Diana Burbano, a Colombian immigrant, is an Equity actress a playwright and a respected teaching artist at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, CA. She has created notable roles in the world premieres of The Labors of Hercules at the Laguna Playhouse, El Largo Camino de Hoy at South Coast Repertory and Sweet Peace at Center Theatre in Santa Barbara. Her plays include Picture me Rollin’ (featured at the 35 annual William Inge Festival in 2016.) Fabulous Monsters (Fullerton College’s 25th Annual Playwrights Festival 2015, the 1st Playwrights Nest Festival at Los Angeles Theatre Center and OC-Centric Playwrights Festival 2015.) Silueta, with Tom and Chris Shelton, (Great Plains Theater Conference, Cygnet Theatre’s Playwrights in Process Festival 2014.) Other works include Libertadoras, Vamping (Monster Box Theatre) and Linda (Frida Kahlo Theatre, Monster Box Theatre) for 365 Women a Year, and the TYA Shakespeare mash-up, Caliban’s Island.She directs, produces, writes and manages Sleep Till Noon Productions and the Gourmet Detective. Diana is one of the original members of the writers circle for Latino Theatre Association/ Los Angeles. She is also a member of The Dramatists Guild and The Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights.