
Melinda Lopez is the Playwright in Residence at the Huntington Theatre. Her plays include Mala (Arts Emerson, IRNE nominee, Best Solo Performance), Becoming Cuba (North Coast Repertory, Huntington Theatre), Orchids to Octopi (Central Square Theatre), Caroline in Jersey (Williamstown), Sonia Flew (Elliot Norton, Best New Play, IRNE Best New Play, Huntington Theatre, Steppenwolf, and others), Gary (Steppenwolf First Look, BPT), and others. Melinda is also an actress (Grand Concourse, Appropriate, Our Town, Motherfucker with the Hat, Persephone...) Melinda does other stuff, teaches, humanitarian aid to Cuba, has a dog, and a daughter.