LAFPI

POLICARPA
Written by Diana Burbano
Directed by Jesus Reyes

In a future Colombia  the brilliant but mad Ingrid Bolivar collects young women and turns them into weapons. She finds Policarpa, a girl with magical gifts. Will Policarpa resist the temptation to become a creature of destruction and instead become a savior?

Writer Bio
Diana Burbano, is a Colombian immigrant, 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. Work: Policarpa (Finalist Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Oregon Shakespeare Festival Brown Swan lab 2017), Fabulous Monsters (Latinx Play Festival, San Diego Rep 2017), Caliban’s Island (2017 Headwaters New Play Festival), Enemy|Flint 9April 2018 at Rio Hondo College), and Linda (English and Spanish), which has been seen all over the world. She was the 2018 playwright in residence for Marfa Live Arts in Marfa TX, and recently directed her own commissioned play for Creede Repertory.

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