Lee Reynolds Award 2019; Medallion by the Children’s Theater Foundation of America. Karen lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband and three children. www.KarenZacarias.com