Mari
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ABOUT
ME!
Mari Garcia is a Los Angeles based artist and is enjoying working on critical favorite Vida during its second season as Blanca on premium network cable STARZ.
Garcia is also known for being a member and performer for Butchlalis de Panochtitlan (BdP), a sketch driven/ performance/ video ensemble. She embodies various roles including Chiquis, Officer Martinez, and Birdie in Barber of East LA directed by the renowned Luis Alfaro (Electricidad, Oedipus El Rey, and Black Butterly).
Garcia toured with the troupe in the bold Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica CA, multidisciplinary arts festival Homo a Go-Go in Olympia WA, Jump Start Performance Company in San Antonio TX, Movimiento de Cultura y Arte Latino Americana (MACLA) in San José CA, and Fury Factory Theatre Festival in San Francisco CA to name a few.
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Garcia studied acting using Viewpoints and was introduced to experimental, ensemble-based, physical theatre while a student at Cal State LA with theatre director and choreographer Tanya Kane-Perry.
Garcia’s performance work has been referenced in several published texts including Relocations: Queer Suburban Imaginaries by Karen Tongson USC and Post-Borderlandia: Chicana Literature and Gender Variant Critique by T. Jackie Cuevas (University of Texas at San Antonio).
She is an art collector, avid people watcher and music enthusiast. Garcia wishes to thank her teachers for instilling the love of learning and endless possibilities of growth in the arts.