Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (born 1973) is an American playwright,
screenwriter, and comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel
Comics and for the television series Glee, Big Love, Riverdale and
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. He is Chief Creative Officer of Archie
Comics.Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa grew up in Washington, D.C., the son of
a Nicaraguan diplomat. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from
Georgetown University and later a Masters Degree in English literature
from McGill University; he then graduated from the Yale School of
Drama in 2003.Early plays during his first year at Yale include Say
You Love Satan, "a romantic comedy spoof of the Omen movies", and The
Muckle Man, "a serious family drama with supernatural overtones"; good
reviews on summer productions of those helped him get a professional
agent. Rough Magic, an interpretation of Shakespeare's The Tempest
where Caliban escapes from Prospero's island and finds himself in
present-day New York City, was produced at Yale during his last year
there.Although he wrote some plays in high school, it was after
college, while working as a publicist at the Shakespeare Theatre, that
he had an opportunity to attend a week-long playwriting workshop under
Paula Vogel at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. He recalled in 2003
that Vogel was having one of her periodic
screenwriter, and comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel
Comics and for the television series Glee, Big Love, Riverdale and
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. He is Chief Creative Officer of Archie
Comics.Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa grew up in Washington, D.C., the son of
a Nicaraguan diplomat. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from
Georgetown University and later a Masters Degree in English literature
from McGill University; he then graduated from the Yale School of
Drama in 2003.Early plays during his first year at Yale include Say
You Love Satan, "a romantic comedy spoof of the Omen movies", and The
Muckle Man, "a serious family drama with supernatural overtones"; good
reviews on summer productions of those helped him get a professional
agent. Rough Magic, an interpretation of Shakespeare's The Tempest
where Caliban escapes from Prospero's island and finds himself in
present-day New York City, was produced at Yale during his last year
there.Although he wrote some plays in high school, it was after
college, while working as a publicist at the Shakespeare Theatre, that
he had an opportunity to attend a week-long playwriting workshop under
Paula Vogel at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. He recalled in 2003
that Vogel was having one of her periodic
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