About Laura
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Laura Alcalá Baker (she/they) is a Chicago-based director and new play developer specializing in unearthing the missing canon and reimagining the existing one. Her work lives in the intersection of a mixed child, one and both – Mexican American. Laura has developed and directed new works such as Matthew Paul Olmos' a home what howls (Steppenwolf), Isaac Gomez’s The Leopard Play, or sad songs for lost boys (Steep Theatre), The Way She Spoke (DCASE, GTC), Omer Abbas Salem’s The Secretaries (First Floor Theater), RUST by Nancy García Loza (Goodman/New Stages), and the audio drama BRAVA (Make Believe Association), which is available on all podcasting platforms. Other select works include I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (Denver Center for the Performing Arts), Somewhere Over the Border (City Theatre/People's Light), Anna in the Tropics (Remy Bumppo), Bull (Paramount), The Pillowman (The Gift Theatre). Upcoming: Dream Hou$e at ReFracted Theatre Company, One of the Good Ones at Kansas City Repertory.
Upcoming Classes
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DIRECTOR SESSION: Laura Alcalá Baker
Aug 10 - Aug 17 | Sundays | 6pm-9pm
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