A young man with dark hair, wearing glasses, a black T-shirt, and a black watch, looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression, resting his hand behind his neck against a plain light background.

Writer | Actor | Educator

We are all stories—shaped by what holds us, what we lose, and what we find along the way. Sometimes, life doesn’t take you where you thought it would, but you learn to flow with the current—to know when to paddle and when to rest. And somewhere between reality and magic, Earth and the heavens, lies a story where faith and hope reside. 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

My work has been performed with Echo Theatre Collective’s “Reverb Ensemble”

“I Close My Eyes and Look Up” is featured in The Orange Rose Literary Magazine

“Blue” is featured in Dreamers Creative Writing

I’m Jonathan Michael Saucedo, a Chicago-based writer, actor, and educator. My work explores chronic illness, disability, and LGBTQ+ love through writing, performance, and multimedia storytelling. This site is home to selected essays, stage work, my prose poetry chapbook A Silent Love Letter, and the visual podcast Unfolding Hope, the companion to my All Good Things blog.

Education:

MFA in Writing, Lindenwood University
BA in Theater and Secondary Education, Loyola University Chicago