Augusto Federico Amador

Augusto was born and raised in Silicon Valley and is the son of a music composer, Peruvian father and culinary chef, Austrian mother. Augusto’s previous careers include coffee house proprietor, car salesman, assistant tile setter, running numbers for a bookie and long suffering waiter. His original TV pilot, 86'd, is currently optioned and in development with Wise Entertainment for a first look at Amazon Studios. Mr. Amador is a recipient of the Disney/NBCUniversal/NHMC TV Writers Fellowship as well the prestigious Humanitas Prize New Voices Award in television writing. His screenplay, RatCatcher, finished on the TOP 50 Nicholl Fellowship Screenplays. Mr. Amador’s plays have been finalists for the Carlo Annoni International Dramaturgical Prize for his play Kissing Che Princess Grace Fellowship, Terrence McNally Award, BBC International Radio Playwriting Competition, runner-up for the National Latino Playwriting Award from the Arizona Theater Company, listed on 50 Playwrights Project of Best Unproduced Latino Plays, Howlround’s “101 Plays by The New Americans, or on Latinidad”, five-time semi-finalist for the Eugene O’Neill Conference and many more. His play, The Book of Leonidas, won best play at the Downtown Urban Arts Festival in NYC. His playwriting fellowships include: Public Theater in NYC, The Humanitas Prize in Los Angeles, Latino Theater Alliance/L.A. and Lincoln City Fellowship in NYC. Mr. Amador’s plays have been produced across the country, including: Public Theater in NYC, Cherry Lane Theatre NYC, Kennedy Center in DC, Firehouse Theater in VA, Wild Project in NYC, Full Circle Theatre in MN, Lark Developmental Theatre in NYC, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Next Iteration Theater in Houston, Wake Forest University, Blank Theatre in Los Angeles, Road Theater in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Theater Center, North Carolina Black Repertory Theater, Teatro Paraguas in Santa Fe, National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, A Contemporary Theatre in Seattle, Skylight Theater in Los Angeles, Austin Latino New Play Festival and many others. Upcoming in the FALL, publication of the Spanish translation of ATACAMA by Editorial Teatro Sin Paredes. For link to all his plays: https://newplayexchange.org/users/1791/augusto-amador