Michael John Garcés

Michael John Garcés (born 1967) is a Cuban-American playwright and director. Quotes …The play does not purport to be the play of the community—it’s really about that artist’s idiosyncratic voice and what that encounter elicits in them… On the playwright’s typical thought process in “Interview with Michael Garcés” (HOWLROUND THEATRE COMMONS; 2014 Sep 3) …I’ve been thinking a lot in terms of how growing up in the context impacts a person’s sense of place in the world. My sense of it. Never quite believing that anything is permanent, uncontested. Never quite landing. You always are a little bit “observing”… On growing up in Colombia amid violence and corruption in “Michael John Garces: Making Work in Context of Community” in SDC Journal (Fall 2015) …I think, from being an actor, I got the gift of understanding, respecting, and admiring what actors do and the ability to speak in a language that is useful to them… On the lessons he learned as an actor before venturing into directing in “Michael John Garces: Making Work in Context of Community” in SDC Journal (Fall 2015) …There are assumptions made about the kind of work Latinos make. I think that remains a challenge because when people are looking for Latino plays, they’re looking for plays of that “type.” Some of that gets defined by your ethnicity… On Latinos and the theater world in “Michael John Garces: Making Work in Context of Community” in SDC Journal (Fall 2015) External links Category:Hispanic Americans Category:Cuban Americans Category:Playwrights from the United States Category:Film directors from the United States Category:1967 births Category:Living people Category:People from Miami