Deborah Wicks La Puma is a composer, music director and performer. Her works for adults and children have been seen across the country at the Kennedy Center, Chicago's Goodman Theatre, Atlanta's Alliance Theatre, Maryland's Olney Theatre, Arlington's Signature Theatre, Palo Alto's TheatreWorks, The Berkshire's Barrington Stage Company, Interlochen Center for The Arts, and the White House. Her awards include the Jane Chamber Playwriting Award, the Robert M. Golden Award, a National Endowment for the Arts - New American Works Grant, a Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Musical Direction, two Parent's Choice Awards, and two-time Actor's Playhouse National Children's Theatre Festival Winner.

Ms. La Puma received her MFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, her BA from Stanford University, and studied folk music with Alfredo Lopez, musicologist at La Universidad de Baja California. A Mexican American with dual citizenship who speaks Spanish and Portuguese, her other musical works include a bilingual Mass and two Rock/Jazz albums with the Brazilian band Turba Multa. She is a proud member of ASCAP, the Dramatist Guild and Assitej/USA, and an active musical director, performer and sound designer.  She resides in Los Angeles with her husband and three daughters.