Artist Profile
Tony Meneses was born in Guadalajara, Mexico and raised in Albuquerque and Dallas. His plays include Guadalupe in the Guest Room, The Women of Padilla, twenty50, The Hombres, and El Borracho. He is an alum of the Soho Rep. Writer/Director Lab, Ars Nova Play Group, Sundance Institute Playwrights Retreat at Ucross, The Playwrights Realm Writing Fellowship, and Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Youngblood, and his work has been previously developed at the Lark Playwrights’ Week, Berkeley Repertory’s Ground Floor, Denver Center’s New Play Summit, The Old Globe’s Powers New Voices Festival, The Arkansas New Play Festival, and South Coast Repertory’s Pacific Playwrights Festival and New SCRipt Series. He is a two-time recipient of The Kennedy Center Latinx Playwriting Award, is published by Dramatists Play Service, and has been previously commissioned by the Denver Center, Two River Theater, and The Juilliard School. He is currently under commission from The Old Globe and South Coast Rep, and is writing the book for the upcoming Ritchie Valens musical directed by Tony Taccone. Education: The University of Texas at Austin, Iowa Playwrights Workshop, Juilliard.
