#tanyasaracho

[jgroffdaily]

@sexytosomeppl Happy ten year anniversary to all of the brilliant artists involved with @lookinghbo ! It was such a special time in my life, and I cherish the memories we made back then and the ones we continue to make: Looking, you were my first love 💕

Thank you to the lovely @raymondangas for this beautiful retrospective; link in bio.

Also, 9 faves from the many pics from my own collection 🌈😍

Love to all those pictured and also those not and those I may have forgotten:

@johnnyhoffman5 @writerras @tanyasaracho @reedmorano @alexis_forte_costumes @jtothelowrey @otfagbenle @tjlinnard @nickhallogram @onlyrabiayouknow @jhonimarchinko @carmencubacasts @wittneyhz @ryandavidwatson @fleck.ryan @jamiebabbit @matthewrisch_ @russelltovey @xmexdp @ramirezrage @hannahejacobs

[intoxicatingimmediacy]

att | BTS: Greenlight Committee for #ATTUntoldStories at #Tribeca2024 - cynthiaerivo daveeddiggs yvettenicholebrown tanyasaracho tribeca

[frasersridgebrasil]

#Igstories #starzpr "Mundos estão colidindo " #samheughan #tanyasaracho #tca20 #tca❤ https://www.instagram.com/p/B7T_0OLB8iz/?igshid=z482vk5ea5ic

[italianoutlanders]

The #GirlsRule panel at the #BFFfestival with #MarilDavis (EP, #Outlander), #TanyaSaracho (writer), #EmmaFrost ( #TheWhitePrincess) and #KarenBailey, Starz SVP of Originals . Via #Starz . #producer #writer #television #bff2017 #bff

[vidadaily]

tanyasaracho: T H E F I N A L S E A S O N will be iconic.

mishelprada: What doesn’t kill you makes you mas Chingona || Always looking towards the sun con mi lifetime hermana melissabarreram || Thank you vida_starz for 3 profound life changing seasons || thank you to our incredible fans for propping this up, you’ve been along with us every step of this journey || thank you tanyasaracho and bigbeach for gifting me this Emma || BitterSweet emotional mixture this morning . Heart’s a bit heavy 🖤 I can’t wait for you all to see season 3 #porvida

melissabarreram: Still can’t believe this is our last 😢 So grateful for those who have supported our little show since season 1. You helped bring us to this iconic 3rd season that you’ll love 😍 Although we don’t get to go on, I feel so proud of what we made together, the hearts that we moved, the people that felt seen and the movement it sparked. Una última y nos vamos! Les amo!

chelsearendon: Pinche Chinche feels your pain. Season 3 is the Final Season of VIDA. Say goodbye with us, starting April 26th.#VidaSTARZ #TheFinalSeason #PincheChinche #Goodbye ✌🏽❤️

[amosartstudio]

Check out our lively interviews with the creator and the stars of the new series, “Vida,” on Starz. It premieres today, 5/6. . . . . #Latinx #Vida @vida_starz #familia #SerAnzoategui #MariaElenaLass #CarlosMiranda #ChelseaRendon #TanyaSaracho #MishelPrada #MelissaBarrera #SeFijaOnline #AlliedContigo @alliedcontigo @ser_anzoategui @mariaelenalaas @los_cain @chelsearendon @tanyasaracho @mishelprada @melissabarreram #amosartphotos #amosart #amosartstudio #AngelaOrtiz (at Eagle Rock, Los Angeles)

[latinxcastingmanifesto]

Your questions answered

Recently you tweeted us questions. Gabi and Quiara spent a day eating lunch, sunbathing, and responding to what you asked:

@gmorningstunner: If you are an Afro-Latinx woman, and you look more African than Latina, how likely is it that you will be cast as a Latinx role?

A casting director cannot legally ask about your identity when casting. But if you want your identity to be known, you are free to and encouraged to share it! So, please do go audition for those Latinx roles, and consider sharing your identity on your photo/resume for that particular role.

Self-designation and self-id is an under appreciated casting tool! And trust me, the director, writer, and casting director want as much information about you as possible! But they’re not allowed to ask, plus if they have a more limited sense of the Latinx diaspora then they really may not know.

