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Diana Burbano

Diana Burbano

Diana Burbano is a Colombian immigrant playwright, performer and teaching artist based in Southern California. Her work, which explores themes of identity, resistance and belonging, has been produced at theaters nationwide. New works include Sapience, Ghosts of Bogota and Flickers. Other plays include Policarpa, Fabulous Monsters, Enemy|Flint and Caliban's Island. Linda (in English and in Spanish) has been seen all over the world. She is committed to elevating underrepresented voices through her writing and her work with Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble, where she mentors new storytellers using anti-racist and anti-bias techniques. Diana serves on the Dramatists Guild Council as the representative for Southern California.

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Works by Diana Burbano

Performable Collections All of Us: A Celebration of BIPOC Voices cover Performable Collection All of Us: A Celebration of BIPOC Voices Boasting a variety of meaty, challenging (and frequently gender-flexible) roles, these twelve exciting shorts from BIPOC authors offer a meaningful theatrical journey for, as the title has it, All of Us. 110-160 min 5+ females, 2+ males (7-40+ performers possible, with many gender-flexible roles).
Performable Collections Bullying, Ink. cover Comedy Bullying, Ink. Fourteen of YouthPLAYS' most exciting playwrights each contribute a short play as together they explore bullying from many angles in this collection with a widely flexible cast and running time. 130-150 min 4-25 females, 3-17 males, 8+ any gender (6-50+ performers possible).
One-Act Plays Caliban's Island cover Dramedy Caliban's Island Characters from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and The Tempest intertwine and the mortal clashes with the magical as a pair of twins are shipwrecked on an island and encounter a half-human "monster," fairies and a young girl with magical powers who has been there since babyhood. 50-60 min 2 females, 2 males, 1 any gender.
Shorts DragonzFire cover Drama DragonzFire DragonzFire is Bailey and William's refuge from the miserable realities of high school, but when bullies infiltrate their beloved video game, Bailey takes revenge in a way that puts her friendship with William to a painful test. 9-10 min 2 females, 1 male, 1 any gender.
Full-Length Plays Enemy | Flint cover Drama Enemy | Flint Flint's water supply is poisoned, and the young whistleblower is labeled an "enemy of the people." 70-80 min 5-17+ females, 3-15+ males (10-20+ performers possible).
Shorts Linda cover Dramedy with music Linda A young Chicana embarks on a journey to figure out her place in the world, discovering new kinds of superpowers in learning to love her heritage (English and Spanish-language versions included!). 8-10 min 1 female.
Shorts Playing Games cover Dramedy Playing Games Two stepsiblings come to a tiny truce over a video game. 5-8 min 1 female, 1 any gender.
Bundles Full-Length Adaptations Script Bundle cover Adaptation Full-Length Adaptations Script Bundle Twelve full-length adaptations ranging from classics to serial comics to build up your script library. 70-110 min Varies by title.
Bundles Shakespeare and Company Script Bundle cover Genre varies by title Shakespeare and Company Script Bundle A baker's dozen "Shakespeare-adjacent" plays that range from updated takes on the Bard's classics to titles inspired by the work and lives of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. 30-120 min Varies by title.
Book Go Solo, Volume 2: More Contemporary Monologues for Young Actors cover Book Go Solo, Volume 2: More Contemporary Monologues for Young Actors The successor to Go Solo, our first monologue collection, featuring more than six dozen monologues from plays published by YouthPLAYS, for young actors ranging from middle school through university, ideal for auditions, classroom work and competition. Available as a paperback book for individual use or as an ebook that includes a photocopy license for classroom use.