Deborah Wicks La Puma is a composer, music director,
orchestrator 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, two
Helen Hayes nominations, two Parent's Choice Awards,
and an iParenting media award.
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
the director of choral music at Marymount College in
Palos Verdes, and is a proud member of ASCAP, the Dramatist
Guild and TYA/USA. She resides in Los Angeles with her
very patient husband Chris and three beautiful daughters.
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