QUIARA: For writers, we need to consider ourselves producers, too, and push very hard for Afro-Latinx casting as normal and not exceptional. I have had to educate producers and casting directors that the cousins in my Elliot Trilogy plays, well, one cousin can be a black Latina and the other cousin a white Latino, and that this reflects the reality of many Latinx families. Many producers and casting directors didn’t know this and it was absolutely my job to advocate for the truth and integrity of my work. I have given up expecting other people to know my truth and reality, and I say it aloud and clearly and with love and as early in the process as possible. Say these things at the very first meetings, or it may be too late.

Another call to action for playwrights: designate on the script that your casting must include Afro-Latinx. Or say that loud and clear on the first casting conversation.

@SalvadorVasqu10: Why are stories of the latinx community still to this day some of the most un-produced works? How can we make Latinx stories more accessible to all? When are you and @TanyaSaracho gonna team up for a musical?

Who picks up a play and reads it? Not necessarily our family members.

Call to action: professors, help us spread the word about Latinx work by assigning Latinx reading.

Call to action: artists, we need to produce our own work and each other’s work in order to get it to the community. Downtown institutions are our allies, but if we rely exclusively on preexisting production pipelines, the community will remain on the fringes. Our assignment is to figure out how to center the community as artistic creators and producers.

Call to action: we are the living library. Keep creating and producing. We need a few more generations of this work. We need to reach a critical mass.

Call to action: swap reading lists with your Latinx theater allies. Spread the word about the work you know.

(As to Tanya Saracho, I can’t wait to world-build with that FEROCIOUS artist. Till then, I’m blessed to call myself a fan and ally.)

@dbirdsoprano: How can we do more to address the imbalance of privilege in representation onstage?

Call to action: playwrights, literally address it. Write poor characters, working class characters. Write non-college-educated characters. Show various family structures. Break silence.

Call to action: producers, invest in the leadership of POC. Not internships, top positions. Scrutinize and criticize seasons centering wealthy and well-educated characters.

Call to action: universities, teach about professional sustainability (grant-writing, for example) in addition to art curriculum so poor and working class students can stay in it for the the long hall and we don’t lose them for financial reasons.

@AlexChurchyG: As a Young Latina director, who can I look to for role models in an industry of old white men?

WOCA  (Women of Color in the Arts) is a mentorship program for women of color in the theater.

Latina women have been directing plays and kicking ass. Latinx Theatre Commons is a phenomenal community of Latinx theater professionals including working Latina directors.

If you network with someone, follow up. It is not their job to chase you. Chase them! Invite them to coffee! They may say no. But they may say yes.

As Latinas, we’ve been trained to not ask for help. To be caretakers and never be on the receiving end. Stop it! Our spirits can ask for help.

@LaMeraFeli: I’m not in theater myself but have a daughter… can we talk about body type? Roles for the llenitas and the gorditas?

Make sure your daughter knows how to write. Make sure she’s jazzed about producing. If she’s sitting around waiting to get cast in gordita roles created by others, it’s not gonna happen or it will be brutal.

She should write her own stories and act in them. Or she should find a writer friend who gets who she is and ask them to create monologues for her.

Teach her to find her village. She’s not gonna do it alone.

Gabi literally started an entire theater company for this reason. Power Street Theatre Company. They are amazing and breaking new ground in Philly. Come to Philly and join their journey. Or create something like that in your own backyard.

@itsnikkig_: When are we going to start casting some fat Latinx actresses?!

Now. Writers, put ALL BODY TYPES in your actual character descriptions. Producers, put ALL BODY TYPES in your casting calls. You have to write it in as a clear directive or it will be more skinny bodies, always and forever.

@starmacosta: Is hiring an agent necessary? My mom does most of the work when it comes to booking or auditions…

GABI: I’ve always had that question myself. In Philly most of the actors I know don’t have agents. This may be contingent on where you live.

QUIARA: Find local working actors whose career you admire and ask them. For playwrights, no an agent is not necessary until you have a production contract in hand, or an offer from a producer. Then you get an agent. Before then, you have to get your own work produced. Use google to figure out which theaters have produced work that most resonates with your own. Submit your work to them. Or find your fellow travelers, find your village, and produce together.

@saybarra: How do we make space for aaaaalllll the variations of what it means to be Latinx in this country? In casting, in writing, in subject matter, in form, etc etc etc etc

The Latinx Theater Commons is very diverse in terms of pan-Latinx community. Find organizations doing the work, and they may not necessarily be theater groups. They may be drum circles, community college teachers, prayer circles. If you really can’t find a space you need, then it’s time to create the space. Bring the space into your living room or local park. We must always be creating space.

