Making Waves Week 4C: Rose Cano

Rose is a founding member and Resident Director Emerita of eSe Teatro: Seattle Latinos Take Stage since 2010 and was the Artistic Director until 2019. She is a bilingual actor, playwright, director, storyteller and lyricist. Her plays Don Quixote & Sancho Panza, Homeless in Seattle and Bernie’s Apt. were produced at ACT in Seattle. She also directed and translated the international premiere of The Journey of the Saint by Cesar de Maria in 2018, and recently directed Shoe, by Marisela Treviño Orta for ACT. She is the founder of The AFrican ConeXion Project, bringing together Latino and African American audiences through theatre, dance and music. She wrote the book/lyrics for Mabaire! Don’t Forget! Me and Callejón, bilingual musicals based on Afro-Latino cultures. She is the playwright/lyricist for CREATIVE HIATUS productions with composer David Nyberg. Their first musical Imaginary Opus: A Sensory Experience in Two Acts, was produced with Sound Theatre of Seattle in 2018. In 2020, they released the cast album of their second musical, People in the Square is available at www.CreativeHiatusProductions.com Rose’s one-woman shows, Self Portrait and Tierra Sin Mal (Land Without Malice) have been presented in Seattle, New York, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Mexico and Spain. Next, Rose will be directing Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz for Tacomá Arts Live in March 2022. Rose is on the steering committee for Latinx Theatre Commons, a national movement.

Myles Joseph Romo

Samantah Vasquez 

Fernando Cavallo

Marquicia Dominguez

Azana Nunez

Taylor Melville

Carolynne Wilcoz 

Gerard Menendez

Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth