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Laura Alcala Baker
LAURA ALCALÁ BAKER (she/they) is a Chicago-based director and new play developer specializing in unearthing the missing canon and reimagining the existing one. Her work lives in the intersection of a mixed child, one and both – Mexican American. Laura has developed and directed new works such as Matthew Paul Olmos' a home what howls (Steppenwolf), Isaac Gomez’s The Leopard Play, or sad songs for lost boys (Steep Theatre), The Way She Spoke (DCASE, GTC), Omer Abbas Salem’s The Secretaries (First Floor Theater), RUST by Nancy García Loza (Goodman/New Stages), and the audio drama BRAVA (Make Believe Association). Other select works include I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (Denver Center for the Performing Arts), Somewhere Over the Border (City Theatre/People's Light), Anna in the Tropics (Remy Bumppo), Bull (Paramount), The Pillowman (The Gift Theatre). Laura has also directed special events such as Chicago Cultural Accessibility Consortium’s Access Live, which provides theatre leaders a live example of theatrical accessibility practices; and Chi Trans Cabaret (Steppenwolf’s LookOut Series), which celebrates Chicago’s trans and nonbinary talent without the limitations of traditional casting expectations. She served as the Casting Director and Artistic Programs Manager for Victory Gardens Theater under Artistic Director, Chay Yew, for two seasons, leading programs such as The Access Project and Directors’ Inclusion Initiative. Laura is a Steep Theatre Ensemble Member and 2021 3Arts Make a Wave Recipient.
