Artist Profile
Sara Guerrero (she/hers), a Southern California Chicana native of Mexican/Mestizo ancestry, is a versatile theater artist and educator whose mission is to model, share, and create theater-making opportunities for and with her community.
As the founding artistic director of Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble (BOFLTE), she and the ensemble are artists-in-residence of California State University, Fullerton’s Grand Central Arts Center in downtown Santa Ana. Under Guerrero’s leadership, the organization, through its mission, serves as an incubator for voices that have been historically excluded in theater by providing free programming in the guidance in the art of storytelling. No one is ever turned away for lack of experience. The organization was recently awarded a distinguished two-year grant from The National Latinx Theater Initiative (NLTI).
Guerrero received the 2023-24 Individual Artists Established Fellowship (IAF) by the California Arts Council, (IAF), awarded Honorable Mention” playwright for the 46th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival, a semi-finalist for the Judith Royer Playwriting Excellence Award, a Woman of Distinction by Senate District 34 (2020, 2021), Hispanic Lifestyle Latina of Influence Honoree of 2020, Community Engagement “COVID-19 Artist Grant” Awardee, “People to Watch” by American Theatre Magazine, and “Best [Artistic] Director” and “Person of Interest” by OC Weekly. She serves on the Arts Orange County council, Fringe Benefits: Setting the Stage for Social Justice, a member of ATHE, NET Ensemble, Artistic Directors of Color Alliance of the Greater Los Angeles (ADCA), a faculty member of California State University, Fullerton School of the Arts and a CalArts Alum.
Guerrero recently directed the Los Angeles production of #1 New York Times Bestseller, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, adapted for stage by Isaac Gomez and written by award winning author Erika L. Sánchez. This summer, Guerrero is one of the four playwrights for TheatreSquared 2024 Arkansas New Play Festival.
To learn more, visit: teatroguerrero.com