We are a diaspora, so how do we both engage all the specific variations of who we are while also embracing fluidity and openness? Those with more cultural leverage can use that to create spaces for underrepresnted Latinx stories: for instance, Latinx queer stories, Latinx trans stories, Afro-Latinx stories, biracial stories.

@zjriv: How do you manage your ideas? Every time I get writers block it’s because another comes along and I can’t stop thinking about it. Then another idea. Then another idea.

QUIARA: Sometimes you get 30 pages into an idea and can’t take it any further. That’s ok. Let it go. Let the new ideas continue to blossom in your imagination at their own speed. If they are still growing six months later, there may be a play there. Write what is speaking to you most today. No need to ignore it. The other stuff will still be there tomorrow. But also, letting ideas blossom is enough, they do not always need to be written out yet. I just had new insights for a play I thought up in 2003. I had forgotten about the play completely and then it tapped my shoulder over 15 years later.

@sleeplessinmit: What opportunities are available for presenting blended-language or Spanish-language works of theatre? What tools are available to make them accessible to all audiences?

Repertorio Espanol in New York has been doing this work for a very long time! Reach out to them and ask if they know of other bilingual theaters in your area. Ask what tools they use for this work. Suerte!

Also check out Spanglish theaters in your area. Miracle Theater in Portland, Power Street Theatre in Philly, Urban Theater Company in Chicago are just a few. Make allies and seek out mentors!

@omixmix: my plays are nonrealistic and include Spanglish. How do I shift attention to working on my style of nonrealism when everybody else seems to latch on to the “challenges of a foreign language”?

See above answer about Spanglish theaters. There are probably some in your area!

Also, stick to your guns. Live your truth, speak your truth, write your truth, and that’s what matters. You don’t need anyone’s permission to create, and you also cannot control others. Articulate to yourself and others why this work speaks to you and is important to you.

QUIARA: I have had to get into a deep practice as a playwright that I have no control over an audience. I only have control over the words I create. I have to believe in my writing, whether or not it’s what people want.

@ajdm: How do the Iberian colonial conquests in what we now call Asia (east, south, and Pacific) and those diasporic movements figure into this conversation?

Exactly. They do. What about collaborations and bridge-building between local Asian theater groups and Latinx theater groups? This would be fire. Let them know you’re hungry for this. Let them know how you willparticipate in bringing this question to the stage!

For instance, Power Street Theater Company (Gabi’s company) supports the Asian Arts Initiative. Gabi attends their town halls, though she’s Puerto Rican. She listens, observes and supports. And when she’s invited to share, she does. World building together, and doing the work.

Showing up for each other.

@alejandroraya_: I find casting requiring Latinx are given less reach than castings for other POC. Many projects in need of POC are often wide searching, but it seems casting for Latinx feels somewhat inaccessible. How do you feel casting directors can create larger reach for Latinx artist?

This is not necessarily true about other POC groups. A lot of communities have limited casting access and are underserved. This may be for budget reasons, and also because the roles simply aren’t being produced.

Create a list of all the Latinx folks you know, find out who the casting director is, and send it to them. Are there Latinx casting lists and resource groups in your area? The Kilroys did this cool experiment about creating a visible google-searchable list of unproduced plays by womxn. This may be a neat thing to do in your area for Latinx actors. The internet is a great tool for harnessing visibility!

@mingarla: If you don’t sing and dance as a Latina actress, is there any chance of finding work in theater? Seriously thinking of giving up my Equity membership.

GABI: I seriously relate to that.

QUIARA: This is hard. As a playwright, I have recently pressed pause on my playwriting life. For various reasons. It’s ok to step aside. I think life as an actor must be hard, because you’re at the whims of writers, producers, directors, etc. However, if you’re an actor who’s also a writer, designer, producer, then you can start to create work for yourself.

GABI: Another option is to find other paying jobs that sustain you, that you love, because you will need that income. If you’re only sustained by being an actor in someone else’s thing, then the reality is that’s a hard road.

