About the Artist:

Fernando Vieira is an Ecuadorian-born New York-based writer, director, and performer. As a multidisciplinary artist, Vieira balances their career as creator of stage and film works in both Spanish and English. Playwriting work includes the plays Goodbye, Little George (2020), Anormales (2021), and the digital play collection Dos piezas teatrales de Fernando Vieira (2021). That same year, Vieira co-founded the ¡Bótate! Latinx Performance Festival. Vieira’s work has been presented at various theatrical companies and venues, such as BAAD!, Repertorio Español, IATI Theater, The Brick Theatre, Pregones Theater, The Tank, Teatro Audaz, Chelsea Theater, Prelude Festival, Millennium Film Workshop, among others. Film work includes the short avant-garde films Frenetic Journey Toward Muddledness (2023) and Las Olas (2024). Vieira earned a Master of Arts degree in Film Studies from the CUNY Graduate Center.