Eduardo Machado

Eduardo Oscar Machado (born June 11, 1953) is a Cuban playwright living in the United States. Notable plays by Machado include Broken Eggs, Havana is Waiting and The Cook. Many of his plays are autobiographical or deal with Cuba in some way. Machado teaches playwriting at New York University. He has served as the artistic director of the INTAR Theatre in New York City since 2004. He is openly gay.

Machado started acting professionally in California at the age of 17 and became a member of the Screen Actors Guild at 20. He studied acting in Van Nuys, CA with David Alexander. Drama Logue Award, Best Play, 1991, 1994 L.A. Weekly Theater Award, 1990, 1993, 1994 Theater Communications Group and Pew Charitable Trusts National Theater Artists Residency Playwrights In Residence, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA, 1993 Viva Los Artists Award from the city of Los Angeles, 1993 Ford Foundation Grant, 1993 Rockefeller Foundation Playwriting Award, 1985 National Endowment For the Arts Playwriting Grant, 1981, 1983, 1986. National Endowment For The Humanities Youth Grant, 1978

Boards and artistic associations Artistic Director, INTAR New York, 2004–2010. Co-artistic Director, Cherry Lane Theater, NY. 1999–2002 Artistic Associate, The New York Public Theater, NY. 1996–98 Artistic Associate, The Mark Taper Forum, CA. 1992–95 Artistic Associate, The Flea Theater, NY. 1997–2000

Directing

Theater

Machado has directed numerous plays, including his own works and those of emerging writers. His work as a director has appeared in numerous regional theaters, including INTAR, Theater For a New City, The Daryl Roth 2, The Ensemble Studio, The Mark Taper Forum, The Playwrights Collective, The Company Theater, The Cherry Lane Alternative, The Flea Theater, The Group Theater and the Inner City Cultural Center.

Film

Exiles In New York. Writer and director. The Santa Barbara Film Festival. The AFI film Festival. The Havana Film Festival. South by South West, The Saratoga Film Festival.

Acting

Theater

Machado has appeared across the country in plays by John Steppling, Maria Irene Fornes, Elmer Rice, Bertolt Brecht, Federico García Lorca, Rogelio Martinez and Nina Beeber, among others. Machado has also appeared at INTAR, Theater For A New City, The Company Theater, the Padua Hills Playwrights Festival, The Magic Theater, The Bilingual Foundation For the Arts, the Playwrights Collective and The Workhouse Theater.

Television

He has also appeared in television programs including Maude, The Nancy Walker Show, All In The Family, The Dancing Bear (Visions K.C.E.T.), Mary Hartman and What's Happening.

Film

The Champ, and Pollock directed by Ed Harris.

Memberships

Theater For a New City, Board Member 1995–present Dramatists Guild, Council Member 1990–2005 New Dramatists 1983–1990, board member, 1990–98 Theater Communications Group, board member,1994–97