Edgar Garcia(II)

Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Edgar is a UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television alumni. During his years as an actor, he worked with several theater companies across the USA, including LATEA in NY and the Denver Center Theater Company. Edgar has written and directed television series in PR, premiered several Spanish language versions of well-known theater pieces (Sondheim's Into the Woods/Dentro del Bosque) and most recently directed the awaited revival of the classic Latin American musical La Verdadera Historia de Pedro Navaja, as well as 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 world famous Residencia de Estudiantes in Madrid and worked with IBERMEDIA Spain to develop a full-length script (Capetillo) about political corruption and human trafficking. Edgar's short film "La Ráfaga (The Gust) is now an award winning film streaming in Amazon Dekkoo and MUBI. Presented in several film festivals around the world, including Roze Filmdagen, Outshine, Reeling Chicago, Rincón International Film Festival and Dances with Films in Los Angeles. Most recently, Edgar collaborated in the post-production and soundtrack for the film version of West Side Story, Directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Tony Kushner. Edgar is a professor at the University of Puerto Rico Drama Department.