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Christopher Oscar Peña is a playwright, screenwright, actor and educator from the Bay Area California, but currently resides in New York City. He teaches theater at NYU's Tisch School<ref>{{Cite web|title = christopher oscar peña|url = http://newdramatists.org/christopher-oscar-pe%C3%B1a|website = New Dramatists|accessdate = 2015-12-08}}</ref> of Arts and is a member of the Playwrights Unit at [[Goodman Theatre]] in Chicago.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Flea Theater - a cautionary tail|url = http://www.theflea.org/show_detail.php?page_type=0&show_id=133|website = www.theflea.org|accessdate = 2015-12-08}}</ref> Peña is the co-writer of the Golden Globe nominated TV series, [[Jane the Virgin]] and was on "Future Broadway Power List," by [[Backstage (magazine)]] in 2014. Received his B.A. in Dramatic Arts from [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] and his M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from [[Tisch School of the Arts]] at NYU. |
Christopher Oscar Peña is a playwright, screenwright, actor and educator from the Bay Area California, but currently resides in New York City. He teaches theater at NYU's [[Tisch School of the Arts|Tisch]] School<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = christopher oscar peña|url = http://newdramatists.org/christopher-oscar-pe%C3%B1a|website = New Dramatists|accessdate = 2015-12-08}}</ref> of Arts and is a member of the Playwrights Unit at [[Goodman Theatre]] in Chicago.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Flea Theater - a cautionary tail|url = http://www.theflea.org/show_detail.php?page_type=0&show_id=133|website = www.theflea.org|accessdate = 2015-12-08}}</ref> Peña is the co-writer of the Golden Globe nominated TV series, [[Jane the Virgin]] and was on the "Future Broadway Power List," by [[Backstage (magazine)]] in 2014.<ref name=":0" /> Received his B.A. in Dramatic Arts from [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] and his M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from [[Tisch School of the Arts]] at NYU.<ref name=":0" /> |
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=== Career === |
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As a writer, Peña has produced a large volume of plays and TV shows that have received a number of nominations and accolades. Peña's early plays include, Maelstrom, Icarus |
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Burns, Alone Above A |
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Raging Sea, L(y)re, The Suicide |
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Tapes and Awe/struck. These plays were produced in theaters in both New York and Los Angeles such as; [[The Public Theater]], [[INTAR Theatre]], [[Ontological-Hysteric Theater]], [[Theater for the New City]], and Son of Semele Theater. As part of the T.S. Eliot US/UK Exchange in 2011, Peña traveled to London to watch his play, However Long The Night premiere at the [[The Old Vic]]. In 2013, Peña's play Tiny People (or, it gets better) was a finalist for both the O'Neill Playwrights Conference and the Sundance Theatre Lab, and was selected to feature at the Crossing Borders Festival. In addition, his play, A Cautionary Tail premiered in the Flea Theater where every performance sold out and it was extended twice. In 2014, he co-produced his first play in Chicago with Melissa Lusk called, I Wonder If Its Possible For a Love Affair To Last Forever? Or Things I Found On Craigslist which premiered at the University of Illinois- Chicago. |
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As a screenwriter, Peña created the web series 80/20, where is also a co- star. 80/20 was selected for the 2013 New Media Film Festival and the 2015 Outfest Web Series: In With The New Out. In addition, the web series won the 2013 LAWEBFEST Outstanding Achievement writing award. He is also a writer for the Golden Globe nominated TV show, [[Jane the Virgin]] on [[The CW]]. |
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Christopher Oscar Peña is a playwright, screenwright, actor and educator from the Bay Area California, but currently resides in New York City. He teaches theater at NYU's Tisch School[1] of Arts and is a member of the Playwrights Unit at Goodman Theatre in Chicago.[2] Peña is the co-writer of the Golden Globe nominated TV series, Jane the Virgin and was on the "Future Broadway Power List," by Backstage (magazine) in 2014.[1] Received his B.A. in Dramatic Arts from University of California, Santa Barbara and his M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.[1]
Career
As a writer, Peña has produced a large volume of plays and TV shows that have received a number of nominations and accolades. Peña's early plays include, Maelstrom, Icarus Burns, Alone Above A Raging Sea, L(y)re, The Suicide Tapes and Awe/struck. These plays were produced in theaters in both New York and Los Angeles such as; The Public Theater, INTAR Theatre, Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Theater for the New City, and Son of Semele Theater. As part of the T.S. Eliot US/UK Exchange in 2011, Peña traveled to London to watch his play, However Long The Night premiere at the The Old Vic. In 2013, Peña's play Tiny People (or, it gets better) was a finalist for both the O'Neill Playwrights Conference and the Sundance Theatre Lab, and was selected to feature at the Crossing Borders Festival. In addition, his play, A Cautionary Tail premiered in the Flea Theater where every performance sold out and it was extended twice. In 2014, he co-produced his first play in Chicago with Melissa Lusk called, I Wonder If Its Possible For a Love Affair To Last Forever? Or Things I Found On Craigslist which premiered at the University of Illinois- Chicago.
As a screenwriter, Peña created the web series 80/20, where is also a co- star. 80/20 was selected for the 2013 New Media Film Festival and the 2015 Outfest Web Series: In With The New Out. In addition, the web series won the 2013 LAWEBFEST Outstanding Achievement writing award. He is also a writer for the Golden Globe nominated TV show, Jane the Virgin on The CW.
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- ^ a b c "christopher oscar peña". New Dramatists. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
- ^ "The Flea Theater - a cautionary tail". www.theflea.org. Retrieved 2015-12-08.