Tony Meneses is a proud immigrant born in Guadalajara, Mexico and raised in Albuquerque and Dallas. His work has premiered at Two River Theater (Guadalupe in the Guest Room, The Women of Padilla, The Hombres, A Thousand Maids), The Denver Center (twenty50), and The Old Globe (El Borracho). He is an alum of the Soho Rep. Writer/Director Lab, Ars Nova Play Group, Sundance Institute Playwrights Retreat at Ucross Foundation, The Playwrights Realm Writing Fellowship, and Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Youngblood. His work has been previously developed at the Lark Play Development Center Playwrights’ Week, Berkeley Rep’s The Ground Floor, The Denver Center’s Colorado New Play Summit, The Old Globe’s Powers New Voices Festival (2020, 2025), South Coast Rep’s Pacific Playwrights Festival and New SCRipt Series, TheatreSquared’s Arkansas New Play Festival, Two River Theater's Crossing Borders Festival (2018, 2023, 2025), and The 2025 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference. He is currently a resident playwright in New Dramatists, is a two-time recipient of The Kennedy Center Latino Playwriting Award, and is published by Dramatists Play Service and Theatrical Rights Worldwide. He's been previously commissioned by The Denver Center, Two River Theater, South Coast Rep, The Old Globe, and The Juilliard School. Education: The University of Texas at Austin, Iowa Playwrights Workshop, Juilliard.