Cristina Luzárraga is a playwright and teacher from New Jersey who, until recently, lived in Minneapolis where she was a Jerome and McKnight Fellow at the Playwrights’ Center and recognized by American Theatre Magazine as a Twin Cities Theatre Artist to Watch. She's a current Core Writer at Playwrights' Center and a member of INKubator at Art House is Jersey City. She wrote the book for I Am Betty, a musical about Betty Crocker (lyrics and music by Denise Prosek), and has developed new work with Clubbed Thumb, Ensemble Studio Theatre, PlayMakers Repertory, and Teatro LATEA. Her play La Mujer Barbuda (Blank Theatre) was a Princess Grace Award Finalist. She has taught playwriting at Macalester and in high schools. BA: Princeton; MFA: Ohio University. When she’s not writing dark comedies about unruly women, she’s usually taking care of her two little kids.