Daniela Gonzalez y Perez
Daniela Gonzalez y Perez (they/she) is a queer Puerto Rican actor, playwright, screenwriter, 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 are a recent...
Daniela Gonzalez y Perez (they/she) is a queer Puerto Rican actor, playwright, screenwriter, 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 are a recent UCROSS Fellow ('23), were in Clubbed Thumb's Early-Career Writers' Group that resulted in a public 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 a public 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.