Eduardo Oscar Machado was born on June 11,1953 and is a Cuban playwright living in the United States.
14 Facts About Eduardo Machado
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Notable plays by Machado include Broken Eggs, Havana is Waiting and The Cook.
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Eduardo Machado has served as the artistic director of the INTAR Theatre in New York City since 2004.
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Eduardo Machado is the son of Othon and Gilda Machado.
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Eduardo Machado lived with his aunt, uncle, and cousins in Hialeah, Florida until his parents were able to emigrate to California.
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Eduardo Machado is still a Cuban citizen, and has held a US green card since he emigrated.
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Eduardo Machado started acting professionally in California at the age of 17 and became a member of the Screen Actors Guild at 20.
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Eduardo Machado studied acting in Van Nuys, CA with David Alexander.
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Eduardo Machado started writing plays under the tutelage of Maria Irene Fornes in 1980, and moved to New York City in 1981.
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Eduardo Machado first returned to Cuba in 1999 and has returned to Cuba several times since then.
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Eduardo Machado has taught playwriting at Columbia University, where he was the head of the graduate playwriting program, and he now teaches at New York University, where he is head of playwriting.
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Eduardo Machado has directed numerous plays, including his own works and those of emerging writers.
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Eduardo Machado has appeared across the country in plays by John Steppling, Maria Irene Fornes, Elmer Rice, Bertolt Brecht, Federico Garcia Lorca, Rogelio Martinez and Nina Beeber, among others.
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Eduardo Machado has appeared at INTAR, Theater For A New City, The Company Theater, the Padua Hills Playwrights Festival, The Magic Theater, The Bilingual Foundation For the Arts, the Playwrights Collective and The Workhouse Theater.