[juliosalgado83]

Still very giddy that not only did my art popped up on another show, but that @vida_starz showrunner @tanyasaracho wanted to be intentional in putting the undocumented queer person behind that art on the actual show. If you blink, you miss me hehe but you cannot miss the art. Also, a BIG BIG shutout to @jenn_g0mez for making this happen! #IllegalsInTimesOfCrisis

[alexcharner100days]

99/100 #100daysofpodcastdrawings #latinousa @latinousa “Portrait of: @tanyasaracho gives us #Vida” #the100dayproject #alexcharner100days #the100dayproject2018 #marialando #susanabaca @vida_starz #melissabarrera #laurapatalano @maria_la_hinojosa. What a beautiful, candid and informative interview. (at Cranford, New Jersey)

[heysofiekhan]

❤️ T A G a mixed friend or couple ❤️ I am celebrating Mexistani Day today. Over the years, it's been traumatic to be made felt like I wasn't Pakistani enough Mexican enough Muslim enough Catholic enough It got to a point where I had enough & that point ended up being on this day several years ago. 🇲🇽❤️🇵🇰 I used to celebrate on my own, cuz I thought it was silly. But after sharing more of my stories, I realized this was much bigger than me so I started sharing my Mexistani stories w/ the world through live performances & filming. Thanks to @teatroluna @TanyaSaracho & @nilsareyna for helping me get started and the other womxn that continued supporting my storytelling journey @thejosefinalopez @casa0101 and @soaringsoloartist 🇲🇽❤️🇵🇰 Throughout today I'll be sharing various slices of my life from how my parents met, growing up in a Black'a'Rican hood in Chicago, the police, times in Pakistan + Mexico, my involvement in politics, gov't, education, tech, Hollywood... ...and a sprinkle of Oreos and pepperoni 🍕 🇲🇽❤️🇵🇰 Turn on your notifications, RT this thread, enjoy the journey + we'll laugh at my pains together. It's definitely been a bumpy but hilarious ride...from the rearview mirror! 🇲🇽❤️🇵🇰 Also Mexistani is under pre-production to be a series and then film! If you are interested in being a part of the journey, please DM. I am open to holding time + space w/ producers, networks, directors, writers, filmmakers who are interested in collaboration in telling these narratives. 🇲🇽❤️🇵🇰 #mexistani #mexistanilife #mexistanikid #chingona #AJUA #mexstanimondays #mixedkids #mixedkidsrock #mixedchicksrock #mixedchicks #intercultural #multicuktural #interfaith #mixedrace #qtpocartist #bilingual #bipocactors #shesepuede #sisepuede #mexistanizindabad https://www.instagram.com/p/CEkAZ6YpbE6/?igshid=11cthvwn5rqcj

[jgroffdaily]

More video of Jonathan, Ncuti Gatwa and Raul Castillo from Tanya Saracho’s Instagram stories, edited and posted by @dailyjgroff on Twitter.

[00films]

@variety 👏🏽👏🏽🙏🏽 ## Amazing first day of 2020 Virtual TV Festival This event always takes place in Southern California and cant never make it. This year so happy to be part of it virtually 😀✍🏽🎬🙌🏽 @amyschumer and Madame @hillaryclinton were great together. And the Writers Room was so insightful! Truly amazing. #virtualtvfest #variety #movingroovinproduction @issarae @tanyasaracho (at Dogpatch) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB0mF4ehRy8GKFKg7b6UZ-TMHO6R6L_czY9XSM0/?igshid=1lnbvs7a3c29g

[brandeetuckersteger]

Langston Hughes, my favorite poet 🤍 #Repost @tanyasaracho ・・・ #Repost @impossiblecool https://www.instagram.com/p/CBXI4P6JHDc/?igshid=1m97dif0fhh6

[writeraquel]

Listening to @explorenmma screening of @vida_starz while playing with the #fentybeauty #moroccanspicepalette @tanyasaracho "wrote the pilot Frida style!" #mexicanosyque #chicago #writingcommunity #latinxwriters #vida (at National Museum of Mexican Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_WA-iJAF_i/?igshid=1k231glops35m

[vidadaily]

tanyasaracho: Aaaaandd we’re back, mi gente!!! [12 Sept 2019]

[amosartstudio]

It was great to see old friends and meet new ones. At a great pressday for Starz' Vida. T-b: me with Ser Anzoategui, Chelsea Rendon, Mishel Prada, and Melissa Barrera. Vida, premiering May 6 on STARZ. . . . . #Vida @vida_starz #familia #SerAnzoategui #MariaElenaLass #CarlosMiranda #ChelseaRendon #TanyaSaracho #MishelPrada #MelissaBarrera #SeFijaOnline #AlliedContigo @alliedcontigo @ser_anzoategui @mariaelenalaas @los_cain @chelsearendon @tanyasaracho @mishelprada @melissabarreram #amosartphotos #amosart #amosartstudio #AngelaOrtiz (at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills)