A Short Bio
Amparo Garcia-Crow is a multi-disciplinary artist who acts, sings, directs and writes plays, screenplays and songs. As a playwright, Garcia-Crow has been developed at South Coast Repertory Theatre and has had world premieres Off-Broadway, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Latino Chicago and various theaters and universities in the Southwest. Recently as an artist in residence with NYC's Mabou Mines she began developing "Strip" a new musical and her “Unknown Soldier: The New American Musical of Mexican Descent” is featured in Hector Galen’s PBS documentary: “Visiones (Visions): Latino Art and Culture” on PBS: HYPERLINK "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOEPFhHmUPo" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOEPFhHmUPo. Her most recent feature documentary...
A Short Bio
Amparo Garcia-Crow is a multi-disciplinary artist who acts, sings, directs and writes plays, screenplays and songs. As a playwright, Garcia-Crow has been developed at South Coast Repertory Theatre and has had world premieres Off-Broadway, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Latino Chicago and various theaters and universities in the Southwest. Recently as an artist in residence with NYC's Mabou Mines she began developing "Strip" a new musical and her “Unknown Soldier: The New American Musical of Mexican Descent” is featured in Hector Galen’s PBS documentary: “Visiones (Visions): Latino Art and Culture” on PBS: HYPERLINK "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOEPFhHmUPo" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOEPFhHmUPo. Her most recent feature documentary (and directorial debut) “Love in the Sixties” is currently in various film festivals and her narrative short "Death Rattle" which she wrote and produced premiered at the Los Angeles Latino International and Cine las Americas. And her half hour film, “Loaves and Fishes” (which she also stars in) aired on the PBS series “Territories”, after premiering at SXSW Film Festival and the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival. A former James Michener Fellow, Amparo won the Larry King Playwriting Award for her play, “Cocks Have Claws and Wings to Fly and the national Mae West Festival’s “Best Female Protagonist” award for her play “Esmeralda Blue: La Mujer Moderna.”” As an actress Amparo has performed at the Kennedy Center and other regional theaters in the Southwest and can be seen on NBC's FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS and ABC's THE LYING GAME as well as various independent films, commercials and industrials. As a director, Amparo has received the prestigious NEA/TCG Director’s Fellowship and worked on new play development at various theaters including the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. She has also produced independent musical releases of her musical compositions and been a Master Acting teacher for the MFA Acting program at the University of Texas where she also taught directing and playwriting. Currently she is an adjunct at Austin Community College after serving as the inaugural Program Manager for the City of Austin’s new sixteen million dollar Mexican American Cultural Center. A collection of her work entitled: “Between Misery and the Sun: The South Texas Plays” is published by No Passport Press.