VIRGINIA BLANCO

Actriz y realizadora integral de teatro, sus créditos actorales regionales como actriz incluyen Oakland Theater Project (Ex Ubuntu), Shelton Theatre, TheatreFirst, Theatre of Yugen, MACT Mexican American Conservatory Theatre, Cutting Ball Theater, y La Lengua Teatro en Español, donde recientemente hizo su debut directorial con Doméstica Realidad. Localmente, Virginia ha estudiado arte dramático en Studio ACT, BerkREP Theatre School, y Shakespeare & Co. Fue nominada por BroadwayWorld SF a Mejor Actriz Protagónica en una Obra por el papel de Young Woman en Knives in Hens (Cuchillos en Gallinas) en Anton’s Well Theatre Company
2019). Además de Directora Artística, Virginia es también productora de La Lengua. Estudió Ciencias de la Comunicación en la Universidad de Buenos Aires y ha trabajado como periodista. Es la fundadora de La Lengua Teatro en Español, así como también Artista Residente en Brava Theater, ganadora del premio CALI Catalyst 2022 otorgado por el Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI), y es también integrante de la cohorte 2021 de la beca de TBA Arts Leadership Residency bajo el mentoreo de AlterTheater.

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(ENGLISH) Actor and theater-maker, she has performed in both classic and contemporary plays. Regional acting credits include Oakland
Theater Project (Ex Ubuntu), Shelton Theatre, TheatreFirst, Theatre of Yugen, MACT Mexican American Conservatory Theatre, Cutting Ball Theater, and La Lengua, where she also made her directorial debut last year with Doméstica Realidad. Her local acting training is from Studio ACT, Berkeley REP Theatre School, and Shakespeare & Company. Virginia was nominated by BroadwayWorld SF for Best Leading Actress in a Play for the role of Young Woman in Knives in Hens at Anton's Well Theater Company (2019). Besides being its Artistic Director, Virginia is also a producer at La Lengua. She studied Communications at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and has worked as a journalist and editor for several written media platforms. She is an artist in residence at Brava Theater, honored with the CALI Catalyst 2022 award awarded by the Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI), and was with a TBA Arts Leadership resident (2021) in partnership with AlterTheater.