SANDRA DELGADO

Sandra Delgado is a Colombian-Chicagoan theater artist who creates joyful spaces of connection for all. Hailed as “her own brand of triple threat” (New City Chicago), she is best known for La Havana Madrid, her hit play with music. A Teatro Vista world premiere, featured in the New York Times and CNN, the show enjoyed sold out runs at Steppenwolf and Goodman Theatre, in a co-production with her artistic homes, Teatro Vista and Collaboraction and most recently at South Coast Repertory in California. The Sandra Delgado Experience, her song and story project, debuted at Joe’s Pub in NYC last year and is headed back to Chicago in early summer.

A respected veteran of the stage, acting highlights include work at Steppenwolf, The Goodman Theatre, and The Public Theatre in New York. She is honored in Kerry James Marshall’s Rushmore mural at the Chicago Cultural Center and her audioplay, if you belong to me as I belong to you, is on Audible as part of a collaboration with the Oscar winning film, Women Talking. Her new musical, The Boys and the Nuns, was developed with the Latiné Musical Theatre Lab in NY and CalState Fullerton in 2023. Awards include a United States Artist Fellowship, NALAC Grant, Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in Literature, 3Arts Award, Joyce Award, TCG Resident Actor Fellowship. You can catch her in Northlight Theater's world premiere of John Patrick Shanley's Brooklyn Laundry this spring.

Wendy Mateo

Wendy Mateo is the Producing Artistic Director of Teatro Vista and an actor, writer, director, filmmaker and DEI Facilitator. Mateo has been seen throughout the city's stages including the Playground Theater, iO Chicago, Second City and Lookingglass Theatre where she is an artistic associate. Mateo's directing credits include the play Not for Sale 2.0 by Guadalis del Carmen at UrbanTheater Company and ¡Bernarda! By Emilio Williams. As a filmmaker, Wendy has written and produced 3 short films including the latest, Hair written and directed by Lorena Diaz and Wendy Mateo. On television and film, Mateo can be seen on Chicago Med (NBC), as Ronnie in Station Eleven (HBO), and Steve McQueen’s Widows. Wendy’s DEI consulting work through Ina Consulting has taken her across industries from tech companies, to universities, the Latinx Theater Commons and private consulting on films and digital content.

Charín Álvarez *^ (VEGA/CHAVA)

Charin Álvarez’s theatre credits include: Home What Howls, I am not your perfect Mexican daughter, La Ruta, Infidel, Ordinary Yearning, Fermi at Steppenwolf Theatre; Lettie, Mojada, Oedipus El Rey, Anna in the Tropics, A Park in the House at Victory Gardens Theatre; the Scene at Writer’s Theatre; 2666, Pedro Paramo, El Nogalar, Dollhouse, Electricidad at Goodman Theatre; Anna in the Tropics, Passage, Skin of Our Teeth, Clean House at Remy Bumppo; ¡Bernarda!, In the time of the Butterflies, Our Lady of the Underpass, I put the fear of Mexico in ‘em, Dreamlandia, Another Part of the House at Teatro Vista; Water by the Spoonful at Court Theatre; Work of Art at Chicago Dramatist Theatre; What We Once Felt at About Face Theatre; Kita & Fernanda at 16th Street Theatre; Esperanza Rising at Chicago Children’s Theatre; Two Sisters and a Piano at Apple Tree Theatre; Generic Latina at Teatro Luna; La Casa de Bernarda Alba at Aguijon Theatre.

SANDRA DELGADO^* (CLARA)

Sandra Delgado is a Colombian-Chicagoan theater artist who creates joyful spaces of connection for all. Hailed as “her own brand of triple threat” (New City Chicago), she is best known for La Havana Madrid, her hit play with music. A Teatro Vista world premiere, featured in the New York Times and CNN, the show enjoyed sold out runs at Steppenwolf and Goodman Theatre, in a co-production with her artistic homes, Teatro Vista and Collaboraction and most recently at South Coast Repertory in California. The Sandra Delgado Experience, her song and story project, debuted at Joe’s Pub in NYC last year and is headed back to Chicago in early summer.

