Tony Meneses
Visiting Professor, Interim Head of Playwriting
About
Tony Meneses was born in Guadalajara, Mexico and raised in Albuquerque and Dallas. His plays include “Guadalupe in the Guest Room”, "The Women of Padilla", “twenty50”, “The Hombres”, “El Borracho”, and "A Thousand Maids". 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; his work has been previously developed at the Lark Playwrights’ Week, Berkeley Rep’s Ground Floor, The Denver Center’s Colorado New Play Summit, The Old Globe’s Powers New Voices Festival, The Arkansas New Play Festival, and South Coast Repertory’s Pacific Playwrights Festival and New SCRipt Series. He is a two-time recipient of The Kennedy Center Latinx 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.
Classes Taught 2024-25
- Collaboration 1
- Playwriting
- Text Analysis
- New Play Dramaturgy