Christopher Oscar Peña

Christopher Oscar Peña is a playwright, screenwriter, actor and educator who resides in New York City. He teaches theater at NYU's Tisch School of Arts and is a member of the Playwrights Unit at Goodman Theatre in Chicago. He also has had work commissioned by Yale Repertory Theatre. Peña co-wrote one episode of the Golden Globe nominated TV series, Jane the Virgin in 2010. He was on the "Future Broadway Power List," by Backstage (magazine) in 2014.