Raquel Almazan

Raquel Almazan: interdisciplinary artist, facilitator and activist. (M.F.A. – Playwriting, Columbia University). Their work has been featured Off-Broadway, throughout the United States and internationally in Greece, Italy, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Canada and Sweden; including several of her plays within the (Latin is America play cycle), bi-lingual plays in dedication to Latin American countries.

Recipient of the Map Fund, Doris Duke Recovery Grant, NYFA NYC Women’s Fund, NYSCA Grant x2 and National Association of Latino Arts and Culture Grant, The Howard Gilman Foundation Grant, Kennedy Center’s Latinidad Award, Kate Neal Kinley Playwriting Fellowship and the LGBTQ Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation Playwriting Prize.

Select Lecturer and Guest Lecturer credits include: Augsburg University through The Playwrights Center, UC Berkeley, Harvard University, The New School and Marymount Manhattan College. They are currently faculty with NYU- New York University-Playwrights Horizons Theatre School.

Almazan is the Co-President of the Board of Directors of Indie Space and Executive Artistic Director of La Lucha Arts, collaborating with organizations, social movements, and impacted intergenerational communities.

www.raquelalmazan.com