Tony Garcia

Anthony J. Garcia (born 1953), known as Tony Garcia, is a playwright and the current Executive Artistic Director of Su Teatro in Denver, Colorado.

Biography Early life Garcia grew up in Denver, Colorado and has mentioned that his family lost their home as a result of the construction on Denver's Auraria Campus in the late 1960s.

Education Garcia began attending the University of Colorado at Boulder in the fall of 1973 and dropped out in the spring of 1974. He later graduated from the University of Colorado at Denver with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater. the United States Artists Fellowship in 2006,

Career Garcia started out as a musician for Su Teatro while still a student in 1972. He later took on roles as an actor He currently still does work as a peer trainer for the Colorado Creative Industries’ Peer Assistance Network, is a member of the Western States Arts Federation’s Board of Trustees, and is an adjunct professor at Metro State College in Denver. Artist residency at the Island Institute in Sitka, Alaska (2009) La Familia Sin Fabiano (1974) El Corrido Del Barrio (1976) Joaquin's Christmas (1976) Mrs. Quintana's Living Room (1978) Ludlow: El Grito De Las Minas (1980) Intro to Chicano History:101 (1982) Serafin Cantos y Lagrimas (1984) The Day Ricardo Falcon Died (1986) The Miracle at Tepeyac (1989) Lydia Mendoza: La Gloria De Tejas (1991) Obsidian Rain (1992) Little Hands Hold the Wind (1993) La Carpa Aztlan Presents I Don't Speak English Only (1994) The Return of the Barrio Moon (1996) Yerma (adaptation, 1998) Papi, Me and Cesar Chavez (2000) The Westside Oratorio (2004) El Sol Que Tu Eres (2005) When Pigs Fly and Men Have Babies (2006) To Colorado on a Christmas Night (2008) The Last Lamented Dance of the Rainbow Ballroom (2010) Enrique's Journey (2010) Chicanos Sing the Blues (2011) Amorcito Corazon (2013) Mestizo (adapted from the album by Daniel Valdez, 2013) El Rio: Las Lagrimas de la Llorona (2013) Cuarenta y Ocho (2014) La Tierra: El Corazon de mi Madre (2015)