A respected veteran of the stage, acting highlights include work at Steppenwolf, The Goodman Theatre, and The Public Theatre in New York. She is honored in Kerry James Marshall’s Rushmore mural at the Chicago Cultural Center and her audioplay, if you belong to me as I belong to you, is on Audible as part of a collaboration with the Oscar winning film, Women Talking. Her new musical, The Boys and the Nuns, was developed with the Latiné Musical Theatre Lab in NY and CalState Fullerton in 2023. Awards include a United States Artist Fellowship, NALAC Grant, Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in Literature, 3Arts Award, Joyce Award, TCG Resident Actor Fellowship. You can catch her in Northlight Theater's world premiere of John Patrick Shanley's Brooklyn Laundry this spring.

Donovan Diaz (RUBEN)

Donovan’s Chicago credits include La Havana Madrid (Teatro Vista), The Little Flower of East Orange (Eclipse Theatre), PROWESS (Jackalope Theatre Company), Short Shakespeare! Twelfth Night and Shakespeare in the Park: Twelfth Night (Chicago Shakespeare Theater) and The Burials (Steppenwolf Theatre Company). Regional credits include Pride and Prejudice, Othello and The Merry Wives of Windsor (American Players Theatre). Television credits include Empire and Chicago Justice. He received his training at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Brian King (DAVID)

Brain King can currently be seen in NBC’s The Irrational and HBO’s Somebody Somewhere. Other TV credits include The Chi, Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, Boss, Prison Break, Leverage, Empire, Detroit 1-8-7, Crisis, Mob Doctor

Recent film credits include Candyman, Widows, Man of Steel, A Light Beneath Their Feet, and Seneca.

Theatre credits include, Fair Use, The North Plan, The Drunken City at Steppenwolf Theatre.

AYSSETTE MUÑOZ^ (STELLA)

Ayssette Muñoz is a Mexican-American actor, educator, and director from the Rio Grande Valley. In 2015, she was featured in the Chicago Tribune's “Top 10 Hot New Faces of Chicago Theatre" and in 2019 received a nomination for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play" from the Alliance of Latinx Artists of Chicago. Theatre credits: Teatro Vista, Steppenwolf, Goodman Theatre, Lookingglass, Chicago Shakespeare, Rivendell, Red Orchid, Collaboraction, Definition Theatre, Urban Theatre, Teatro Luna. On-camera: Chicago PD, North of the 10, En Algun Lugar. She is a Teatro Vista ensemble member and serves as their Co-Director of Youth and Outreach. In 2022, she Associate Directed Somewhere Over The Border-- Jeff award winner of Best Director, Best Ensemble, and Best Production of a Musical (mid-size). Rep: Big Mouth Talent. www.ayssettemunoz.com

Marcopolo Soto (PAPI)

Marcopolo Soto has been an ensemble member of Chicago's Aguijón Theater since 2014 and was recently welcomed to its board of directors. His most recent stage credits with the company include Cintas de seda by Norge Espinoza performed as part of the 5th Destinos Chicago International Latino Theater Festival and participated in the XI International Theater Festival of the Dominican Republic in Santiago de los Caballeros. La Chunga by Mario Vargas Llosa, and Epopeya by Abel González Melo. He was a co-founder of Colectivo El Pozo and the Editorial Director of Contratiempo (printed edition) from 2018-2020.

Adelina Feldman-Schultz (Stage Directions)

Adelina Feldman-Schultz is an Argentine-American casting director, actor, and consultant lucky to live and work in Chicago. She is a proud member of The Chicago Inclusion Project, serving as both Co-Program Manager of the Active Anti-Racism training workshop and as a Casting Assistant. As one of the co-founders of the annual Chicago Theatre Access Auditions, Adelina has helped introduce dozens of Theatres to hundreds of up-and-coming Chicago actors. Casting credits include Teatro Vista (Bernarda, Enough to Let the Light In, Somewhere Over the Border) UrbanTheater Company (Brujaja!, Back in the Day) Adventure Stage Chicago (La Ofrenda, Roots in the Alley) CLATA (Inicios Series), First Floor Theatre (Hatefuck, Botticelli in the Fire), Firebrand Theatre and numerous web series, short films, and commercials. 2018 Nominee, 2019 Winner, ALTA Award: Casting Direction. Proud Jew for a Free Palestine.

