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By: Tanya Saracho
Narrated by: Karla Souza, Carlos Miranda
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When Mexican-born novelist Lucia lands her first TV writing job, she immediately feels out of place in the White, male-dominated writers' room. Before long, she’s drawn to the only other Latino around, a janitor named Abel, and the two begin an unlikely friendship—one that’s tested when Abel’s confidences start showing up in Lucia’s scripts.

Written by acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Tanya Saracho (Vida) and originally performed on stage, Fade touches on issues of class and race within the Latinx community and beyond, exploring the reality that status can’t change who you are at your core. Brought to vivid life by performers Karla Souza (How to Get Away with Murder) and Carlos Miranda (Station 19).

©2022 Tanya Saracho (P)2022 AO Media, LLC Entertainment & Performing Arts Latino & Hispanic Creators Theater Thought-Provoking Crime

Behind The Scenes of Fade

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About the Creator

Tanya Saracho is a playwright and television writer who most recently served as creator, showrunner, and executive producer of the critically-acclaimed series Vida on Starz, which earned 100% critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes for all three of its seasons. The show, which aired its third and final season on Starz in May 2020, featured all Latine directors in season one, and all Latina directors in seasons two and three, including Saracho, who made her television directorial debut. The series had an all-Latine writers room for seasons one and two, and in season three, the room was composed of all Latina writers.
Saracho co-founded the Untitled Latinx Project (ULP), whose mission is to increase Latine representation in television, broadcast, cable, and streaming platforms through content created by Latine writers, along with co-founding the Writers Access Support Staff Training Program, to help increase representation and opportunities for underrepresented communities. In addition, Saracho launched the Ojalá Ignition Lab in June, 2021, as part of her overall deal with Universal Content Productions (UCP), which is a lab and incubator program aimed to nurture, amplify, guide, and empower intersectional Latine voices. The fellows and finalists for Ojala’s inaugural lab were announced in January 2022.
Saracho is the recipient of the Norman Lear Writers Award at the 36th Annual Imagen Awards, taking place October 2021. Named one of "TV Scribes to Watch" by Variety in 2018, Saracho was also honored by the LGBTQ California Legislative Caucus as their 2020 Pride Month Honoree. She received the Rising Star Award at the Outfest Legacy Awards, and was awarded the New Voice Award by Final Draft. Vida won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2019, and was nominated for seasons two and three as well. The series was also honored by the National Hispanic Media Coalition with the 2019 Impact Award, won the Audience Award at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival, and made its season two premiere as an Official Selection of the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival.
Saracho’s television credits include How to Get Away with Murder, HBO's Looking, and Devious Maids.
Saracho was named "Best New Playwright" by Chicago Magazine, and has had plays produced at New York City’s Primary Stages and 2nd Stage, as well as Victory Gardens Theatre, The Denver Theatre Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Goodman Theater, Steppenwolf Theater, Teatro Vista, Teatro Luna, Fountain Theater, Clubbed Thumb, NEXT Theater and 16th Street Theater.
Saracho was also named one of nine national Latino "Luminarios" by Café Magazine, and received the first "Revolucionario" Award in Theater by the National Museum of Mexican Art. She is the founder of Teatro Luna (the first all-Latina Theatre Company in the nation, now defunct) as well as the founder of ALTA (Alliance of Latino Theatre Artists). She is currently in development with South Coast Repertory and Two River Theatre.
Saracho was born in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, México, and raised along the Texas border, spending the better part of her adult life in Chicago. She currently resides in Los Angeles.

