Writer | Actor | Educator

“We are all stories—shaped by what holds us, what we lose, and what we find along the way. Here, you will find writing and performance highlights from a CIDP survivor and storyteller. I hope you’ll find something of yourself in these pages.”

J. Saucedo

I’m Jonathan Michael Saucedo, a Chicago-based writer, actor, and educator with an MFA in Writing from Lindenwood University and a BA in Theater and Secondary Education from Loyola University Chicago. My work explores chronic illness, disability, and LGBTQ+ love through writing, performance, and multimedia storytelling. My work has been performed with Echo Theatre Collective’s Reverb Ensemble and published in The Orange Rose Literary Magazine (“I Close My Eyes and Look Up”) and Dreamers Creative Writing (“Blue”). This site is the central hub for my work, including selected essays and stage work, my prose-poetry chapbook A Silent Love Letter, the visual podcast Unfolding Hope, and archived writing from my Unfolding Hope Substack.