Josefina Lopez (born 1969, San Luis Potosí, Mexico) is a Chicana playwright.
Having had over 100 productions of her plays throughout the United States, Josefina Lopez is one of today's preeminent Chicana writers. She has written several plays such as Simply Maria, Or the American Dream; Confessions of Women From East L.A.; Boyle Heights; Lola Goes To Roma; Food For The Dead; Unconquered Spirits; Queen of the Rumba and Real Women Have Curves.
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Josefina Lopez (born 1969, San Luis Potosí, Mexico) is a Chicana playwright.
Having had over 100 productions of her plays throughout the United States, Josefina Lopez is one of today's preeminent Chicana writers. She has written several plays such as Simply Maria, Or the American Dream; Confessions of Women From East L.A.; Boyle Heights; Lola Goes To Roma; Food For The Dead; Unconquered Spirits; Queen of the Rumba and Real Women Have Curves.
She is the co-screenwriter of the film version of her play Real Women Have Curves, starring America Ferrera (Ugly Betty) and Ingrid Oliu (Stand and Deliver). The movie garnered much acclaim, including at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival where the film won the "Audience Award" and a "Special Jury Award for Acting." Josefina has written several other screenplays including Loteria for Juarez about the mysterious murders of women in the Mexico/US border town of Ciudad Juárez; ADD Me to the Party, an original comedic screenplay about three Latinas...
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