Diana Burbano

Diana Burbano, a Colombian  immigrant, is an Equity actor, a playwright and a teaching artist at South Coast Repertory and Breath of Fire Latina Theatre Ensemble.

Diana’s plays focus on female protagonists and social issues. Written work includes Policarpa (Living Room at the Blank 2018, Oregon Shakespeare Festival Black Swan Lab 2017); Fabulous Monsters (Latinx Play Festival, San Diego Rep 2017); Caliban’s Island (2017 Headwaters New Play Festival); Enemy|Flint, which premiered in April at Rio Hondo College; and Linda (in English and in Spanish), which has been seen all over the world.

As an actor she originated the roles of Ama de Casa in the Spanish version of Menopause the Musical; Thumb in in Imagine; and Ana Guerrero in Jose Cruz Gonzales’ Long Road Today/El Largo Camino de Hoy at South Coast Repertory. She was in Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Latinx Play Project 2016; is currently in Center Theatre group’s 2018-19 Writers Workshop; and is under commission by Alternative Theatre Ensemble.