Anamaria Guerzon

Anamaria Guerzon (she/they) is a Seattle based actor, playwright, and dramaturg. Anamaria received their Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from Pacific Lutheran University. Their work seeks to explore humanness, with an emphasis on marginalization within hierarchy, and the legacy of ongoing colonization. They believe in the inherent magic of the human experience, and seek to represent this lived reality through the fantastic and strange. They blur the lines between this magic and the mundane, with the understanding that both exist, and life is full of inherent contradictions.
As a playwright, their work has been developed with The Playwright’s Realm’s Scratchpad Series (dir. May Adrales), Seattle Public Theatre’s Distillery Festival, Village Theater, Copious Love, and more. Their plays have...

Anamaria Guerzon (she/they) is a Seattle based actor, playwright, and dramaturg. Anamaria received their Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from Pacific Lutheran University. Their work seeks to explore humanness, with an emphasis on marginalization within hierarchy, and the legacy of ongoing colonization. They believe in the inherent magic of the human experience, and seek to represent this lived reality through the fantastic and strange. They blur the lines between this magic and the mundane, with the understanding that both exist, and life is full of inherent contradictions.
As a playwright, their work has been developed with The Playwright’s Realm’s Scratchpad Series (dir. May Adrales), Seattle Public Theatre’s Distillery Festival, Village Theater, Copious Love, and more. Their plays have been honored by Theater Mu’s New Eyes Festival (2024 Finalist), Live & in Color’s June Bingham New Play Commission (2024 Finalist), and Ashland New Play Festival (2024 Semi Finalist). As a Dramaturg, they have worked with The 5th Avenue Theater/ACT Theater, and Pork Filled Productions. They are a Gregory Award winning actor in the Seattle area. To learn more about Anamaria’s work, go to https://www.anamariaguerzon.com/.

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Scripts

SKIN

by Anamaria Guerzon

10
Cast Size
5
Genre
biography,
docudrama/historic,
drama,
experimental,
political

Zora is a young, non-binary Filipino artist, aspiring to make their way in the Seattle Tattoo industry. When they find a mentor in Judy, Zora enters the world of tattoo, finding the art form’s deep ties to Filipino culture. Judy teaches Zora how to navigate the tense environment of the white-dominated tattoo industry, while pressures intensify thanks to Carl, the authoritarian shop owner.

As the painful history...

Zora is a young, non-binary Filipino artist, aspiring to make their way in the Seattle Tattoo industry. When they find a mentor in Judy, Zora enters the world of tattoo, finding the art form’s deep ties to Filipino culture. Judy teaches Zora how to navigate the tense environment of the white-dominated tattoo industry, while pressures intensify thanks to Carl, the authoritarian shop owner.

As the painful history of Filipino colonization begins to crash into the present, Zora finds themself caught at the convergence point of tattoo now and then– discovering what it means to live in a marginalized body.

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BLOOD/SUCKER

by Anamaria Guerzon

7
Cast Size
5
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
horror,
mystery/thriller,
political,
satire

Ryan, a highschool history teacher, is trying to save his Asian American history class after an online harassment campaign claiming it’s ‘Critical Race Theory’ leaves his school scrambling. Hillary, the Principal, is under pressure to decide whether the class stays or goes. Meanwhile, something hungry for blood is lurking the walls. And the students are beginning to act very strange…

Tackling the state of...

Ryan, a highschool history teacher, is trying to save his Asian American history class after an online harassment campaign claiming it’s ‘Critical Race Theory’ leaves his school scrambling. Hillary, the Principal, is under pressure to decide whether the class stays or goes. Meanwhile, something hungry for blood is lurking the walls. And the students are beginning to act very strange…

Tackling the state of public education through Filipino mythology, BLOOD/SUCKER is a bloody horror play about the school system, and those who feed it.

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The One That Got Away

by Anamaria Guerzon

Cast Size
5
Genre
adventure,
comedy

Eddie, Matt, and Avery are hot on the trail of BigFoot, hoping to catch a rare sight of the cryptid. But they aren't the only ones looking for him...

Originally written for the 14/48 Projects.

Eddie, Matt, and Avery are hot on the trail of BigFoot, hoping to catch a rare sight of the cryptid. But they aren't the only ones looking for him...

Originally written for the 14/48 Projects.

Keep You

by Anamaria Guerzon

3
Cast Size
2
Genre
drama

Reflecting queer love and loss, Keep You tells the non linear story of Marie and Janice throughout their intense and confusing relationship, falling into the grey area between friendship and unspoken romance.

Reflecting queer love and loss, Keep You tells the non linear story of Marie and Janice throughout their intense and confusing relationship, falling into the grey area between friendship and unspoken romance.

Mixed

by Anamaria Guerzon

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
drama,
satire

Rey and Angela are filling out their college applications, when they are confronted with the: 'Ethnicity' question.

This ten minute play questions our understanding of race, and what it means reduce one's identity to a single box.

Rey and Angela are filling out their college applications, when they are confronted with the: 'Ethnicity' question.

This ten minute play questions our understanding of race, and what it means reduce one's identity to a single box.

To Be Well

by Anamaria Guerzon

Cast Size
3
Genre
drama

Addy is at her limit, and sends her father, Thomas, to her therapist. Thomas is skeptical.

Commissioned by MirrorStage's 'Inspired By' Play Festival.

Inspired by The Therapy Fund Foundation/Ashley McGirt.

Addy is at her limit, and sends her father, Thomas, to her therapist. Thomas is skeptical.

Commissioned by MirrorStage's 'Inspired By' Play Festival.

Inspired by The Therapy Fund Foundation/Ashley McGirt.