Inda Craig-Galván

Playwright

Program:
National Showcase of New Plays

Inda Craig-Galván is a Los Angeles-based playwright and screenwriter, born and raised on the South Side of Chicago. Her work explores conflicts and politics within the African-American community, grounded in reality, with a touch of magical realism.

Plays include Black Super Hero Magic Mama (Geffen Playhouse world premiere), The Great Jheri Curl Debate (East West Players world premiere), a hit dog will holler (Playwrights' Arena/Skylight Theatre coproduced world premiere; Radiotopia podcast adaptation), and A Jumping-Off Point (Round House Theatre world premiere, Spring 2024). Inda is commissioned to write new plays for The Old Globe and Round House Theatre.

She's the recipient of the Kesselring Prize, Jeffery Melnick New Play Award, Blue Ink Prize, Jane Chambers Award, and Kennedy Center’s Rosa Parks Award for plays focused on social justice and/or civil rights. Her plays have been developed at the O'Neill, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Ashland New Play Festival, Ojai Playwrights Conference, JAW, OSF, Orlando Shakes, Geffen Writers Room, CTG Writers Workshop, and have been included on the Kilroys List and Steppenwolf Theatre’s The Mix.

Inda is Co-Executive Producer of ABC's Will Trent and previously wrote for The Rookie, How to Get Away with Murder, and the upcoming Happy Face. MFA in Dramatic Writing, University of Southern California.