Carlos-Zenen Trujillo

Carlos-Zenen Trujillo is a Latine theatre artist from Bejucal, Cuba. Two of their plays have been produced by Bag & Baggage: The Island in Winter or La Isla en Invierno in 2019 and Our Utopia in 2023; they have appeared on stage with B&B as Patrick Chibas in Spinning into Butter and in Is You Is as part of the Ghost Ensemble. Behind the scenes, Carlos-Zenen has worked as dramaturg for both readings of Empty Spaces (co-produced by Bag & Baggage and AGE). Carlos’ written work includes: Christmas, Contigo (Oregon Cabaret Theatre; Teatro de las Americas; TheatreWorks Tampa); Conchita (a play about a dog) and WILD/CAUGHT (Artist Repertory Theatre); The Image of the Black Madonna and Abundancia (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); The Long White Line (LimeArts Productions) and Queen of Deseret (OUTWright). They are an ordained babalocha in Regla de Ocha and served as a Lucumi Religious Consultant for Dear Dead Drug Lord (Washington Ensemble Theatre; CRAVE Theatre) and The Brothers Size (Portland Center Stage). They were a 2019 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) ASPIRE Leadership Fellow, a member of ART’s 2022-2024 PATHWAYS Cohort, a 2020 KCACTF Directing Fellow, a cohort member at 2021 Ashland New Plays Festival New Voices Retreat and a participant in the 2021 Maria Irene Fornés Playwriting Workshop. They received the 2019 John Cauble Award for Artistic Leadership and the KCACTF Certificate of Merit in Dramaturgy for their work on The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. Carlos-Zenen holds a BFA in Theatre Arts from Southern Oregon University. They also hold a degree in Culinary Arts from the Northwest Culinary Institute and are a certified home care worker with the state of Oregon.