REN DARA SANTIAGO

THEY/THEM

PLAYWRIGHT

Ren Dara Santiago is a non-binary Fili-Rican nurturer and storyteller. They are a Native NY-er from the X, Yonkers and Harlem. Ren is the 2022 recipient of the Lanford Wilson Award from the Dramatists Guild, and the inaugural recipient of Rising Phoenix Rep’s Cornelia Street American Playwriting Award. Plays: The Siblings Play (2020 world premier at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater; Cherry Lane Mentor Project, 2017; Ojai Playwrights Conference, 2017; TOW Fellowship Recipient); All the Time (Drama Club NYC, NEA commission); I'll Write You Down in Brick & Mortar (Commissioned by The Theater Co.); Something in the Balete Tree (Winner: Playwright's Week 2019 at The Lark Play Development Center; Finalist: National Playwright's Conference 2019); SUBLIMINAL (SUNY College commission). Shorts: Building Models; Hard as You Can; Heard You; In the Shit; Love & Animation; Same Shadow (Second Generation Productions commission); Someone’s Family; Where We At (NY Rep commission). Affiliated Companies: Cherry Lane Theatre, Clubbed Thumb, En Garde Arts, The Lark, Labyrinth Theater, MCC, Ojai Playwrights Conference, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Rising Phoenix Rep, SPACE on Ryder Farm, The Theatre Co. Radio: Conceived and Curated the MTA Radio Plays (produced by Rattlestick Playwright's Theater); Head Writer for See You in Your Nightmares (Einhorn's Epic Productions: Showrunners Heather Einhorn and Adam Staffaroni). TV & Film: Let the Right One In (Showtime), staff-writer. Upcoming: AIN'T IT THOUGH, feature-length anthology with C19 Group (co-writer, producer, actor & director). Teaching: Carnegie Mellon, The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Lincoln Center Theater, MCC Theater, Williams College University, Yale School of Drama, The Young Women’s Leadership School.