Tony Meneses
Tony Meneses was born in Guadalajara, Mexico and raised in Albuquerque and Dallas. At Two River his plays include Guadalupe in the Guest Room, The Women of Padilla, The Hombres, A Thousand Maids, as well as El Borracho at The Old Globe and twenty50 at The Denver Center. He is an alum of the Soho Rep. Writer/Director Lab, Ars Nova Play Group, Sundance Institute Playwrights Retreat at Ucross Foundation, The Playwrights Realm Writing Fellowship, and Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Youngblood, and his work has been previously developed at the Lark Play Development Center Playwrights’ Week, Berkeley Rep’s The Ground Floor, The Denver Center’s Colorado New Play Summit, The Old Globe’s Powers New Voices Festival (2020, 2025), South Coast Rep’s Pacific Playwrights Festival and New SCRipt Series, Two River Theater’s Crossing Borders Festival (2018, 2023), and The Arkansas New Play Festival. He is a two-time recipient of The Kennedy Center Latino Playwriting Award, is published by Dramatists Play Service and Theatrical Rights Worldwide, and has been previously commissioned by The Denver Center, Two River Theater, South Coast Rep, and The Juilliard School. He is currently under commission from The Old Globe. Education: The University of Texas at Austin, Iowa Playwrights Workshop, Juilliard