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Karen Zacarias was born in 1969 to her mother and father. Her mother was Danish and her father was from Mexico. -
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At a young age, Karen thought that playwrights were more on the selfish side (self-revolved). She thought this even with her grandfather just a bit saying "But we were a little scared of him as kids. I think he was a little selfish. . . . ". Although this was Zacarias's thought on her future career she loved her Grandfather Miguel Zacarias who was a famous director himself producing multiple movies. -
At 6 Zacarias had saved up money from her allowance in order to afford a typewriter. Zacarias although kept the idea of becoming an artist due to her belief that they were "selfish" -
Karen moved to Boston at 10 with her family. -
Due to Dad's career, Karen Zacarias moved to Atlanta for a short period of time before finally locating in Boston. -
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Karen graduated from Stanford receiving her Bachelor's in Arts. -
While still studying creative writing Zacarias had her first job at a think tank for Latin American Policy. A think tank is a research institute that can influence global or national policy. -
In her mid-twenties, Zacarias earned the opportunity to be one of the playwrights to be in-residency playwrights on the arena stage, and the reason this is important is because of the benefits given to Zacarias that are hard to obtain in playwrighting. These benefits made Zacarias feel "validated". -
Zacarias graduated from Boston University earning her master's in creative writing -
After graduating with her master's in creative writing, Karen went on to found the Young Playwright Theatre for young playwrights to be in support of their creative journey. -
The couple had gone to the same high school according to Stanford magazine and reconnected the year 1996 and later married in March in the year 1997. Still married to this day -
Karen Zacarias's play "The Sins of Sor Juana" is one of Zacarias's first projects as she wrote this play in hopes of making her known to people in the U.S. as she discovered many did not know her story. This play earned Zacarias awards such as The Helen Hayes Award and The Charles MacArthur Prize for Outstanding New Play -
Nico Zacarias was born in 2002 to both parents Rett Snotherly and Karen Zacarias. Nico is an artist himself as a songwriter and singer. -
Karen Zacarias and her husband had their first daughter in 2004. She is currently studying at the Rhode Island School of Design -
Karen Zacarias's award-winning play Mariela in the Desert speaks about a couple who once were the "it girls" of the Mexican artist's circle but that soon changes as they live in isolation in the desert... as the couple is drained they go on to solve the mystery as they're drained from creativity. -
On April 20th Zacarias had her third and last child Maia. She's currently in high school -
After Zacarias' success with her first non-profit organization the Young Playwrights Theatre, she founded the Latinx Theatre Commons in order to change American theatre and diversify it adding more Latino perspective. -
In Zacarias' Play the Book Club Play which is a comedy goes into depth about the connection of friendship as Ana and her group bond over their love for novels. -
On March 25, Karen Zacarias accepted the Lee Reynolds Award for her part in the change in the theatre world. -
In her play "Native Gardens" Karen Zacarias shows the dynamic of feuding neighbors over gardens that end up in truths coming out -
In Zacarias's play "Destiny of Desire" she keeps the idea of wanting to make one of the best tele novela dramas in mind to showcase her creativity. This play is about two girls who are complete opposites who eventually go into each other's lives. -
https://www.bu.edu/bpt/2019/04/11/zacarias-receives-lptws-lee-reynolds-award/
https://www.dramaticpublishing.com/the-book-club-play
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Zacarias
https://www.carnegie.org/awards/honoree/karen-zacarias/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/playwright-karen-zacarias-finds-inspiration-in-arena-stages-residency-program/2011/10/11/gIQAObvBkL_story.html