Desiree Marisol Carcamo

Desiree Marisol Carcamo is a self-taught Latine writer for stage & screen.

specialty: complex, queer BIPoC femmes & delicate relationships

SAMPLES

EL PASO (2023)

Full Length Play -- Writer and Co-Creator

The Escadeja family is complicated. The youngest son is a high school dropout. The eldest daughter secretly dreams of being an artist. The mom cares too much and doesn’t stand up for herself. The siblings? Only half related. The dad? M.I.A. When they imaged the American Dream, this wasn’t it. All their differences come to a boil in the summer of 2019 in the middle of an increasingly tense political climate and the 2019 El Paso Walmart shooting. When all else fails and their secrets come out, they have to define what family means to them. They’re not perfect, but they are 100% El Paso.

*WORLD PREMIERE -- Hollywood Fringe Festival, Zephyr Theater (2023)*

Co-Creators Maria de Los Angeles and Desiree Marisol Carcamo // Writer-Director Desiree Marisol Carcamo // Lighting Designer Nick Foran // PD Desiree Marisol Carcamo // Sound Designer Ryyan Dewan // Stage Manager Mariana Carumuna // CD Gabriela Machuca // Producers: Maria De Los Angeles, Desiree Marisol Carcamo, Ryyan Dewan, Katherine J Espin // EP Maria De Los Angeles // Produced at Zephyr Theater for the Hollywood Fringe Festival

NOT ALL TAMALES LOOK THE SAME (2020)

Monologue -- Writer

When Catalina Herrera is indicted by the Latinidad Certification Review Board, she sets out to build the case that her Latinidad License should not be revoked: She's 100% Latina.

*GRAND PRIZE WINNER -- NBCU-Nosotros Monologue Slam (2020)*

Writer Desiree Marisol Carcamo // Director Joaquin F. Palma // Natasha Galano // Joel Gonzalez // Produced at Riccardo Montalban Theater for the Nosotros-NBCU 'Ya Tu Sabes!' Monologue Slam

SISTER, BROTHER ON THE RUN (2021)

TV Spec Pilot -- Writer

When her aunt dies, a gay Catholic schoolgirl with anger issues tracks down her estranged older brother to avoid foster care but inadvertently gets mixed up in her brother's latest deal gone wrong.

*WINNER (2021) - Disney-NHMC Series Writers Program Fellowship*

*WINNER (2021) - Iron Glove Production Mentorship Fellowship*

HONEY BEE (2024)

Short Film -- Writer

When her estranged father asks to meet, a young woman struggles with whether to meet him knowing that the meeting is probably a ploy to ask for money. Meanwhile, past memories surface.

*Directed by Maggy Torres-Rodriguez (2024)*

*GRAND PRIZE WINNER (2022) -- M Film Lab-Open Screenplay Latinx Lab*

*Originally written 2021*

Writer Desiree Marisol Carcamo // Director Maggie Torres_Rodriguez // Casting Director Natalie Ballasteros through ABL Casting // DP Mariscela Beatríz Méndez //PD Cyrum Aytana Ramírez // Producer Zade Akked // EP & Producer M Film Lab // Open Screenplay's and M Film Lab's Latinx Lab (2022)