Nancy García Loza
Nancy García Loza is an award-winning, self-taught pocha playwright rooted in Chicago, Illinois and Jalisco, México. Her audio drama BRAVA: a folktale con música launched Make-Believe Association’s inaugural season (with mention from the The NewYork Times), receiving nominations in six categories at the 2019 ALTA Awards and winning in the category of Outstanding Original Music in a Play for her song "Corrido de la Brava". She has enjoyed residencies with: Goodman New Stages, Goodman Future Labs, Goodman Playwrights Unit; Steppenwolf Theatre; The New Harmony Project; Oregon Shakespeare Festival Black Swan Lab; SPACE on Ryder Farm; The Inception Project with Paramount Theatre; UIUC, Fornés Playwriting Workshop, Chicago Dramatists Tutterow Fellowship, and more. Her work has also been developed by: Steppenwolf Theatre; Goodman Theatre; Paramount Theatre; The New Harmony Project; National Museum of Mexican Art (The Joyce Award, APAP); Chicago Dramatists; Sol Project (NYC), and more. She has been recently awarded by: National Endowment of the Arts, The Joyce Foundation, APAP, and more. She writes from instinct, plays by ear, and is urgently determined to bring the pocha experience, in all its complexity, rawness, and lyricism to the stage. She is Mexican American, no hyphen. She is currently under commission with: Steppenwolf Theatre and the National Museum of Mexican Art.
Nancy García Loza es una dramaturga premiada y autodidacta con raíces en Chicago y Jalisco, México. Su audiodrama BRAVA: a folktale con música se estrenó en la temporada inaugural de la Make-Believe Association (con mención de The New York Times), recibiendo nominaciones en seis categorías en el ALTA Awards 2019, ganando en la categoría Música Original Sobresaliente en una Obra para su canción "Corrido de la Brava". Ha disfrutado de residencias con: Goodman New Stages, Goodman Future Labs, Goodman Playwrights Unit; Steppenwolf Theatre; The New Harmony Project; Oregon Shakespeare Festival Black Swan Lab; SPACE on Ryder Farm; The Inception Project with Paramount Theatre; UIUC, Fornés Playwriting Workshop, Chicago Dramatists Tutterow Fellowship, y más. Su obra también ha sido desarrollada por: Steppenwolf Theatre; Goodman Theatre; Paramount Theatre; The New Harmony Project; National Museum of Mexican Art (The Joyce Award, APAP); Chicago Dramatists; Sol Project (NYC), y más. Recientemente ha sido galardonada por: ational Endowment of the Arts, The Joyce Foundation, APAP, y más. Escribe por instinto, toca de oído, y está decidida a llevar al escenario la experiencia pocha, en toda su complejidad, crudeza y lirismo. Ella es mexicoamericana, sin guión. Actualmente está bajo encargo con: Steppenwolf Theatre and the National Museum of Mexican Art.
