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Nancy García Loza

Nancy García Loza is an award-winning self-taught, pocha playwright rooted in Chicago, Illinois and Jalisco, México. This year, she received The Joyce Award, as well as the APAP ArtsForward Award, both in collaboration with the National Museum of Mexican Art (NMMA). She was most recently recognized by the Dramatists' Guild Council (NYC) as the 2022 Lanford Wilson Award for emerging playwrights. She is a two-time alum of the national Fornés Playwriting Workshop where Rust was originally conceived. She has enjoyed residencies with: Goodman Playwrights Unit & Future Labs, Steppenwolf Theatre & The New Harmony Project, Oregon Shakespeare Festival Black Swan Lab, SPACE on Ryder Farm Institutional Residency, and more. Her audiodrama, Brava, is available on all podcast platforms (Make-Believe Association, 2019). She is currently under commission/development with Steppenwolf Theatre (Ascent), Goodman Theatre (Rust), Paramount Theatre (Bull: a love story, World Premiere, 2022), NMMA (Pénjamo: a Pocha Road Trip story; Macha), and more. She is the daughter of Mexican immigrants and the eldest daughter of seven children. She lives in Chicagolandia and writes in her kitchen. She is Mexican American, no hyphen.

Nancy García Loza es una dramaturga premiada y autodidacta con raíces en Chicago y Jalisco, México. Este año, recibió el Joyce Award, así como el APAP ArtsForward Award, ambos en colaboración con el National Museum of Mexican Art (NMMA). Ha sido reconocida recientemente por el Dramatists' Guild Council (NYC) con el Lanford Wilson Award 2022 para dramaturgos emergentes. Ha sido en dos ocasiones participante del taller nacional Fornés Playwriting Workshop, donde Rust fue concebida originalmente. Ha disfrutado de residencias con: Goodman Playwrights Unit & Future Labs, Steppenwolf Theatre & The New Harmony Project, Oregon Shakespeare Festival Black Swan Lab, SPACE on Ryder Farm Institutional Residency, y más. Su audiodrama, Brava, está disponible en todas las plataformas de podcast (Make-Believe Association, 2019). Actualmente está bajo comisión/desarrollo con Steppenwolf Theatre (Ascent), Goodman Theatre (Rust), Paramount Theatre (Bull: a love story, estreno mundial en 2022), el Museo NMMA (Pénjamo: a Pocha Road Trip story; Macha), y más. Es hija de inmigrantes mexicanos y la hija mayor de siete hijos. Vive en Cicagolandia y escribe en su cocina. Ella es mexicoamericana, sin guión.

 
 

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