Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Born	1972
Occupation	Comic book writer, playwright
Nationality	American

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (born 1972) is an American writer whose parents were both émigrés from Nicaragua. He is known for his work on the comic books, Marvel Knights 4, Nightcrawler (vol. 3), and The Sensational Spider-Man (vol. 2). Dead of Night (vol. 2), featuring Man-Thing and hosted by Digger of Tower of Shadows.^[1]

Contents 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 2.1 Comics 2.2 Published plays 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Biography

Aguirre-Sacasa received his undergraduate degree at Georgetown University, where he studied playwriting under Donn B. Murphy. He then graduated from the Yale School of Drama in 2003^[2] where his play Rough Magic, an interpretation of Shakespeare's The Tempest was produced.

His plays include Based on a Totally True Story, Bloody Mary, Rough Magic, Dark Matters,^[3] Good Boys and True, The Mystery Plays, and Say You Love Satan.

He is one of the writers of the HBO hit series Big Love.^[4][5]

In 2006 Roberto received a GLAAD Media Award nomination (Outstanding New York Theater) for his play Golden Age and the prestigious Harvey Award (Best New Talent) for his work on Marvel Knights 4.

In May, 2008 Aguirre-Sacasa returned to the Fantastic Four with a Secret Invasion tie-in mini-series^[6] and an Angel Revelations mini-series with artists Barry Kitson and Adam Polina, respectively.^[4] His current project is The Stand, a comic book adaptation of Stephen King's epic novel of the same name.

Working Theater presented "King of Shadows," which had its world-premiere in New York City in the Fall of 2008, directed by Connie Grappo.

Round House Theatre in Bethesda, MD will present the world-premiere of Roberto's play "The Picture of Dorian Gray" from the novel by Oscar Wilde in the Summer of 2009.

South Coast Repertory Theatre in Costa Mesa, CA will present the world-premiere of Roberto's play "Doctor Cerberus" in the spring of 2010

Dallas Theatre Center is Dallas, TX will present the world-premiere musical of "It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman". Music by Charles Strouse, Lyrics by Lee Adams, and featuring a completely revised book by Roberto in the Summer of 2010.

In 2009 Roberto and Tonci Zonjic finished Marvel Divas published by Marvel Comics. Issue #1 was released in July 2009.

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Comics

• Marvel Knights 4:
  • Volume 1: Wolf at the Door (Art: Steve McNiven) Collects 1-7
  • Volume 2: The Stuff of Nightmares (Art: Jim Muniz) Collects 8-12
  • Volume 3: Divine Time (Art: Jim Muniz) Collects 13-18
  • Volume 4: Impossible Things Happen Every Day (Art: Valentine DeLandro) Collects 19-24
  • Volume 5: The Resurrection of Nicholas Scratch (Art: Valentine DeLandro; Clay Mann) Collects 25-30

• Nightcrawler:
  • Volume 1: The Devil Inside (Art: Darick Robertson) Collects 1-6
  • Volume 2: The Winding Way (Art: Darick Robertson) Collects 7-12

• Sensational Spider-Man:
  • Volume 1: Feral (Art: Angel Medina) Collects 23-27
  • Volume 2: Peter Parker, Spiderman: Civil War (Art: Angel Medina; Sean Chen) Collects 28-34
  • Volume 3: Peter Parker, Spiderman: Back in Black (Art: Angel Medina; Lee Weeks; Clayton Crain) Collects 35-40

• The Stand (comics)

• Marvel Divas

[edit] Published plays

• The Mystery Plays Dramatists Play Service, ISBN 978-0-8222-2038-1
• Say You Love Satan Dramatists Play Service, ISBN 978-0-8222-2039-8
• Based on a Totally True Story Dramatists Play Service, ISBN 978-0-8222-2224-8
• Dark Matters Dramatists Play Service, ISBN 978-0-8222-2218-7
• Good Boys and True Dramatists Play Service, ISBN 978-0-8222-2318-4
• King of Shadows Dramatists Play Service, ISBN 978-0-8222-2356-6
• The Muckle Man Dramatists Play Service, ISBN 978-0-8222-2333-7
• Rough Magic' Dramatists Play Service, ISBN 978-0-8222-2332-0
• The Velvet Sky Dramatists Play Service, ISBN 978-0-8222-2331-3
• The Weird" Dramatists Play Service, ISBN 978-0-8222-2255-2

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Details on Aguirre-Sacasa's stage plays
• Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa interviewed in The Playwright Working in the Theatre CUNY-TV/American Theatre Wing, December 2006

Preceded by Hans Rodionoff

Man-Thing writer 2008

Succeeded by current