A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Mr. Solano is a recipient of the NEA/TCG Theatre Residency Program for Playwrights, two Fulbright Awards, McKnight Fellowship, NEA and Rockefeller grants, as well as an AT&T OnStage and two Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest grants.
Mr. Solano is an associate artist of Cornerstone Theater, and has received three Fulbright Awards, the most recent to teach and direct in Bogota, Colombia.
Productions
NUEVO CALIFORNIAat San Diego Repertory Theatre (winner of San Diego Critics Circle’s Outstanding New Play of 2000) and Connecticut Repertory Theatre (2017)
THE UPPER ROOM(act two of CROSSINGS) at Cornerstone Theater—nominated for Los Angeles Ovation Award Best New Play of 2001-02 season
GROWING HOMEat Cornerstone Theater/CSU Summer Arts
FACE TO FACEat Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
WILDLIFEat the Powerhouse Theatre (L.A.)
ENTRIESat Disney Hall’s REDCAT Theatre with La Plaza de la Raza and at George Street Playhouse
I HATEat Naked Angels (NYC) and is part of USA Network’s Emmy-nominated special “It Just Takes One”.
LOS FAUSTINOSat Cornerstone Theate
EL GRECO, an opera (librettist), at INTAR Theatre in NYC and broadcast by NPR.
BUENAVISTAat Mixed Blood Theatre
JUNGLE TOONSat Cucaracha Theatre (NYC)
DOMINIONat Borderlands Theater, AZ. and Mark Taper Forum’s New Work Festival
HOMIES & POPZat L.A. Opera
BUS STOP JOURNALSat Cal Poly Pomona & University of Zimbabwe
MANZANITA: A VIOLENT AFFAIRat the Frida Kahlo Theatre (L.A.)
ZORROat TheatreWorks (CO)
SPEAK SPANISH TO MEat Actors Theatre of Phoenix
LOSTat Company of Angels (L.A.),
LANGSTON & NICOLASat Stella Adler (L.A.) by Towne Street Theater.