Play Writing / Film
A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Mr. Solano is a recipient of the NEA/TCG Theatre Residency Program for Playwrights, Fulbright and McKnight Fellowships, NEA and Rockefeller grants, as well as an AT&T OnStage and two Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest grants.
Productions include: BUS STOP JOURNALS at Cal Poly Pomona & University of Zimbabwe, NUEVO CALIFORNIA at San Diego Repertory Theatre (winner of San Diego Critics Circle’s Outstanding New Play of 2003), THE UPPER ROOM (act two of CROSSINGS) at Cornerstone Theater—nominated for Los Angeles Ovation Award Best New Play of 2001-02 season, GROWING HOME at Cornerstone Theater/CSU Summer Arts, FACE TO FACE at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, WILDLIFE at the Powerhouse Theatre, ENTRIES at Disney Hall’s REDCAT Theatre with La Plaza de la Raza and at George Street Playhouse, I HATE at Naked Angels (NYC) and is part of USA Network’s Emmy-nominated special “It Just Takes One”. LOS FAUSTINOS at Cornerstone Theater, EL GRECO, an opera (librettist), at INTAR Theatre in NYC and broadcast by NPR. BUENAVISTA at Mixed Blood Theatre, JUNGLE TOONS at Cucaracha Theatre (NYC). DOMINION at Borderlands Theater, AZ. and Mark Taper Forum’s New Work Festival. MESCAL MANNA (librettist) for Nautilus Music Ensemble in Washington, D.C & Chicago. HOMIES & POPZ at L.A. Opera. Dramaturged for South Coast Repertory Theatre and Native Voices. For television: THE PUZZLE PLACE, READING RAINBOW, SAVANNAH and SILVERLAKE, as well as FUENTES DE CUBA, a screenplay for Universal Studios. For radio: LA HISTORIA DE QUIEN SOY; head writer of internationally syndicated Spanish-language drama for Family Theater Productions—winner of The New York Festivals “World Medal” for writing (episode entitled “Rosalba”.) Mr. Solano is an associate artist of Cornerstone Theater. His new play, MANZANITA: A VIOLENT AFFAIR, will be produced in March 2007 at the Frida Kahlo Theatre in Los Angeles.
