Ximena Escalante

Ximena Escalante (born 1964) is a Mexican dramatist who is known for her works reinterpreting ancient Greek and other texts along with those examining the creative process of more modern writers. Born into a theatrical family in Mexico City, she first wanted to be an actress but began writing when she was 16. All of her plays have been staged and most have been published both in Mexico and abroad. Her work has been translated into multiple languages and is regularly invited to events such as the HotInk, the Salon du Livre-Paris, the Miami International Book Fair, the Festival Internacional del Libro in Guadalajara and at The Banff Center and the Rockfeller Foundation. In 2009, she was named an “artistic creator” with Mexico's Sistema Nacional de Creadores.

Life Escalante was born in Mexico City in 1964. She is the granddaughter of director and producer Alvaro Custodio, who founded the Teatro Clásico de México in the 1960s.

Because of her family's theatrical background, she wanted to become an actress when she was very young, but was told that she did not have the talent for this. However, despite this and the fact that she has written screenplays, she goes to the movies today infrequently. She also took workshops with José Luis Alonso de Santos, William Layton and Juan José Gurrola. Since then she has combined literature theory can criticism with her creative work. In Mexico, her work has been directed by the likes of Mauricio García Lozano and Francisco Franco.

Artistry While Escalante has written movie and television scripts including screenplays with Alfonso Arau and Rafael Montero,

Works 1994. Vacío Azul, published in the anthology Hacerle el teatro by Plaza y Valdez 1996. La siesta de Pirandello, publisherd by RESAD 1997. Cary Grant, published by RESAD 2002. Freda y otras griegas, published in Cuba, France and Germany, staged in Mexico City, Paris, Lyon, Athens, Quebec, NY, Berlin. 2003. Yo también quiero un profeta staged in Mexico City, Lyon, Cannes and New York 2005. Colette 2006. Unos cuantos piquetitos 2006. La piel 2007. Andrómaca Real, performed by National Theatre Company of Mexico and New York and Lyon. 2007. Touché o la erótica del combate 2008.Monologs performed in Italy and Chile 2008. Electra despierta staged in Lyon, at the Festival de la Ciudad de México and other venues in Mexico City 2010. Neurastenia 2012. Las relaciones (sexuales) de Shakespeare (y Marlowe) 2012. Tennessee en cuerpo y alma staged in Mexico City, Los Angeles and Buenos Aires 2014. Grito al cielo con todo mi corazón staged in Mexico City, Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Athens, Panama and Uruguay

Screenplays Stella an adaption of a play of the same name, commissioned by Alfonso Arau Carlota y ellos, commissioned by Plethora Media Works

Television Corazón Partido for Argos Vivir sin ti for TvAzteca Prohibido Amar for TvAzteca Códigos Privados for Televisa with Antonio Serrano Como ama una mujer with Antonio Serrano, produced by Jennifer López