David Davila
David Davila is a writer, performer, director, comedian, and dramaturg from South Texas; where the border wall's been standing since the Bush administration. Winner of the National New Play Network Smith Prize for Political Theatre and the New American Voices National Playwriting Award, his work centers stories of queer-culture and mestizaje while questioning systems of power; ranging from plays and...
David Davila is a writer, performer, director, comedian, and dramaturg from South Texas; where the border wall's been standing since the Bush administration. Winner of the National New Play Network Smith Prize for Political Theatre and the New American Voices National Playwriting Award, his work centers stories of queer-culture and mestizaje while questioning systems of power; ranging from plays and musicals, to poetry and stand-up comedy. His full-length works include MANUEL VERSUS THE STATUE OF LIBERTY (O'Neill Finalist, NAMT, NYMF, Gallery Players, Constellation Stage & Screen), ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (NY Fringe 2019, Barn Arts, Feast, Summer Fresh Festival), AZTEC PIRATES, A LATINX FANTASIA ON NATIONAL THEMES (San Diego Rep, Lone Star Media, PlayGround Experiment), HOTEL PUERTO VALLARTA (Stages Houston, Chaos Theatre, Latinx Playwrights Circle, Egg and Spoon), ADAN Y JULIO Y LA FRONTERA 2003 (O'Neill Semi-Finalist, Lone Star, Viva SA), PROMÈSA: A MARIACHI MUSICAL (Musical Theatre Factory), VOX POP! A POST-DEMOCRATIC MUSICAL (Indiana University, Musical Theatre Factory, 54 Below New Musicals), PYRAMID (Lincoln Center, Across A Crowded Room), #52SONGS (Beechman, The West End, The Underground, The Triad), THE MAGIC TIME MACHINE (Beachman), NASH POTATOES & DAVY (The West End, The Underground), TALES FROM HWY 281 (Intar Theatre), THE PIÑATA (Indiana University), THE MESQUITE TREE: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY (Theatre Audaz, O'Neill Semi-finalist, Latinx Playwrights Circle), 1970'S COLLEGE SEX COMEDY (Indiana University), THE INVISIBLE HAND OF GOD TOUCHED ME IN A BAD PLACE (Smith Prize for Political Theatre, Latinx Playwrights Circle), and more. His short plays have been featured by The PlayGround Experiment, NYMadness, Primary Stages, Bloomington Playwrights Project, Feast, ESPA, Second City Chicago, Prospect Theatre, Constellation Stage & Screen, and Lone Star Theatre. He studied vocal performance at the University of North Texas, Arts Administration at The University of Texas San Antonio, playwriting at Primary Stages’ Einhorn School of the Performing Arts, comedy writing at Second City Chicago, and received his MFA in playwriting from Indiana University. He is the founding Artistic Director of Lone Star Theatre Company, an avid sketch comedy and improv performer, a Rockwell Scholar, a Playwrights Horizons Artist Grant Recipient, a Roundabout Theatre Co SpaceJam resident, a Disney TV Fellowship semi-finalist, and a proud member of ASCAP, the Dramatist Guild, and LMDA.