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 Spotify.  She is the author of the original play, “Changes In The Mating Strategies of White People,”published by Broadway Play Publishing the memoir, “Salsa Chica: How I Learned To Dance Salsa And Avoid Real Life”  and her newest play,  “End of Times Therapy,” which will have it’s World Premiere (that’s what they call it) at the Santa Monica Playhouse in February of 2025. 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 Comedy 101.  Solange also teaches a Zoom Comedy Class to students all over the US and Western Europe. She has taught salsa dancing to her comedy pals on her web series, “Teaching Comics to Dance Salsa“ and opened for long-time friend Maria Bamford.  You might catch her as Maria’s friend “Solange” in the Maria Bamford Netflix sitcom “Lady Dynamite.” 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’s, Rafaela Castro, novel, “Cantina Confidential,” about migrant farm workers in 1940s California.

Solange attended Berkeley High School and Yale University where she majored in English Literature.  When she’s not writing and performing, Solange dances salsa and travels.  You can follow her on Instagram @solange_here or read her blog at  www.searchforsanity.com