Michael John Garcés is the artistic director of Cornerstone Theater Company, a community-engaged ensemble based in Los Angeles. Most recently for Cornerstone he directed What Happens Next by Naomi Iizuka, a play about trauma and recovery created in residence with veterans produced by the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, and is developing Native Nation with Larissa FastHorse working in collaboration with Native American communities in Arizona for ASU Gammage.