"Lydia" at the Denver Theater Center, "Anna in the Tropics" at South Coast Repertory, "References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot" at South Coast Repertory, "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" at Seattle Repertory Theater, "Mojada" at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
For seven years, she served as an Artistic Associate of South Coast Repertory and led their Hispanic Playwright's Project.[3][4] She is also a member of Cornerstone Theatre Company,[5] where she writes and directs community-centered new plays.[6] Carrillo primarily develops new plays and has directed workshops at New York Theatre Workshop, The Public, INTAR, and The Women's Project.[7] She has received the Princess Grace Award[8] and the National Endowment of the Arts/Theatre Communications Group Directing Fellowship.[9]
Early life
Carrillo was born in a multicultural household in Los Angeles, CA. She grew up in La Paz, Baja California Sur in Mexico and in Northern California.[10] She has Mexican-American and Jewish heritage, and her father is the Chicano painter Eduardo Carrillo.[11][12] She is currently a board member of the Museo Eduardo Carrillo.[13] She currently resides in Los Angeles.[10]
Carrillo has directed several premieres of new plays and often collaborates with Hispanic playwrights. She directed the world premiere of “Lydia” by Octavio Solis at the Denver Theater Center,[14] and its subsequent productions at Mark Taper Forum[15] and Yale Repertory Theater.[16] The New York Times said of the play, “Seductive and strong. Juliette Carrillo has directed with enormous skill and knowing compassion.”[17]
As an ensemble member of Cornerstone Theater, Carrillo has directed numerous productions and collaborated with communities in creating original work. She has worked with communities such as the Los Angeles River community, the addiction and recovery community, the senior community, and the Hindu community.[5] Productions she directed at Cornerstone include “The Cardinal” by Cusi Cram,[32] “Bliss Point” by Shishir Kurup,[33] “It’s All Bueno” by Sigrid Gilmer,[34] “Touch The Water” by Julie Hébert,[35] “Warriors Don’t Cry” adapted by Eisa Davis,[36] “As Vishnu Dreams” by Shishir Kurup,[37] and “House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisnersos.
Carrillo was an Artistic Associate at South Coast Repertory for seven years, directing in their season and running the Hispanic Playwright's Project, which collaborated with Latino playwrights such as Jose Rivera and Nilo Cruz.[3]
Carrillo has also ventured into film directing and screenwriting. She participated in the American Film Institute Directing Workshop for Women,[38] where she wrote and directed the short film “Spiral”.[39] It was screened at film festivals in the United States and Europe. Carrillo wrote the screenplay “SuperChicas”,[40] which was selected for the National Association of Latino Independent Producer’s Latino Producer’s Lab in Santa Fe.[41] The screenplay was then selected for the Emerging Narratives pitchfest at Independent Film Week,[40] and endorsed by Francis Ford Coppola.[42] Carrillo also participated in the Honolulu 48 Hour Film Project, where her short film a-litter-a-tion[43] won Best Overall, Best Writing, and Best Acting.[1]
Carrillo has written four plays that were commissioned by Cornerstone Theater Company. These include “Plumas Negras”, produced with artists and audience members from the East Salinas farmworker community,[44] “Little Voice”, a play about eating habits for teen audiences, “Ghost Town”, produced for and with the Venice, CA community,[45] and “Pedro Play” performed by and for the San Pedro, CA community.[46] “Plumas Negras” was later produced at UC Irvine Drama in 2018.[47]
Additionally, a reading of her play “Tailbone” was done at Chautauqua Theater Company in 2021,[48] and was selected by Milagro and Teatros Unidos as a finalist for the Ingenio Virtual Theatre Festival.
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