Daniela Gonzalez y Perez
Daniela Gonzalez y Perez (they/she) is a queer Puerto Rican actor, playwright, and teaching artist born and raised in Brooklyn. Their writing explores the intersections of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and religion through fantasy, "magical realism", sci-fi, and that “Brooklyn shit” to confront/reject societal norms, barriers, and the displacement of peoples. They were recently in Clubbed Thumb...
Daniela Gonzalez y Perez (they/she) is a queer Puerto Rican actor, playwright, and teaching artist born and raised in Brooklyn. Their writing explores the intersections of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and religion through fantasy, "magical realism", sci-fi, and that “Brooklyn shit” to confront/reject societal norms, barriers, and the displacement of peoples. They were recently in Clubbed Thumb's Early-Career Writers' Group that resulted in an industry reading of THE RAPTORS and being mentored by David Henry Hwang ('22/23), a Finalist for the Ya Tu Sabes Monologue Slam presented by Nosotros x NBC ('22), and recently a fellow of The Latinx Playwrights Circle’s Intensive Mentorship Program, which resulted in an industry reading of ÁNGEL Y CHUPI (The Reinvented Queer Tale of the Puerto Rican Chupacabra), mentored by Migdalia Cruz ('22). They wrote TINKERBELL & THE LOST GIRL for Cosmic Cherry Festival ('23), ALIEN STRIPPERS for The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues with INTAR ('22), have had two of their ten-minute plays, THE MARTIAN KING and UNOFFICIAL GIRLFRIEND, shown live at Fucked-Up Play Fest! ('21), two zoom readings of their full-length plays, ÁNGEL Y CHUPI and MY BROOKLYN ('21, '20), with The Latinx Playwrights Circle, and four plays selected for Gi60: International One-Minute Theatre Festival over the years. They hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Brooklyn College, is a proud member of INTAR’s Unit 52 and The Latinx Playwrights Circle, and is a Teaching Artist for Manhattan Theatre Club.