Julie Jachym (Stage MANAGER)

Julie is thrilled to be returning for another production with Teatro Vista. She have previously worked with other theatres in the Chicagoland area, including Steppenwolf Theatre, Definition Theatre, Writers Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Congo Square Theatre, Filament Theatre, Steep Theatre, American Blues Theater, The Goodman Theatre, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, Sideshow Theater Company, and others. They received their BA in Theatre at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In her spare time, Julie likes exploring Chicago, reading books, and hanging out with her cat, Marinara.

Julie is currently working with Teatro Vista as their resident Production Consultant, and is a Definition Theatre Ensemble Member. https://www.juliejachym.com/

Xiomara Cornejo (Dramaturg/Script Supervisor)

Xiomara Cornejo, Ph.D. (she/her/ella) is a Salvadoran American award-winning dramaturg, award-winning playwright, award-winning designer, theatre director, and award-winning educator from Compton, California. Credits include Cebollas (DCPA), every.single.one (Studio Four), Alma (Colorado New Play Summit), References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot (MOLAA). Her work has been recognized by John F. Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and the National Partners of the American Theater. She’s an Assistant Professor of Theatre at the University of Illinois Chicago. Xiomara’s scholarship centers on radical theatre, political puppetry, and circus. PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies from the University of Missouri. xiomaracornejo.com

Luzzo (Movement Director)

Luzzo is a queer director, producer, movement director, and actor based in Chicago, IL. They currently work as an Associate Producer and Production Manager at Full Spectrum Features - a Chicago non-profit film production company that uplifts stories from marginalized communities. Most recently, Luzzo served as Associate Producer on the documentary-narrative hybrid feature film Desire Lines which just won the NEXT Series Jury Award at Sundance 2024. 

Luzzo studied acting and dance at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Since graduating, Luzzo has worked in theater, television production, written and produced their own short films, stunt coordinated feature films, and produced immersive parties. Most recently, they have begun working as an intimacy coordinator and are pursuing continued education with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators. 

As a queer creator, they are particularly interested in showcasing queer bodies through a utopian lens rather than the all-too-common “tragic queer” trope. When Luzzo isn’t creating, you can catch them in dance class, teaching yoga, or gaming. You can find updates on their work at www.Luzzo.org.

Willow James (Sound Composer/Designer)

Willow James is a Chicago-based artist, producer, educator, and DJ who centers his work around exploring Black identity, new works, and activism. He is a Court Theatre teaching artist, Definition Theatre ensemble member, Resident Sound Designer at Artemisia Theatre, and is represented by Dream Team Talent Agency. Chicago: Antigone (Court Theatre); The Penelopiad (Goodman Theatre); Twelfth Night (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Chlorine Sky (Steppenwolf Theatre); Alaiyo (Definition Theatre); The Band’s Visit (Writer’s Theatre). Regional: The Royale (American Players Theatre); Black Book (NAATC); The Magnolia Ballet (Alleyway Theatre, Phoenix Theatre Indianapolis). worksbywillow.com

Eme Ospina-Lopéz (Projection Designer)

Eme Ospina-López is an artivist, videographer and projection designer born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. They are a curious collaborator dedicated to transdisciplinary storytelling as a social practice of resistance and reimagining of liberated futures. Their strongest roots and ways come from moving in queer communities and devising collective artistic experiences for movement building.

Back in 2015, Eme found themselves with La Compañía Estable, entranced in the making of operas, music, and dance shows. After a journey, and four years of creative and production experience at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, they received their MFA in Media Design and Technology for Live Performance. Now in Chicago, bringing deep passion for new works development, they have collaborated with the Chicago Latino Theatre Alliance, PrideArts, Collaboraction, Refracted Theatre Company, Pegasus Theatre Chicago and Paramount Theatre. emedemomento.wixsite.com/portfolio