LATINX NEW PLAY FESTIVAL

Mario Vega is a playwright/lyricist/digital artist from Southern California. He is a graduate of San Diego State University and is currently obtaining his MFA in playwriting at UCLA. He has written the book and lyrics to four full-length musicals, in addition to multiple plays. His work explores Latine identity and the borderlands through the lenses of satire and fantasy.

Andrew Rincón (he/she/they) is a Queer Colombian-American playwright, screenwriter, and world builder. Their work blends fantasy, modern Latine mythology and Queer fabulation. Their plays have been developed with The Latinx Playwrights Circle, The Austin Latino New Play Festival, The Amoralists Theatre Company, Pork Filled Productions (Seattle), Out Front Productions (Atlanta). Andrew was a member of INKtank Lab for Playwrights of Color (2017) and 2017 Fornés Playwriting Workshop (Chicago). He is the winner of the 2018 Chesley/Bumbalo Grant for writers of Gay and Lesbian Theatre and New Light Theatre Project’s New Light New Voices Award (2019). Dramatist Guild Foundation Fellow (19-20), MacDowell Fellow (Winter 2020). Skidmore College’s Visiting Playwright in Residence (21-22). Finalist in LGBTQ Drama for the 36th Lambda Literary Awards 2024.

Select plays include: The Lonely, El Mito or The Myth of my Pain, The Leopard Women. Their play I Wanna Fuck like Romeo and Juliet had its world premiere in NYC at 59e59 Theatres (Fall 2022) and is published by Concord Theatricals. They are currently pursuing an MFA in playwriting at Yale School of Drama.

Lori Felipe-Barkin is an English-Spanish playwright, performer and voice-over artist based out of Miami and NYC. Most recently, her short play, The Peepholeman, premiered at BAM as part of the 2024 Weasel Festival. Her three-act play, Flor Underwater, was selected for the 2020 Play Penn New Play Conference, received an Honorable Mention for the 2021 Terrence McNally Award, and was a finalist for the 2023 Risk Theatre Award, the 2023 Austin Film Festival Playwriting Competition, and the 2024 Royer Award. She has had play readings at Playwrights Horizons, INTAR Theatre, and Iati Theater. She holds an MFA in playwriting from Brooklyn College.

Arturo Luíz Soria is an Obie Award-winning actor and playwright. His one-(wo)man show, Ni Mi Madre, premiered at Rattlestick Theater in the summer of 2021. It was a NY Times Critic’s Pick and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award, Outer Circle Critics Award, a Drama League Award, and won an Obie Award for Best Performance. It recently had its European premiere at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He currently has three projects in the works: a new solo show, Sin Padre, commissioned by Rattlestick Theatre through a NYSCA grant; a screen adaptation of the novel Bodega Dreams for Black Bar Mitzvah Productions and Votiv Films, slated to be directed by Ángel Manuel Soto; and a new play, La Kasa Mita’echo, commissioned by the Lucille Lortel Theatre’s Alcove New Play Development Program. As an actor, Arturo’s work in the theatre has been extensive. He made his Broadway debut in The Inheritance, which won the Tony Award for Best Play. He was also in the World Premiere of Hit the Wall at Barrow Street Theatre, and most recently, the World Premiere of Wet Brain at Playwrights Horizons. He has worked regionally at The Guthrie Theatre, Yale Rep, St. Louis Rep, Milwaukee Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The Dallas Center, Steppenwolf Theatre, Victory Gardens Theatre, and many more. Arturo holds an MFA from Yale School of Drama, a BFA from The Theatre School at DePaul University, and was part of the inaugural class at Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad TV Writing Mentorship Program.