Mario Vega

Mario Vega is a Mexican-American playwright & librettist/lyricist from Southern California. His work explores Mexican-American identity and the Southern California borderlands through satire and fantasy. An alumni of the Miranda Family Fellowship, he is a graduate from San Diego State University and has recently finished his Playwriting MFA at UCLA.

Mario Vega is a Mexican-American playwright & librettist/lyricist from Southern California. His work explores Mexican-American identity and the Southern California borderlands through satire and fantasy. An alumni of the Miranda Family Fellowship, he is a graduate from San Diego State University and has recently finished his Playwriting MFA at UCLA.

Scripts

Our Lady of the San Diego Convention Center

by Mario Vega

3
Cast Size
5
Genre
docudrama/historic,
drama,
political

Lulu and Milli are hired as youthcare workers to help take care of unaccompanied migrant children being held at the San Diego Convention Center. As the months go by, they must adjust to changing rules and restrictions at their job. A play inspired by true events, about friendship, migration and the consequences of borders.

Lulu and Milli are hired as youthcare workers to help take care of unaccompanied migrant children being held at the San Diego Convention Center. As the months go by, they must adjust to changing rules and restrictions at their job. A play inspired by true events, about friendship, migration and the consequences of borders.

L.A. MUERTA [The Dead Girl]

by Mario Vega

Cast Size
6—10
Genre
adventure,
comedy,
dark comedy,
political

Yulissa Sepulveda gets into fights with her classmates, her teachers, her mom and also demons.

Yulissa Sepulveda gets into fights with her classmates, her teachers, her mom and also demons.

Father Flame

by Mario Vega

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
farce,
political,
satire

Woah woah take it easy, no need to be an activist. Your University totalllyyy has your best interest in mind, in fact Dr. President Chancellor is here and he's generous enough to give the students a public forum!

Woah woah take it easy, no need to be an activist. Your University totalllyyy has your best interest in mind, in fact Dr. President Chancellor is here and he's generous enough to give the students a public forum!

Seeker X Trial

by Mario Vega

Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
farce,
political,
satire

The United States is currently renting out their courtrooms to get out of debt, so this immigration hearing is going to held in a Burger King and the judge will be the manager of the morning shift. Sorry about that.

The United States is currently renting out their courtrooms to get out of debt, so this immigration hearing is going to held in a Burger King and the judge will be the manager of the morning shift. Sorry about that.

Float: A Beachilicious Micro Musical

by Mario Vega

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
musical,
young audiences

Ah the last day of summer before college... with a volleyball match of unsually high stakes. Wade and Coral you better give it all you got!

Ah the last day of summer before college... with a volleyball match of unsually high stakes. Wade and Coral you better give it all you got!

Ester (But Wild Wester)

by Mario Vega

Cast Size
5—8
Genre
adaptation,
comedy,
farce,
political,
romantic comedy,
satire

The Book of Esther but like set in the borderlands right after the Mexican-American War. A comedy about the power of speaking out and also listening and also waterslides.

The Book of Esther but like set in the borderlands right after the Mexican-American War. A comedy about the power of speaking out and also listening and also waterslides.

The Mendozas Storm the Capitol

by Mario Vega

Cast Size
6—10
Genre
adventure,
comedy,
political,
satire

The Mendoza cousins head to Washington D.C. to steal the Treaty of Guadalupe. It's also January 6th 2021. How are these crazy cousins gonna get out of this one?

The Mendoza cousins head to Washington D.C. to steal the Treaty of Guadalupe. It's also January 6th 2021. How are these crazy cousins gonna get out of this one?

Swap Meet Summer

by Mario Vega

Cast Size
6—7
Genre
comedy

It’s the summer of 1998 in Los Angeles and Frankie Avila is stuck selling shoes with his dad at the Swap Meet. A slice of life Mexican-American comedy about a punkass kid who takes small steps into becoming a better person. There's also a cholo with a pet chicken, what's that all about?

It’s the summer of 1998 in Los Angeles and Frankie Avila is stuck selling shoes with his dad at the Swap Meet. A slice of life Mexican-American comedy about a punkass kid who takes small steps into becoming a better person. There's also a cholo with a pet chicken, what's that all about?