Hothouse continues to challenge me artistically and personally. Meeting with the same group of artists every week for the past two years has created an open space for creativity and growth. I am grateful for the opportunity to explore and create with these artists whom I deeply admire.
Regional credits: Cymbeline, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Much Ado About Nothing (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival); All My Mothers Dream In Spanish (Azuka Theatre); KISS, FAT HAM (2021 filmed World Premiere), Dance Nation, There, Dionysus Was Such A Nice Man, Romeo and Juliet, Passage, Passing Strange, Blood Wedding, When the Rain Stops Falling, An Octoroon, The Hard Problem (Wilma Theater); A Streetcar Named Desire, NO CHILD…(2021 Filmed Production), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, La Bête, The Jungle Book, Wayside Stories From Wayside School (Arden Theatre); Shakespeare In Love, All My Sons (People’s Light). Taysha is the 2018 F. Otto Haas Emerging Philadelphia Theater Artist Recipient and a three-time Barrymore Award nominee. She is a founding member of the Wilma Theater’s resident acting company, the Hot House. BFA in Acting from Arcadia University. Next production: Tonya in King Hedley II at the Arden Theatre. Much love to my family, especially to my two AMDs. www.tayshamariecanales.com