Karla Souza
Carlos Miranda

About the Performer

Karla Souza is an actress best known for her role as ‘Laurel’ in ABC’s hit international drama, How to Get Away with Murder, starring opposite Viola Davis, which ran for six seasons. Since then, she has starred as ‘Rosario' in Amazon’s 2020 Spanish-language drama, El Presidente. The series, created and written by Academy Award winner Armando Bo (Birdman) tells the story of the 2015 FIFA scandal.
Souza can currently be seen starring opposite Topher Grace in ABC’s Home Economics, a comedy following three adult siblings and their families. Season three of the series premieres on Wednesday, September 21st. She can also be seen starring opposite Jamie Foxx, Snoop Dog and Dave Franco in her latest film, Day Shift, streaming on Netflix.
Next up, Souza will star and produce DIVE from award-winning Argentinian director, Lucía Puenzo, whose debut feature film XXY won the Critics Week Grand Prize of the Cannes Film Festival. Dive is a searing thriller which tells the story about the complexities of relationships when set against a backdrop where winning is defined as the ultimate dream. Other upcoming projects include the Spanish musical Voy a Pasarmelo Bien.
Previous film credits include the 2020 Netflix feature film, The Sleepover, Catalina Aguilar Mastretta’s Everybody Loves Somebody (2017) in which Souza served as an executive producer and starred opposite K.C. Clyde and José María Yazpik, as well as three of Mexico’s top grossing films of all time: ¿ Qué Culpa Tiene el Niño? (2016), Nosotros Los Nobles (2013) and Instructions Not Included (2013).
Growing up, Souza spent four years in France where she was part of a professional theater company that toured throughout the country. She went on to study at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London and in 2008, received the CCP Award, which is presented to the most promising actress in London. Following her time in the U.K., Souza was selected to study in Moscow, Russia, with acting coach Anatoly Smilianski. She later traveled to present a showcase in New York and subsequently began receiving offers for leading roles in Mexico City.
Born in Mexico City, she currently resides in Los Angeles. Karla Souza is repped by CAA and Wishlab Inc.

About the Performer

Carlos Miranda can currently be seen on the ABC series Station 19 but probably best known for his role as ‘Johnny’ on Starz’ VIDA created by Tanya Saracho.
Carlos was born and raised in San Francisco and is of Nicaraguan descent, speaking fluent Spanish. Having moved to LA in 2008, he landed his first feature film role that year opposite Joel Edgerton in Warrior, directed by Gavin O’Connor. He since went on to work with Sofia Coppola in The Bling Ring opposite Emma Watson, Paul Weitz in Grandma with Lily Tomlin, as well as have guest star roles on CBS All Rise, ABC’s How to Get Away with Murder, and NBC’s Chicago PD and Law and Order: SVU.
In 2017, whilst primarily driving for Uber to make ends meet, he was able to complete a short film he wrote, produced, and directed, titled End Trip. In the midst of finishing post on his short film, he landed a co-starring role opposite screen legends William Shatner and Christopher Lloyd in an upcoming indie feature, Senior Moment that can be seen in March.
He was seen in recurring roles on the final season of Amazon's Bosch and the Comedy Central series Ana.
Carlos has the upcoming crime-action heist indie feature Righteous Thieves starring opposite Jaina Lee Ortiz, Lisa Vidal and Cam Gigandet.

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I really enjoyed listening to this. I had started a Grisham novel in the afternoon and couldn’t stand the narrators voice so I picked this up and wow! I want more. It really was a joy to listen to. All the time I really hoped the two of them would get together. Ambition won out. That’s the real world.

So enjoyable.

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So nuanced with great narration! I want to listen again!! I'm searching out more from this author!

Soooo good!

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The author did a great job of showing the characters. A TV writer and a janitor connect as Latinos in LA and become friends as the writer listens to what he is saying and she shares her life as well. Great production and narrators.

Clever Production

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I did not appreciate all the bad language. Neither did I understand the ending.

language

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I would definitely read something from this author again! I really have to say the two actors are the ones that made it come to life!

I absolutely loved the actors!

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Loved the chemistry between the two main characters. I want to know more about these flawed characters. I wish it had been a longer story.

Great listen

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WOW, is the only thing that I can say! She had everybody caught off guard!

WOW!!

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I seriously don't understand the use of the "F" word so often in this, and other, books. Do young women, especially, speak this way in real life because no one I know or grew up with spoke this way. I am a Mexican woman born in America like Abel, but in all my 66 years have NEVER spoke that F word - EVER. Maybe that's why it's so hard to believe women speak that way all the time these days. Either that or authors are trying to make their books more attractive to .... to ..... to who???? It is a sad, sad shame and I am disappointed in this Mexican author. I was looking forward to reading more of her writing. Maybe not anymore.

Finished now and ending is VERY UNSATISFYING!!! Such a shame ---

30 Minutes From Finishing This Book But ....

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I recommend you get this story/play if you are looking for a quick engaging listen. I usually don’t enjoy the plays on audio, but this one works well for my brain. Only two voices really helped as well.

Really Good

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This short story leaves you wanting more. The chemistry between the narrators are perfect. The dialogue is brilliant. The characters are complex and full.

This left me wanting more!

Brilliant!

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