Georgina Escobar
Joined 2016-01-28 17:04:52
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Georgina Escobar's playwriting credits include: "Sweep" (Carnaval of New Latino Plays, 2015) The Wayfoot Series (In Development: INTAR, NYC; original development at the National Puppetry Conference, 2014), "Coal: Fable of the Firerock 2.0" (The Lensic, 2012); "Ash Tree" (Duke City Repertory, ASSITEJ Festival, Kennedy Center's National TYA Award);THE RUIN (Manhattan Repertory Theatre, Words Afire Festival of New Works, 2011). Artistic Development includes: OMPF (INTAR), The Brooklyn Generator (Brooklyn), HotInk Festival (The Lark), Literary Associate (2011-12) and Playwright Lab Instructor (NTI) Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. Other work: Founder of Fourth Wall/One Blue Cat Productions, contributing writer for American Theatre Magazine, HowlRound, Café Onda, and Culturebot, Steering Committee Member for the Latina/o Theatre Commons. www.georginaescobar.com

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Playwright José Rivera Finds “Another Word for Beauty”

by Georgina Escobar January 28, 2016

Georgina Escobar interviews playwright José Rivera, who created the musical "Another Word for Beauty" from a Civilians' investigation of the annual beauty pageant at Colombia's national women's prison, El Buen Pastor, in Bogota. "Beauty" premiered at Goodman Theatre in Chicago in January 2016.

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