Tanya Saracho

Tanya Saracho is a playwright and television writer who most recently served as creator, showrunner, and executive producer of “Vida” on Starz, which earned 100% critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes for all three of its seasons.

 “Vida is a show told from the heart, with an extremely unique point of view we’ve not seen before -”

– Forbes

“That these conversations are happening at all in a mainstream TV drama feels profound. That Saracho is able to weave them so fluently into a series that reverberates with the aches and joys and conflicts of everyday life is remarkable.”

– The Atlantic

“Vida is the sexiest show on TV. Period.”

– The Hollywood Reporter

 
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Photography and footage from Starz

Vida Press

 
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Theatre Work

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Fade

Primary Stages, NYC, 2017
Victory Gardens Theater in co-production with Teatro Vista, 2017
Denver Theater Center, 2016

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Mala Hierba

Second Stage Theater, NYC, 2014

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El Nogalar

Goodman Theater, Chicago, 2011

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Enfrascada

Clubbed Thumb, NYC, 2011
16th Street Theater, Chicago, 2012

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Kita Y Fernanda

16th Street Theater, Chicago, 2008

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Our Lady Of The Underpass

Teatro Vista, 2009

Quita Mitos

Viaduct Theater, 2006

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The Tenth Muse

Oregon Shakespeare Festival, 2013

Angus Bowmer Theater, 2013

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Song For The Disappeared

Goodman Theater, 2012

Profiles