Isa Garcia

Isa DeLeón Garcia (they/elle) is a born-and-bred Tejané playwright, actor, deviser, dramaturg, producer, and occasional filmmaker based in New York City. They graduated from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, with a BFA in Drama and a minor in Film Production. Isa is the Founder and Artistic Director of a new theater collective, Dyke Theater Co., committed exclusively to theater made by and for dykes (and those who love them). DTC’s inaugural performances were both at the Tank, for their annual summer festival PrideFest: ASÍ (The Tank: PrideFest, 2024), written and performed by Garcia, and So Far Away (The Tank: PrideFest, 2024), written by Jaden Tyler Urso. They also starred in Jackie Heck's absurd full-length play, The Final Hole (The Tank: DarkFest, 2023). Isa most recently associate...

Isa DeLeón Garcia (they/elle) is a born-and-bred Tejané playwright, actor, deviser, dramaturg, producer, and occasional filmmaker based in New York City. They graduated from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, with a BFA in Drama and a minor in Film Production. Isa is the Founder and Artistic Director of a new theater collective, Dyke Theater Co., committed exclusively to theater made by and for dykes (and those who love them). DTC’s inaugural performances were both at the Tank, for their annual summer festival PrideFest: ASÍ (The Tank: PrideFest, 2024), written and performed by Garcia, and So Far Away (The Tank: PrideFest, 2024), written by Jaden Tyler Urso. They also starred in Jackie Heck's absurd full-length play, The Final Hole (The Tank: DarkFest, 2023). Isa most recently associate produced The Tank’s annual late summer festival, LimeFest, where they presented the very first public reading of Sublimation. Their work carefully examines the voyeuristic relationship between the audience and performer, challenging structures of power and theater itself. Isa values balancing darkness and light, unearthing the pains, joys, and risks of the lesbian identity. Overall, Isa Garcia brings a bold and unapologetic voice to the forefront of the artistic scene, as the emerging leader of the Dyke Theater Movement. Instagram: @isatheedyke, @dyketheaterco

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Scripts

CHISME

by Isa Garcia

Cast Size
2—4
Genre
faith-based,
melodrama,
movement/physical

(IN PROGRESS) Bright and early in West Texas, two Latiné abuelas hold their routine daily chime (gossip) sessions over a rosary and a cup of cafe con leche. Everything changes when one of them gets surprising news about her granddaughter.

(IN PROGRESS) Bright and early in West Texas, two Latiné abuelas hold their routine daily chime (gossip) sessions over a rosary and a cup of cafe con leche. Everything changes when one of them gets surprising news about her granddaughter.

SUBLIMATION

by Isa Garcia

1
Cast Size
4—5
Genre
dark comedy,
experimental,
period,
science fiction

In the 20th century, two female chemists, Dr. Bechtol, and her student, Dr. Carr, create a weapon of mass destruction in a private lab, navigating their growing attraction amidst escalating global, ethical, and personal dilemmas. Meanwhile, the course of their careers and relationship takes a transformative turn when they discover Alberta, a talking decontamination shower, who unveils startling visions of the...

In the 20th century, two female chemists, Dr. Bechtol, and her student, Dr. Carr, create a weapon of mass destruction in a private lab, navigating their growing attraction amidst escalating global, ethical, and personal dilemmas. Meanwhile, the course of their careers and relationship takes a transformative turn when they discover Alberta, a talking decontamination shower, who unveils startling visions of the future.

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ASÍ

by Isa Garcia

2
Cast Size
2—6
Genre
comedy,
immersive

What would you do if you stepped into your apartment in a ginormous strap-on expecting to have ravenous sexual intercourse with a beautiful woman and instead walk into a room full of people staring at you? ASÍ is an overconfident lesbian playboy, with a serious case of toxic masculinity. As the play develops, Así comes to realize that the solo show they’ve stumbled upon is not so solo after all, and they must...

What would you do if you stepped into your apartment in a ginormous strap-on expecting to have ravenous sexual intercourse with a beautiful woman and instead walk into a room full of people staring at you? ASÍ is an overconfident lesbian playboy, with a serious case of toxic masculinity. As the play develops, Así comes to realize that the solo show they’ve stumbled upon is not so solo after all, and they must wrestle (WWE-style) with their internalized machismo, longing for true love, and their childhood rival in order to break familial cycles in this form-defying piece of dyke theater.

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