Franky D. Gonzalez is a playwright of Colombian descent based in Dallas and Los Angeles. His work has been presented nationally with The Lark, Sundance Institute, Ojai Playwrights Conference, Berkeley Rep, NNPN, Latinx Playwrights Circle, Sol Project, Urbanite Theatre, Visión Latino, Orchard Project, Goodman Theatre, UC Santa Barbara, New Harmony Project, Repertorio Español, LAByrinth, Ars Nova, Dallas Theater Center, William Inge Festival, Teatro Vivo, Latino Theatre Company, and more. Awards include the Charles Rowan Beye Commission, MTC/Sloan Commission, Risk Theatre Prize, MetLife Nuestras Voces Award, Crossroads Project Award, Judith Royer Award, and Short+Sweet Manila Best Overall Production Prize. His work earned two 2024 Non-Equity Jeff Awards. Recently, he was named an Orchard Project Writer-in-Residence and Sewanee Playwriting Fellow. He is a Playwrights’ Center Affiliated Writer and Bishop Arts Theatre Center Playwright-in-Residence.
