David Davila
David Davila is a playwright, composer, dramaturg, and performer from South Texas, where the wall’s been standing since the Bush administration. Winner of the National New Play Network Smith Prize for Political Theatre and the New American Voices National Playwriting Award, his work stands at the intersection of queer-culture and mestizaje ranging from plays and musicals, to poetry and stand-up comedy. He’s a Playwrights Horizons Artist Grant Recipient, a Roundabout Theatre Company SpaceJam Resident, and a Primary Stages Rockwell Scholar. An alumnus of the Second City Training Center in Chicago, the Primary Stages ESPA Playwriting School in Manhattan, and Indiana University (MFA), his produced theatrical works include Manuel Vs the Statue of Liberty (album out on all streaming platforms), Aztec Pirates & the Insignificance of Life on Mars, The Mesquite Tree: an American Tragedy, Animal Husbandry, Vox Pop! a Post-Dramatic Musical, 1970’s College Sex Comedy, #52Songs, and The Piñata. Other works include Hotel Puerto Vallarta: a legitimate work of dramatic theatre, The Invisible Hand of God Touched Me in a Bad Place: an interactive power play, Aztec Pirates & the Inequity of Sacrifice, The Rattle of the Snake and Other Nightmares, Roman à Clef, and Scissors Under the House. In 2020 he founded the Voices of America Writers Workshop at the PlayGround Experiment in Manhattan, focused on centering the stories of historically marginalized communities. He serves as Assistant Professor of Playwriting at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Follow him at @davidodavila - daviddavila.net