Desi Moreno-Penson (she/her/hers) has an MFA in Dramaturgy from Brooklyn College. Plays developed/produced at Ensemble Studio Theater (EST), Urban Theater Company in Chicago, Teatro Coribantes in San Juan, PR, The Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) @the Cherry Lane, among others. Two-time winner of the MultiStages New Works Contest for COMIDA DE PUTA (F&%king Lousy Food) and OMINOUS MEN. Her play, BEIGE, is the winner of the 2016 National Latinx Playwriting Award sponsored by Arizona Theater Company, finalist for the 2018 Bay Area Playwrights Festival (San Francisco, CA), finalist for the 2016 Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, Honorable Mention on The Kilroys List, and semifinalist for 2017 Princess Grace Award. Her plays are published by Broadway Play Publishing and a scene from COMIDA DE PUTA is included in anthology featuring plays written by Latinx playwrights, “Scenes for Latinx Actors: Voices of the New American Theater,” published by Smith and Kraus.
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