c. SGB 2019
AWARD-WINNING SCREENWRITER/AUTHOR/PLAYRIGHT LATEST NEWS: The WGA named me a television WRITERS ACCESS PROJECT honoree in its equity and inclusion program headed by the fantastic team of Glen Mazzara, Eric Garcia, and Leo Chu. The pilot script that got me in was "Oedipus Tex" for THE SECRET WORLD OF DANNY LOPEZ, which was also nominated as best drama pilot script for the C21 International Drama Summit in London. I had my share of drama as well, when I broke my foot—but the NHS was fantastic and free! (And big thanks to Phil Mulryne, Script Supervisor on the BBC medical drama HOLBY CITY who took me to the hospital. It was great to have a medical professional on hand. Though I do wish the hair and makeup team had been with him.) ELEPHANT & CASTLE has been named Best Original Screenplay (London Independent Film Awards) and also received a Special Commendation for Unproduced Screenplays (British Independent Film Awards). The stage musical MR. CONFIDENTIAL continues its post-NYMF journey and the team now includes executive producers Ken Atchity and Chi Li Wong—with music by David Snyder and my book and lyrics. In the UK I'm working on a new tv project called THE GOSPEL OF JOSH.
MINI-BIO: Lots of secrets growing up. My ostensibly white mom had fake papers. I thought her name was Sally and her maiden name Mayfield. Her real name? Aracélia de la Gárza. Her family abandoned her across the Rio Grande when she was a kid and she was raised by a white family as their servant, taking their name. My dad came from a wealthy Texas family but embraced what he felt were worthy liberal causes—like brokering arms for the Palestinians when we lived in Egypt. He hustled the family all over the world, occasionally on the lam, sometimes just for fun. We lived in Cairo, Honolulu, Austin, Phoenix, Albuquerque, New York, Los Angeles, and Ft. Collins, Colorado. I've written and produced in multiple tv formats and genres, indie film, both musical and non-musical theater, and I am the author of three books.
