NELSON DIAZ-MARCANO (playwright, 1898) is a Puerto Rican NYC-based theater maker, advocate, and community leader whose mission is to create work that challenges and builds community. He currently serves as the Literary Director for the Latinx Playwright Circle where he has helped develop over 100 plays in the past four years. His plays have been developed by Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Road Theatre Company, Pipeline Theatre Company, Clubbed Thumb, The Lark, Vision Latino Theater Company, The Orchard Project, The William Inge Theatre Festival, Classical Theatre of Harlem, and The Parsnip Ship among others. Select credits include: Las Borinqueñas (Ensemble Studio Theatre), World Classic (Bishop Theatre Arts Center, Pa’Lante Theater), Y Tu Abuela, Where is She? Part 1 (CLATA), The Diplomats (Random Acts Chicago), Paper Towels (INTAR), Misfit, America (Pa’Lante Theater) and Revolt! (Vision Latino Theatre Company).
