David Davila is a writer, performer, director, comedian, and dramaturg from South Texas; where the border wall's been standing since the Bush administration. Winner of the 2022 National New Play Network Smith Prize for Political Theatre and the 2021 New American Voices National Playwriting Award, his work stands at the intersection of queer-culture and mestizaje ranging from plays and musicals, to poetry and stand-up comedy. Plays and musicals include MANUEL VERSUS THE STATUE OF LIBERTY (O'Neill Finalist, NYMF Best Musical Nomination 2015, Best Reading 2014, Princeton University 2016, Gallery Players BK 2018), ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (NY Fringe 2019, Barn Arts, Feast, Summer Fresh Festival), AZTEC PIRATES, A LATINX FANTASIA ON NATIONAL THEMES (San Diego Rep Latinx New Play Festival, PlayGround Experiment), HOTEL PUERTO VALLARTA (Variations Theatre, Latinx Playwrights Circle, Egg and Spoon), ADAN Y JULIO Y LA FRONTERA 2003 (O'Neill Semi-Finalist, Lone Star, Viva SA), PROMÈSA (Developmental Residency at Musical Theatre Factory), VOX POP (Musical Theatre Factory, 54 Below New Musicals), PYRAMID (Lincoln Center Across A Crowded Room Series 2015), #52SONGS (Beechman, The West End, The Underground, The Triad), THE MAGIC TIME MACHINE (Beachman), NASH POTATOES & DAVY (The West End), TALES FROM HWY 281 (Intar Theatre), THE PIÑATA (Indiana University), THE MESQUITE TREE (Theatre Audaz), and NAFTA OR THE INVISIBLE HAND OF GOD TOUCHED ME IN A BAD PLACE (Smith Prize for Political Theatre). His short plays have been featured by The PlayGround Experiment, NYMadness, Primary Stages, Bloomington Playwrights Project, Feast, ESPA, Second City Chicago, Prospect Theatre, and Lone Star Theatre. He studied vocal performance at the University of North Texas, Arts Administration at The University of Texas San Antonio, playwriting at Primary Stages’ Einhorn School of the Performing Arts and comedy writing at Second City Chicago. He is the founding Artistic Director of Lone Star Theatre Company, an avid sketch comedy and improv performer, a Rockwell Scholar, a Playwrights Horizons Artist Grant Recipient, a Roundabout Theatre Co SpaceJam resident, an Askins Playwright Fellow, a Disney TV Fellowship semi-finalist, and a proud member of ASCAP. Currently, you can find him in Bloomington, where he's an MFA Playwriting Fellow at Indiana University.