Aurora Stewart de Peña

Who is Aurora Stewart de Peña?

Aurora Stewart de Peña is a Canadian playwright and director. Born in Stratford, Ontario to Jim Stewart, a sound technician at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, and Katia de Peña, an actor. Based in Toronto, She is the author of 36 Little Plays about Hopeless Girls, which premiered at the Tranzac Club in Toronto in August 2006, going on to gain critical praise at the 2009 Toronto Fringe Festival . She is also the author of Family Story, Lily-Rose, and a collection of short plays performed annually at the Brooklyn College. She is a founder of the performance collective Birdtown and Swanville with Nika Mistruzzi. The collective is currently in residence at Toronto theatre Buddies in Bad Times.