Sandra Delgado

Sandra Delgado is a Colombian-American writer, actor, and producer born and raised in Chicago. Sandra is best known for her play La Havana Madrid, which enjoyed sold-out runs at Steppenwolf and Goodman Theatre, and most recently in a co-production with Teatro Vista and Collaboraction. It was featured in the New York Times and on CNN, received recognition as one of the best plays of 2017 by New City Chicago and Time Out Chicago, and received the Time-Out Audience Award for “Best New Work” and the Alliance of Latinx Theatre Artists Award for “Best Production.” Sandra is also a respected veteran of the stage, with a career spanning two decades. In addition to her work at artistic homes, Teatro Vista and Collaboraction, she has been seen on stages across Chicago including the Goodman Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, Victory Gardens, and About Face. Recent highlights include the titular role in La Havana Madrid, La Ruta at Steppenwolf, and starring in the Public Theatre’s Off-Broadway production of Oedipus el Rey as “Jocasta.”

Sandra was recently named a 2021 United States Artists Fellow, serves on the City of Chicago’s Cultural Advisory Council, and is a resident playwright at Chicago Dramatists. She is an Illinois Arts Council Fellow in Literature, a recipient of the 3 Arts Award, the Joyce Award, the Theater Communications Group Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship (in the Extraordinary Potential Category), a three-time Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events grantee, a 3Arts 3AP Project Grantee, and a recipient of the 2017 “Latina Professional of the Year” Award from the Chicago Latino Network. Sandra is a Goodman's Playwrights Unit and a TCG Young Leader of Color alumna. She is one of the twenty women of Chicago arts and culture honored in Kerry James Marshall's mural Rush More on the facade of the Chicago Cultural Center. Sandra’s newest work, The Sandra Delgado Experience, had its world premiere in May 2022.

The Sandra Delgado Experience | Joe’s on Weed Street, Chicago

Photos by Joel Maisonet