Ricardo Pérez González
Ricardo Pérez González(he/him) is a queer Puerto Rican playwright and screenwriter celebrated for his evocative storytelling and exploration of diverse narratives. His debut play, In Fields Where They Lay, depicting the WWI Christmas Truce, was lauded by The NY Times as “gripping” and “moving drama.” Notable works include On the Grounds of Belonging, exploring the dynamics of racially segregated gay bars in 1950s Houston, and Don’t Eat the Mangos, a wickedly funny tragedy hailed by the SF Chronicle as a “reminder that great family dramas are still being written.”
Ricardo Pérez González(he/him) is a queer Puerto Rican playwright and screenwriter celebrated for his evocative storytelling and exploration of diverse narratives. His debut play, In Fields Where They Lay, depicting the WWI Christmas Truce, was lauded by The NY Times as “gripping” and “moving drama.” Notable works include On the Grounds of Belonging, exploring the dynamics of racially segregated gay bars in 1950s Houston, and Don’t Eat the Mangos, a wickedly funny tragedy hailed by the SF Chronicle as a “reminder that great family dramas are still being written.” Recently, his comedy about Mother Mary divorcing the big G, Mother of God, was performed at the Latinx New Play Festival at La Jolla Playhouse. For television, Pérez González contributed to the third season of Netflix’s Designated Survivor and is developing projects like The Edit, a CRISPR-inspired drama, for Sony. A teacher at NYU, Harvard, and Yale, he has been honored by the Sundance Institute and is an alumnus of the Emerging Writers Group at The Public. MFA NYU Tisch.ricardoperezgonzalez.com
As of February 2025.