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Octavio Solis
Octavio Solis at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, September 2019
Born
1958 (age 65–66)
El Paso, Texas, U.S.
Nationality
American
Education
Trinity University (BFA) Trinity University (at Dallas Theatre Centre) (MFA)
Occupation(s)
Playwright and director
Spouse
Jeanne Sexton
Octavio Solis (born 1958) is an American playwright and director[1] whose plays have been produced at theaters and small companies across the United States. He has written over 25 plays, including his most famous works: Lydia, Santos & Santos and Man of the Flesh. His works have earned numerous awards and grants.
^Hurwitt, Robert. "Octavio Solis' Play 'Lydia' Close to Home." SF Gate. 20 Mar. 2009. Web. 28 Nov. 2015. http://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/Octavio-Solis-play-Lydia-close-to-home-3247341.php
OctavioSolis (born 1958) is an American playwright and director whose plays have been produced at theaters and small companies across the United States...
Solis is a Spanish name derived from the Latin sol, literally meaning sun. Solis, Solís, de Solís, or de Solis may refer to: Solis (film), a 2018 film...
Santos and Santos is a crime saga written by Latin playwright OctavioSolis about the Santos Family Law Practice in El Paso during the 1980s. It is loosely...
Jewelle Gomez, Incidents of Travel in Poetry by Frank Lima, Retablos by OctavioSolis, Poso Wells by Gabriela Alemán, Under the Dome by Jean Daive, and Funeral...
Repertory commissioned and premiered his musical Cloudlands, written with OctavioSolis, in 2012. In 2015, Gwon had two simultaneous world premieres, both co-written...
published an obituary on October 31, 2017. A play, June In A Box by OctavioSolis, was based on the Robles kidnapping. It premiered at Intersection for...
Huntington Theatre and Houston's Alley Theatre production (2020) of OctavioSolis, a modern Chicano adaptation of Don Quixote. In Los Angeles, he was...
films, and his theater work in "Santos & Santos" (work directed by OctavioSolis), playing one of the corrupt lawyer brothers. Saguar was born in San...
residents. In 2007, Cal Shakes commissioned San Francisco playwright OctavioSolis to adapt The Pastures of Heaven, an early novel of interconnected stories...
Se Llama Cristina is a one-act play by Latino playwright OctavioSolis. A man and woman wake up locked in an apartment with nothing but a crib with a...
directed by Casey Perloff. January 17 – February 20, 2020. Mother Road, by OctavioSolis, directed by Bill Rauch. February 28 – April 12, 2020. Celia and Fidel...
Cruz, Lynn Nottage, John Leguizamo, Jose Cruz Gonzalez, John Belluso, OctavioSolis, Culture Clash, Oliver Mayer, Migdalia Cruz and Cherríe Moraga. She...
the Drury Lane Theater, as Lazado in the Teatro Vista production of OctavioSolis's Dreamlandia that played in the Victory Gardens Theater. He played Cheche...
Perla Leonard Madrid Taking Flight Adriana Sevan Ghosts of the River OctavioSolis The Woman Who Fell from the Sky Victor Hugo Rascón Banda La Casa en...
has been at least one new work each season from playwrights such as OctavioSolis and Robert Schenkkan, several of which have gone on to other venues...
McCraney. The Magic performed "The Brothers Size", which was directed by OctavioSolis and starred Tobie Windham, Joshua Elijah Reese, and Alex Ubokudom, with...
productions ever". In 2010, Moscone directed the world premiere of OctavioSolis' John Steinbeck's 'The Pastures of Heaven', which was also the recipient...
Eddie Torred – Steppenwolf Theater/Teatro Vista El Paso Blue play by OctavioSolis, Directed by Henry Godinez – Next Theater/Teatro Vista Romeo and Juliet...
Ramon Iglesia, The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca and OctavioSolis' El Paso Blue. During his final year of graduate studies, he completed...
from their album Face the Sun. 2024 "QUIXOTE NUEVO", a play written by OctavioSolis. 1903: Don Quixote (France), a short subject co-directed by Ferdinand...
Greco)† Cloudlands book by OctavioSolis, music by Adam Gwon, lyrics by OctavioSolis and Adam Gwon (Reading - dir. OctavioSolis)† 2012 The Prince of Atlantis...
figure in the First Wave of the Native American Literary Renaissance OctavioSolis (born 1958) – award-winning playwright and director Gary Soto (born...
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