EDGAR M GARCÍA SDC / SAG / TCG
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Multidisciplinary artist committed to the inception of work in Theater, Film, and Television that increases the representation of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC), LGBTQ+ and all layers of diversity within.
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Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Edgar is a UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television graduate. As an actor, Edgar has worked with several theater companies across the USA, including LATEA in NYC and the Tony Award winner Denver Center Theater Company. Edgar has written and directed a couple of television series in Puerto Rico and has p
Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Edgar is a UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television graduate. As an actor, Edgar has worked with several theater companies across the USA, including LATEA in NYC and the Tony Award winner Denver Center Theater Company. Edgar has written and directed a couple of television series in Puerto Rico and has premiered several Spanish language versions of well-known theater pieces. Most recently he directed the revival of the classic Latin American musical La Verdadera Historia de Pedro Navaja. He also directed and translated the first bilingual version of Lisa Loomer's Living Out (Casa Ajena). As a writer, in 2016, Edgar received the IBEREX, a Spain Education and Culture Ministry Grant to become part of the historic Residencia de Estudiantes in Madrid, a creative hub known for its alumni Lorca, Buñuel, and Dalí. There he worked with IBERMEDIA to develop a full-length script about political corruption and human trafficking in the Caribbean. Edgar directed and acted in the international award-winning short "La Ráfaga" (The Gust). Recently, he was part of the coaching team for both the movie and the musical soundtrack in the Academy Award-winning remake of West Side Story, directed by Steven Spielberg. Edgar is a member of the faculty of the University of Puerto Rico's Drama Department..
La Ráfaga (The Gust)
Award Winning Film
Short Film, 2020.
Director/Writer
In collaboration with University of Puerto Rico Drama Department Students.
A non-binary person, who is positive to COVID19, navigates through issues surrounding the pandemic so that they are able to attend a concert where the only survivor of their family plays the cello.
Una persona género no binario, positiva al virus COVID19, atraviesa obstáculos durante la pan
Web Streaming Theater
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New version in Spanish of Luis Santeiro's (¿Qué Pasa, USA?) play The Rooster's Egg. Click on image for video sample.
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The new revival of the iconic Latin American Musical is based on The Three Penny Opera and Ruben Blade's unforgettable song. Click on image for video sample.
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First bilingual production of Lisa Loomer's iconic play, Living Out (Casa Ajena). Click on image for video sample.
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Devised bilingual theater based on a version of Emilio Rodriguez's commissioned story. The piece deals with the displacement and gentrification of Little Havana in Miami.
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World premiere of Spanish version of Once on this Island. Click on image for video sample.
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New Spanish version of Man of La Mancha. Click on image for video sample.
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New Spanish version of The Sound of Music. Click on image for video sample.
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World Premiere of Spanish Version of Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine.
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New Spanish version of Evita.
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Award winning short film about violence prevention against women. Click on image for video sample.
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A new play by Puerto Rican playwright José Luis Ramos Escobar. Puerto Rico and tour through Spain.