Georgina Escobar
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Georgina H. Escobar is a queer Mexican playwright from Ciudad Juárez and maker of sci-femme narratives, ultra-humanistic mythos, and frontera-funk stories. She works textually and visually with plasticity, the impossible, and the Latin American perspective to create genre pieces with heart. Residencies include MacDowell, Djerassi, Fornés...
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Georgina H. Escobar is a queer Mexican playwright from Ciudad Juárez and maker of sci-femme narratives, ultra-humanistic mythos, and frontera-funk stories. She works textually and visually with plasticity, the impossible, and the Latin American perspective to create genre pieces with heart. Residencies include MacDowell, Djerassi, Fornés Workshop, and she is the recipient of the Darrell Ayers Playwriting Award from the Kennedy Center, and the Outstanding Service to Women on the Border Award from the sister cities El Paso/Juárez. Her work has been featured in the Kilroy’s List, 50PP, The Mix, and on print in The Texas Review, Lxs Bárbarxs, McSweeney’s, and New Passport Press; it also appears in “Scenes for Latinx Actors,” “Lighting The Way”, and “El Fuego: Fueling the American Theatre with Latinx Plays”, and have been performed in México, US, UK, Sweden, Denmark and Italy. Her plays include "Then they forgot about The Rest" (Off-Broadway INTAR), "Sweep" (Lincoln Centers Director's Lab), "StoneHeart" (Kilroy's 2019), and "Ash Tree" (Darrel Ayers Award; ASSITEJ). Musicals include: "All Strings Considered" (book & lyrics, New York Children's Theatre), "Firerock" ( co-writer, book, LittleGlobe), and "Little Duende" (book & lyrics, National Musical Theatre Conference at the O'Neill, NAMT). Artistic homes and presenters include INTAR, New York Children’s Theatre, Dixon Place, Clubbed Thumb, Lincoln Center, Bushwick Starr, Ancram Opera House, Two Rivers, Milagro, Aurora Theatre, and Marfa Live Arts. Escobar is represented by 3 Arts Entertainment in Los Angeles.