Toccara Castleman

Toccara Castleman is a multidisciplinary writer ("Maybe a Mexican", "Escaping Inward", "I Choose You, Baby") and actress ("Gee's Bend", Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre), ("Confederates", Redtwist Theatre), ("I Don't Want to Play Myself", The Tank NYC) from the South Side of Chicago who uses the lens of comedy to explore the themes of second acts, dreams deferred, and self discovery in her work. Toccara was a collaborator on the Emmy® Award winning writing team for a USA Network augmented reality game (Interactive Extension of a Linear Program, "Mr. Robot" Season 4, 2020). In addition to theatre, she creates art across a variety of mediums including digital media (NBCUniversal, TIME Inc.) and print journalism (UPTOWN Magazine, The Network Journal). Toccara is a proud Dramatists Guild member, Chicago Dramatists Resident Playwright, and Redtwist Theatre ensemble member. Toccara has an MFA in nothing, is represented by no one and yet, still she rises...www.toccaracastleman.com