Marvin González De León

Marvin González De León writes plays that incorporate a myriad of genres—from sci fi to horror—anchored in the traditions of Latin American literature. His work has been produced and developed at Arizona State University, Texas State University, Teatro del Pueblo, Repertorio Español, Round House Theatre, SPACE on Ryder Farm, Page 73 Productions, The Playwrights Realm, the Playwrights’ Center, The O’Neill Center, Berkeley Rep, The New Group, and Ojai Playwrights Conference. He has received various writing fellowships including the Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship; as well as the Jerome Fellowship, the McKnight Fellowship, Core Writer, and the Many Voices Fellowship with the Playwrights’ Center. He was a member of the 2020 I73 Writers Group at Page 73 and was a Virtual Realm Mentee with The...

Marvin González De León writes plays that incorporate a myriad of genres—from sci fi to horror—anchored in the traditions of Latin American literature. His work has been produced and developed at Arizona State University, Texas State University, Teatro del Pueblo, Repertorio Español, Round House Theatre, SPACE on Ryder Farm, Page 73 Productions, The Playwrights Realm, the Playwrights’ Center, The O’Neill Center, Berkeley Rep, The New Group, and Ojai Playwrights Conference. He has received various writing fellowships including the Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship; as well as the Jerome Fellowship, the McKnight Fellowship, Core Writer, and the Many Voices Fellowship with the Playwrights’ Center. He was a member of the 2020 I73 Writers Group at Page 73 and was a Virtual Realm Mentee with The Playwrights Realm in 2021. His plays include Too Close to Earth—which has been developed by the Playwrights’ Center, Page 73, Repertorio Español, and The New Group—and Madre de Dios—which was developed at the 2025 Ojai Playwrights Conference, the 2024 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, the 2022 National Capital New Play Festival, and received a 2020 Page 73 Residency. Madre de Dios was also nominated for The Smith Prize, The Arnold Weissberger New Play Award, The Bret Adams & Paul Reisch Foundation’s Idea Award for new plays, the Ollie Award, and the Venturous Fellowship. González De León received his MFA in Dramatic Writing in 2017 at Arizona State University.

Awards and Distinctions:
Ojai Playwrights Conference - 2025
Reading - The New Group - 2025
Ground Floor Residency - Berkeley Rep - 2024
National Playwrights Conference - The O'Neill Center - 2024
Working Farm Residency - SPACE on Ryder Farm - 2024
Institutional Residency - SPACE on Ryder Farm - 2022
National Capital New Plays Festival - Roundhouse Theatre - 2022
Page 73 Playwriting Fellow - 2022
Playwrights' Center Jerome Fellow - 2021-2022
Page 73 Residency - Madre de Dios
2021 Page 73 Fellowship - Finalist
2020 Playwrights Realm Fellowship - Finalist
2020-2021 Virtual Realm Mentee at the Playwrights Realm
2020/2021 Interstate 73 Writers Group Member
Playwrights' Center McKnight Fellow in Playwriting - 2020-2021
2019 PlayLabs New Work Festival, The Playwrights' Center - Pan Genesis
Playwrights' Center Core Writer - 2019-2024
Semi-finalist, 2019 Princes Grace Playwriting Fellowship, New Dramatists - Pan Genesis
Finalist, 2019 Playwrights Realm Scratchpad Series - Pan Genesis
Playwrights' Center Many Voices Fellow - 2018-2019

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Scripts

Too Close to Earth

by Marvin González De León

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Cast Size
4
Genre
drama,
science fiction

Set in the near future—and spanning 100 years—Too Close to Earth explores the transformation of two Mexican American families as their lives intersect across generations at a seaside home in Southern California. Drawing on the traditions of speculative fiction, the play not only examines our changing relationship with nature and technology, but also the role of art and religion in sustaining hope and balance in...

Set in the near future—and spanning 100 years—Too Close to Earth explores the transformation of two Mexican American families as their lives intersect across generations at a seaside home in Southern California. Drawing on the traditions of speculative fiction, the play not only examines our changing relationship with nature and technology, but also the role of art and religion in sustaining hope and balance in a world in crisis.

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Madre de Dios

by Marvin González De León

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Cast Size
4
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
horror,
science fiction

Following years of estrangement, Moisés returns to his mother’s home in the Southern Nevada desert for his sister’s wake. Set against an apocalyptic landscape where supernatural forces loom, old grudges boil to the surface, and secrets are revealed as this family drama catapults into a mythic tale of Biblical proportion.

Following years of estrangement, Moisés returns to his mother’s home in the Southern Nevada desert for his sister’s wake. Set against an apocalyptic landscape where supernatural forces loom, old grudges boil to the surface, and secrets are revealed as this family drama catapults into a mythic tale of Biblical proportion.

Pa' Fuera Pa' Fuera Pa' Fuera

by Marvin González De León

Cast Size
6
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
horror,
romantic comedy

Ana has the perfect apartment. There’s only one problem: Her long-time boyfriend, Brean, who refuses to leave after she breaks up with him. The more Ana tries to get him to leave, the more he doubles down on staying. Pa’ Fuera Pa’ Fuera Pa’ Fuera is a modern horror comedy that asks to what lengths a woman would go to achieve their freedom from the ultimate monster: a gaslighting ex-boyfriend who just won’t go...

Ana has the perfect apartment. There’s only one problem: Her long-time boyfriend, Brean, who refuses to leave after she breaks up with him. The more Ana tries to get him to leave, the more he doubles down on staying. Pa’ Fuera Pa’ Fuera Pa’ Fuera is a modern horror comedy that asks to what lengths a woman would go to achieve their freedom from the ultimate monster: a gaslighting ex-boyfriend who just won’t go away.

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Pan Genesis

by Marvin González De León

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Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental,
fantasy,
horror,
movement/physical,
mystery/thriller,
political,
satire,
science fiction

When a chimpanzee, Andrés, washes up on the bank of the Congo River, the last surviving bonobos plagued by a mysterious illness must make a hard choice. Do they invite this aggressive chimpanzee into their peaceful, female-dominated tribe to help them repopulate? Or do they protect themselves from him but face extinction? Pan Genesis is a sexy, dark comedy set in an apocalyptic jungle that explores, through our...

When a chimpanzee, Andrés, washes up on the bank of the Congo River, the last surviving bonobos plagued by a mysterious illness must make a hard choice. Do they invite this aggressive chimpanzee into their peaceful, female-dominated tribe to help them repopulate? Or do they protect themselves from him but face extinction? Pan Genesis is a sexy, dark comedy set in an apocalyptic jungle that explores, through our closest animal relatives, the most fundamental human qualities: connection, bonding, safety, and survival when we’re threatened by darkness from within and from the outside world.

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