Rose Cano

Rose Cano (born 1962) is a Peruvian-born, U.S.- raised bilingual playwright, director, performer, translator "Rose Cano.” New Play Exchange, https://newplayexchange.org/users/20646/rose-cano. Accessed 4 December 2021., and healthcare professional Sutton, Rebecca. “Art Talk with Theater Artist Rose Cano.” National Endowment for the Arts, 14 September 2016. https://www.arts.gov/stories/blog/2016/art-talk-theater-artist-rose-cano. Accessed 4 December 2021.. 
==Early Life==
Rose was born in Lima, Peru in 1962. Shortly after she was born, her family moved to Seattle, Washington. She grew up in an English and Spanish speaking Peruvian household, including her parents, grandparents, and four siblings "Cano, Rose. Personal Interview. 6 December 2021.. Rose graduated from Cornish College of the Arts in 1983 as the first Latina to attend their theatre department “Latinas Playwright Roundtable - presented by eSe Teatro and ACT Theatre.” YouTube, uploaded by ACT Theatre, 22 January 2021. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDcI3rOiUDI.. 
==Career==
In 1986, Cano relocated to Lima, Peru, where she participated in and learned more about the independent Peruvian theatre movement (Movimento de Teatro Independiente – MOTIN). In 1994, Cano and partner Fernando Ugaz began ConeXiones Norte-Sur, a cultural exchange between native peoples of the Pacific Northwest and Peru . The first year of the exchange had native artists from the Pacific Northwest traveling to various Peruvian cities and villages in order for each group to share their culture . In 1995, Cano returned to the United States, continuing ConeXiones Norte-Sur project by bringing artists from the Andes to visit five tribes in Washington State . During the next decade, she brought artists from Havana, Cuba and Lima, Peru to Washington State and co-wrote the book and lyrics for two original musicals, Mabaire! Don’t Forget Me! and Callejón (The Alley). The AFrican ConeXion Project went on until 2011. 
In collaboration with other Latinx artists in the Seattle area, Cano co-founded eSe Teatro, a theatre specializing in producing Latinx theatrical works.. Cano and colleagues created eSe Teatro as a home for Latinx theatre artists in Seattle, wanting to “represent all the colors in the rainbow of brown”. Cano served as eSe Teatro’s artistic director from 2012-2019 and is now listed as the artistic director Emerita on the eSe Teatro webpage“About.” eSe Teatro, https://www.eseteatro.org/about.html. Accessed 4 December 2021..Cano joined the Latinx Theatre Commons (LTC) in 2013. After joining, she made a commitment to have an LTC convening in the Pacific Northwest, which later took place in Seattle in 2016, hosted by the University of Washington Theatre Department. In 2019, Cano and NYC-based composer David Nyberg created CreativeHiatusProductions.com, a production company which creates original new musicals for a changing world. Cano has worked as a Spanish-language medical interpreter for the past 25 years, the last decade with UW Medicine/ Harborview Medical Center. Her work particularly focuses on helping Spanish-speaking patients with Type 2 Diabetes, particularly those who are homeless and most vulnerable. Cano’s work in healthcare has made her an advocate of narrative medicine, bringing together art and medicine to tell the story behind each patient. Since 2017, she has taken several workshops with the Narrative Medicine Program at Columbia University. Cano’s interest in narrative medicine greatly impacts her work as a playwright
==Awards and Honors== 
Cano was chosen to attend the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture’s (NALAC) Leadership Institute as a part of their 2014 class. In 2017, she was awarded the NALAC Fund for the Arts for her work, Imaginary Opus: A Sensory Experience in Two Acts. 
==Plays==
*Bernie’s Apt.
*Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, Homeless in Seattle
==Play Translations==
8Elliot: A Soldier’s Fugue (La Fuga de Soldado) by Quiara Alegría Hudes
Journey of the Saint (El Viaje de la Santa) by César de María
==Musicals==
*Mabaire! Don’t Forget Me! (2001) through The AFrican ConeXion Project with composers Paul Thomas and Roberto Arguedas
*Callejón (The Alley) (2009) through The AFrican ConeXion Project with composers Paul Thomas and Roberto Arguedas
*Imaginary Opus: A Sensory Experience in Two Acts through Creative Hiatus Productions with composer David Nyberg
*People in the Square through Creative Hiatus Productions with composer David Nyberg
Category:1962 births
Category:People from Lima
Category:Peruvian dramatists and playwrights
Category:Peruvian directors