In the near future, an inexplicable plague infests La Gran Colombia. Ingrid Bolivar--the brilliant, mad ex-wife of Colombia's leader--is the only one who knows that the plague is carried by young women of the streets, whom she adopts and uses as weapons against the government. Policarpa, a girl with magical gifts, is supposed to be Ingrid's secret apocalyptic weapon. But when Policarpa falls in love with a top government official, she resists becoming an instrument of destruction and instead seeks to become a savior through sacrifice.

Rooted in traditional Latin American magical realism, the nightmare magic science fiction world of Policarpa exists in a neither here-or-there.

Policarpa has been developed by The Drama League's Rough Draft series, Theatricum Botanicum Seedlings, Oregon Shakespeare Festival Black Swan Lab Latinx Play Project, and Milagro Theatre’s Ingenio play reading series. It received an Honorable Mention for the Jane Chambers Playwriting Award and was a finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival.

Policarpa was a part of The Drama League’s Rough Draft series in May 2017, where it was developed by Melinda Hall. Also developed at Theatricum Botanicum Seedlings 2017 and Oregon Shakespeare Festival Black Swan Lab Latinx play project 2017. It was the inaugural play for Milagro Theatre’s Ingenio play reading series 2018, and was recorded for The Parsnip Ship, 2018 with Hall at the helm.
It received an Honorable Mention, Association for Theatre in Higher Education’s 2017 Jane Chambers Playwriting Award and is currently a semi-finalist for the Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Festival 2018 and a finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Foundation Festival 2018.

*Kilroys' List 2020* *Featured in Steppenwolf's "The Mix"
When punk rock exploded in L.A., Sally and Lou were there: feminists, Latinas, queens of noise. One went pop, one stayed punk, but sparks from their tumultuous friendship remain. Decades later, they try overcome old wounds, forgive each other, and rock as hard as they ever did.

A new work from this South Coast Repertory teaching artist, developed in Latino Theatre Alliance/LA's Playwrights Nest Festival.

"Characters from Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT and THE TEMPEST intertwine when a set of twins is shipwrecked on an island. As the siblings race to reunite, they encounter a young girl with magical powers, a deceptively cute fairy, and a horned monster with a heart of gold. CALIBAN'S ISLAND explores the struggle between wishes, dreams and wisdom. Bring the entire family to this witty, whimsical celebration of language and life. Part PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, part Shakespeare, Burbano writes with a unique voice all her own." --
Headwaters: Creede Rep's New Play Program

After acid is thrown in a young woman's face, a Phoenix (Fenix) rises.
A Colombian woman and acid attack survivor who successfully campaigned for a law targeting perpetrators of acid attacks in her country tells her story.

DREAMING is an intimate and poignant look into the lives of a mother and daughter, both hoping for a secure and better future in America. The daughter, of Mexican immigrant parents, was brought here as a child, is now a DACA member and faces the threat of US deportation. Her mother, without a husband and lack of money, has returned to Mexico, hoping to return to the States one day, under better circumstances.

A gunman has opened fire on a college campus. Now someone has to clean it up.

A young man is hit by a drunk driver. He lies in a coma as his family and Tupac struggles to help him cope with his new reality.

A young woman meets her heroine, while doing battle with seal, sea lions and developers in La Jolla, CA.

Marie is dying, but has no regrets.

Jeopardy, a fight and a missing testicle does not mean you get to tear my gun from my cold dead hands.

The tragedy in Charlottesville served to open a scar in America. The white supremacist movement has come out of their hidden corners and darkened basements, helped along by their leader in Washington. This in and of itself is frightening, but I hold out hope. There is also a strong and vocal resistance movement who have put their bodies on the line to defy those who would take this country into the dark ages. There has been loss, and likely will be more, but their defiance will serve as a beacon for others to come and stand against the darkness.

We MUST continue to be decent, and outspoken, and to protect each other, in spite of the evil that is trying to overwhelm our compassion.

A young woman tries to consign her engagement ring after the violent death of her fiancé.

Two step siblings come to a tiny truce over a video game.

Little Miss Junior Orange County is a fierce competition as three girls vie for the crown. The battle is heated until hey discover they have much more in common than dumb grown up standards of beauty.

An older woman learns to live again while on the AIDS ride.

A beautiful Slovenian ex-model confronts her son's tutor and faces questions about her place in the world.

A professor teaches her student facial reconstruction.
Written for 365 Women a Year.

Sylvia Rivera sets the record straight on Stonewall, the gay liberation movement and the erasure of queer people of color and members of the LGBTQ community who do not conform to gender norms or typical gender categories.

Pobre Ri has crushes on white boys and they do things like trying to teach them how to ski.

Zoomerlandia is a short play by Diana Burbano written for online viewing. It explores the lives of three recent college graduates as they navigate the risks and joys of a complicated 2020 summer.

A prequel to Titus Andronicus. Tamora sets in motion the events of the play by killing Titus' son.