National Playwrights Conference - Madre De Dios

By Marvin González De León

Following years of estrangement, Moisés returns to his mother's home in the Nevada desert for his sister's wake. Set against an apocalyptic landscape where supernatural forces loom, old grudges are revived and secrets revealed as this family drama catapults into a mythic tale of Biblical proportion.

Marvin Gonzàlez De León is a first-generation Mexican American who writes genre-bending plays anchored in the traditions of Latin American literature. He was the recipient of the 2022 Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship. Marvin is also a Core Writer at the Playwrights' Center, where he was previously awarded the Jerome Fellowship, the McKnight Fellowship in Playwriting, and the Many Voices Fellowship. He was a member of the 2020-21 Interstate 73 Writers Group at Page 73 and was a 2020-21 Virtual Realm Mentee with Playwrights Realm. His plays include Too Close to Earth, which has been developed by the Playwrights' Center and Page 73, and Madre De Dios, which was developed at the 2022 National Capital New Play Festival, the Playwrights' Center, and Page 73. Marvin's work has been produced and developed at Teatro Bravo, Arizona State University, Texas State University, Teatro del Pueblo, Round House Theatre, SPACE on Ryder Farm, Page 73, Playwrights Realm, and the Playwrights' Center. MFA in Dramatic Writing, Arizona State University.

Location: Dina Merrill Theater - indoors.

Buy Tickets