Paloma Sierra

Paloma Sierra

Paloma Sierra (she/her) is a writer-director who crafts narratives, musicals, and poetry for theater and film. Her work across stage and film has earned her a U.S. Fulbright scholarship, an appointment as the first Emerging Poet Laureate of Allegheny County, and recognition from the Dramatists Guild of America and the Writers Guild Foundation. She has developed new plays, musicals, and spoken word with Jermyn...
Paloma Sierra (she/her) is a writer-director who crafts narratives, musicals, and poetry for theater and film. Her work across stage and film has earned her a U.S. Fulbright scholarship, an appointment as the first Emerging Poet Laureate of Allegheny County, and recognition from the Dramatists Guild of America and the Writers Guild Foundation. She has developed new plays, musicals, and spoken word with Jermyn Street Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, New Hazlett Theater, and Conch Shell Productions. Her videopoem “I Am Soil Breaking Off” received international acclaim, winning the inaugural ¡Tú Cuentas! Cine Youth Festival Grand Prize. She holds an MFA and BHA from Carnegie Mellon University.

Plays

  • Close (But Not Too Close!) by Paloma Sierra
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, musical + 1 more
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    Keyword: online, zoom + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, musical, zoom
    Keyword: online, zoom, musical, comedy, dating, relationship
    Musical | 15 - 20 minutes | 4 Performers

    book by Paloma Sierra
    lyrics by Julia Sonya Koyfman
    music by Dusty Sanders

    Synopsis
    Too nervous to meet that special someone in person just yet? Log on to CloseButNotTooClose.com to find your perfect date - but watch out for scammers!

    Production History
    The musical was presented at New Ohio...
    Musical | 15 - 20 minutes | 4 Performers

    book by Paloma Sierra
    lyrics by Julia Sonya Koyfman
    music by Dusty Sanders

    Synopsis
    Too nervous to meet that special someone in person just yet? Log on to CloseButNotTooClose.com to find your perfect date - but watch out for scammers!

    Production History
    The musical was presented at New Ohio Theater's New York City Indie Theater Film Festival (2022), produced at Project Y Theatre's Women in Theatre Festival (2021), and workshopped through New Musicals Inc. (2020).

    Press
    "Close But Not Too Close Made Us Beg For More" by Ricky and Dana Young-Howze, from The Young-Howze Theater Journal (23 March 2021) [https://rndyounghowze.tumblr.com/post/646504688547725312/close-but-not-too-close-made-us-beg-for-more]
  • BuT yOuR eNgLiSh Is So GoOd! by Paloma Sierra
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    2–10
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    Genre: comedy, movement/physical + 1 more
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    Keyword: choreopoem, bilingual + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, movement/physical, verse
    Keyword: choreopoem, bilingual, Latinx, English, English language
    Choreopoem | 5-10 minutes | 2+ Performers

    Synopsis
    A choreopoem inspired by the phrase "BuT yOuR eNgLiSh Is So GoOd!"

    Production History
    The piece was first written and workshopped at Carnegie Mellon's Theatre Lab (2019). The choreopoem has been performed at Carnegie Mellon's Martin Luther King Jr. Day Writing Awards, where it was awarded a...
    Choreopoem | 5-10 minutes | 2+ Performers

    Synopsis
    A choreopoem inspired by the phrase "BuT yOuR eNgLiSh Is So GoOd!"

    Production History
    The piece was first written and workshopped at Carnegie Mellon's Theatre Lab (2019). The choreopoem has been performed at Carnegie Mellon's Martin Luther King Jr. Day Writing Awards, where it was awarded a Special Drama Award (2020); and at The Artist Co-Op as part of Poetic Theater Productions's Poetic Open Sessions (2019).

    Press
    KDKA's Pittsburgh Today Live
  • Cola'o: A Bilingual Trova by Paloma Sierra
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: musical, translation + 1 more
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    Keyword: cultural identity, coffee + 4 more
    Genre: musical, translation, verse
    Keyword: cultural identity, coffee, Diaspora, puerto rican, national identity, bilingual
    Play with Music | 10 minutes | 2 Performers

    Synopsis
    Two lovers – each with contrary opinions about Puerto Rican national identity – uncover how to prepare “authentic” coffee.

    Production History
    The play is a City Theatre National Short Playwriting Award finalist (2020) and was published by Bridge: Bluffton University Literary Journal (2019). It was presented at...
    Play with Music | 10 minutes | 2 Performers

    Synopsis
    Two lovers – each with contrary opinions about Puerto Rican national identity – uncover how to prepare “authentic” coffee.

    Production History
    The play is a City Theatre National Short Playwriting Award finalist (2020) and was published by Bridge: Bluffton University Literary Journal (2019). It was presented at Theatre Now's Sound Bites 7.0 (2020), Nuyorican Poets Cafe (2018), WRCT 88.3FM Barrio Latino (2017), and Carnegie Mellon School of Drama Playground Festival (2016). It was first created through Carnegie Mellon's SURF Fellowship (2016).
  • Rosa: The Day of the Dead by Paloma Sierra
    Cast: 
    3–5
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    Genre: adaptation, fable/folktale + 4 more
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    Keyword: Latinx, child immigrants + 4 more
    Genre: adaptation, fable/folktale, horror, musical, opera, verse
    Keyword: Latinx, child immigrants, children, children of immigrants, adoption, adopted child
    Commissioned by White Snake Projects, and presented at company's Let’s Celebrate: Living Holiday Traditions in America (2022).