In her work, Colombia-born playwright Diana Burbano creates rich, three-dimensional characters for Latinx actors, the likes of which are sorely lacking in canonical theatrical material.
We’ve heard so much talk about diversity. And yet, where are the Latinos? Open the talent pipeline — and lift up those who’ve fought their way in., who created cathartic work using natural materials including mud, grass and blood, and died at 36 after falling from her 34th-floor apartment in Greenwich Village. Sculptor Carl Andre, her husband, was accused of pushing Mendieta out the window; he was later acquitted.
The Bay Area’s Alter Theater, a champion of underrepresented voices, commissioned Burbano’s first published play, “Ghosts of Bogotá.” It won the nuVoices Festival at Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte in 2019 and debuted at Alter in 2020. “Ghosts of Bogotá” follows a trio of Americanized siblings as they journey back to Colombia to clean out their grandfather’s apartment after his death. It’s a troubling mission; their grandfather sexually abused them. The siblings grapple with their family history as the ghosts of both their grandfather and grandmother — who failed to protect the kids and pretended the bad things were not happening — appear to them.
Her own family harbored these types of secrets, which is partially why, Burbano explains, she felt so isolated in her childhood. Her family did their best to fit in in the States while also pushing down the uncomfortable truths that she would eventually lay bare through her art. “As a Latinx woman, I want to show people that you’re allowed to be really angry, and you can be messy, and you can be not a nice person. And that’s totally fine,” Burbano says.
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