About

Solange Castro is a writer, standup comic and playwright. Her first standup comedy album “A Journey of Self Discovery,” produced by RadLand Records, is available on Amazon, and Spotify.  She is the author of the original play, “Changes In The Mating Strategies of White People,”published by Broadway Play Publishing and her memoir about salsa dancing, “Salsa Chica: How I Learned To Dance Salsa And Avoid Real Life.”  Her latest play,  “End of Times Therapy,” has seen readings all over Los Angeles.  She was chosen as “Comic of the Week” on The Jackie & Laurie Show  and performed at the SF Sketch Fest in 2020 and 2024. She is a regular performer at The Westside Comedy Theater, where she also teaches Standup 101, and co-produces the female and non-binary comedy show “The Witching Hour” with Rachel Bonnetta.  She has taught her comedy pals salsa on her web series, “Teaching Comics to Dance Salsa“ and opened for Maria Bamford.  You might catch her as Maria’s friend “Solange” in the Maria Bamford Netflix sitcom “Lady Dynamite.”

Solange also teaches her own Zoom Comedy Class (for those who live outside of LA or prefer to tell jokes from the comfort of their couch).

Other projects include, the short documentary “A California For Everyone” about the California Environmental Quality Act’s impact on the California housing crisis, and the publication of her mother Rafaela Castro’s novel, “Cantina Confidential,” about migrant farm workers in 1940s California.

Solange attended Berkeley High School and Yale University where she majored in English and Playwriting.  When she’s not writing and performing, Solange dances salsa and travels.  You can always visit her blog where she has been oversharing since 2003 at www.searchforsanity.com or follow her on Instagram where she spends way too much time on her ‘stories.’