Quick Facts
Biography
Anna Theresa Cascio (born November 7, 1955), sometimes billed as Anna Cascio, is an American writer. She has written plays and for television, particularly for soap operas.
Television
All My Children
- Co-Head Writer: February 24, 2003 - June 30, 2003
As the World Turns
- Breakdown Writer: November 1, 2005 - September 18, 2007
One Life to Live
- Breakdown Writer: 1996 - 2002, Fall 2003 - September 26, 2005, December 11, 2007 - February 22, 2008, May 2, 2008 - January 13, 2012
General Hospital
- Breakdown Writer: August 17, 2012 – present
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
- Writer
- Playbill. issues 7-12. American Theatre Press. 1996.
Theater
In 1988-89, the Manhattan Class Company performed her "Bikini Snow" Off-Off-Broadway and En Garde Arts presented her play "Minny and the James Boys"
A scene from her play "June 8, 1968" was included in the book Duo!: Best Scenes for the 90's. Her play "Crystal" was "critically acclaimed" and premiered by the Theater of the First Amendment in Fairfax. She and Leslie Arden co wrote the book for The House of Martin Guerre.
Her play " Broad Channel", co written with Doc Dougherty, ran from April 13, to May 4, 2003.
Awards and nominations
Daytime Emmy Award
- Nomination, 2002 & 2006, Best Writing, One Life to Live
- Nomination, 2004, Best Writing, All My Children
Writers Guild of America Award
- Win, 2006, Best Writing, As the World Turns
- Nomination, 2003 & 2005, Best Writing, One Life to Live
- Win, 2003, Best Writing, All My Children