Biography

Anna Skidis Vargas is a director, actor, playmaker, and educator who subverts stereotypes through myth, spirituality, and humor with a focus on Latinx and mixed identity stories. Skidis Vargas is Resident Director and Assistant Professor of Theatre arts at St. Edward’s University and Mary Moody Northen Theatre in Austin, Texas. She holds an M.F.A. in Directing from the University of Texas at Austin (UT), and a B.A. in Performance from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. While at UT, she directed for their season subscription series, UT New Theatre, and the Cohen New Works Festival. As a guest director, Skidis Vargas has worked (or is currently working) with First Stage (Milwaukee, WI), Texas State University (San Marcos), St. Edwards University (Austin, TX), The Rose (Omaha, NE), Children’s Theatre of Madison (WI), Cape Fear Regional Theatre (Fayetteville, NC), and Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (WI). She is part of the 2018-21 Rising Leaders of Color cohort with TCG, and is the Founding Artistic Director of Theatre Nuevo in St. Louis. As an actor and singer, Skidis Vargas has received two Circle Awards for outstanding performances, and was named Saint Louis’ Best Female Vocalist by the Riverfront Times in 2014. As Assistant Professor in the Department of Performing Arts at St. Edward’s, she teaches Directing, Devising, Theatre for Social Change, and Performance 1A and 1B.